2025

In 2020 I was asked what things would look like for me in 5 years. I don't remember what my answer was but It sure as f**k was not this.

There are no resolutions here -

There are no promises to myself that i’m going to try and do something, only to potentially let myself down months, weeks, sometimes days down the line when I can’t keep it up for whatever reason.

There is only, I know what I need to do and I’m going to DO IT. There are no other options. if you want to make change in your life you have to fight for it. You have to battle for everything regardless of if you understand it or not. So it’s better to understand it and get fighting and get where you need to be.

You can do it at any point, it doesn’t have to be a specific time but New years are a chance to press that reset button.

I’ll tell you honestly. 2025 is upon us and I’m sure as fuck not where I thought i’d be. I’ve never been perfect. Never claimed to be any sort of role model, but what they did was just wrong. It was a lynching. A modern day - Lets drag this N**** behind a car through town, then hang him on the hill in front of everyone, before finding out if he’s actually guilty - Lynching. That’s what was done. And they loved doing it. I’ve seen/read/heard it.

5 years ago when I was asked in an interview what 5 years time looked like it was very different in my head. We were one of the hottest companies around. Various green lit TV shows, Movies. Number 1 shows on air. I’d worked hard, I’d busted my ass, I’d set my kids up for life including having their university paid for. I’d earned everything i’d been afforded even if people didn’t like it.

Then they came with their stories “Their Truth” and here I am. 4 years later. The complete opposite of what I thought would be my situation. They spouted their rhetoric in 2021 to smash my life and it’s still being spouted it now, even if you don’t know it.

I’ve always known things change for people, but I saw first hand that. Life can change in a second.

In the flick of a switch.

The press of a button on a keyboard.

An unexpected phone call, text or email. It doesn’t always have to be done that way but sometimes you just do it anyway.

So as I said. There are no resolutions here. I can’t predict 2025 and nor will I try to but in 2025 I know what I have to do. I know I will drive forward as all of you should -

-Know your worth.

Know yourself .

Know what you have to get done. And get it done!

No excuses.

No Days off.

You may be lucky enough to have people around you that will prop you up and support you, and if you do it’s a beautiful thing to have for sure, but the only way to make sure you are taken care of is to take care of yourself.

So please do that.

God bless you all for the new year.

Keep your faith. Live, love, Imagine.

NC

“You can always spot the pioneers by the arrows in their backs.”

— William H. Calvin