100 Things that ELEVATED My Year – 2025

What better way to release the old year into the wild with naming 100 things that elevated my year. 2025 you have been a tough one. A rising one. Not because a lot of terrible things happened to me but because so many small things accumulated and drained a lot of energy from me. Adding all the world’s sorrow and chaos it was not helpful. And that is exactly why it is and was so important to scribble down the small things. The things that elevated this year. the things that would have otherwise fell through the cracks. I missed stretches and it is hard to go back and find the missing pieces. But here we are. Releasing the 2025 with elevated moments.

1. Vacationing into the new year.
2. Trade fair shenanigans and fun times.
3. Meeting an old colleague for dinner in Hamburg.
4. Meeting up with two more people over lunch and coffee and chatting some time away.
5. Getting a new client from the port logistics realm. So happy.
6. Another logistics client signed for a project.
7. Snow flakes falling. Blue skies. Cold temperatures for a few days.
8. Doing a sleep study.
9. Loosing my cousin at age 40 to cancer. (This was NOT elevating but needs to be on the list.)
10. Having an amazing anniversary trip to Gdansk and the Baltic Sea.
11. Walking along the snow covered coast.
12. Doing a hike with a friend – 15km.
13. Getting my terrace garden ready and seeing the mint already peeking out. Oh that smell.
14. Laughing with the husband.
15. Too many car scratches because other people can’t drive. (Also not really elevating…)
16. Test driving three cars and deciding on a new one.
17. Two video shoots at the hospital.
18. A self defense class.
19. A church service we gave and the feeling after five months of preparation everything fell in place and was good.
20. I lunch by myself in a nice coffee spot with best cakes (I didn’t get one) and the first time sitting in the sun. Spring is close.
21. A weird light spectrum in the sky looking like an ufo (it was not).
22. Getting influenza and being knocked out with a fever. The moment the fever broke. So good.
23. Having a low key Easter in Berlin with the hubby and me, visits to church and brunch with my sister and her boyfriend.
24. Chipping away at my arctic training and seeing results – slowly but steadily.
25. Being asked to join the parish church council after not only two years of being here.
26. A very relaxed stroll through IKEA with the husband.
27. A fantastic fun family reunion.
28. A trip to the emergency room that turned out there was nothing wrong.
29. Eating from my terrace garden – sorel salads, mint teas, chives on my beloved dish and all the herbs to spice things up.
30. Listening to the beavers munch on the water lilies.
31. Celebrating my sisters ordination.
32. Realizing I have established a 6 day exercise routine.
33. A nice intimate talk with the church group I am visiting monthly.
34. Testing my way through all the protein bars.
35. Reading. Always and forever reading.
36. Creating Easter postcards.
37. Having a clean desk. After months of chaos.
38. Writing my will, healthcare proxy and living will. Glad it’s done.
39. Post cards from my blog friends.
40. A message from a former work acquaintance that moved my heart and showed me a potential friendship. (which I should follow up on!)
41. Finding 10€ on the street at night.
42. More sleep study stuff.
43. Walking home and passing a herd of dear with little ones. Only a meter away.
44. Throwing a white summer party despite rain and enjoying it.
45. Reconnecting with old friends.
46. Making new friends. Hi Kyria.
47. Celebrating a friend’s birthday with BBQ.
48. Celebrating other friends 50th birthdays.
49. Saying good bye to an extended family member. (not elevating but the community and love at the service was.)
50. Discovering almond butter and integrating it in my diet.
51. 2-Day trip to Wroclaw to meet Kyria.
52. Watching the sun set over the Hamburg harbor.
53. Giving a LinkedIn workshop that was a well received.
54. Getting a surprise gift voucher for a book store because I did volunteer work.
55. Laughing with the husband. Yes, again.
56. Selling stock for the first time ever.
57. A hike with my mom.
58. A new bike.
59. Swimming in the river when dusk sets in.
60. Watching the night sky and seeing a shooting star.
61. Sleeping 5 uninterrupted hours for the first time in probably years.
62. A moving concert by Giora Feidman in the Berlin Cathedral.
63. Booking my arctic experience.
64. Time spent with my best friend.
65. Watching my body change and shaping back into form.
66. Getting hit on in a nice way.
67. Early morning bike ride along the water.
68. Picking up a new car and road tripping back to Berlin.
69. Learning I will be an aunt again.
70. Waking up and seeing the sun paint everything golden outside my window.
71. A solo weekend in the country home.
72. Discovering Yin Yoga.
73. Watching a construction worker do his prayers.
74. Training on Crisis Communication.
75. Cold frosty days.
76. A little gift.
77. Waking up to the first snow of the season.
78. Laughs with the husband. So many laughs. Yes, it can be here for the third time.
79. Printing my Christmas Cards I design two years ago.
80. Getting elected into the parish council.
81. Finding 6,90€ in the bottle recycling.
82. Breathing in fresh crisp air, deeply. Elevating every time.
83. Time spend watching cheesy Christmas movies with the husband.
84. Christmas party at my clients. With dancing.
85. Letters from my blog friends and godchild. Also elevating multiple times a year.
86. Lime coconut risotto after a tough week.
87. Christmas in a shoebox with my sister.
88. Elevated my sewing skills and made a maxi skirt.
89. Elevated my cooking and made some really great dishes. Two come to mind.
90. Asking someone to lunch and trying to make a new friend.
91. Digging deep to uncover stories for my client and conducting interviews.
92. Coloring in my coloring book.
93. I jogged for 300 meters. First time since 1999.
94. Waking up next to the husband most days of the year.
95. Crafting with my mom.
96. Christmas with the family.
97. Every day without a migraine. And a little more elevated the day after an attack.
98. A migraine and sleep piercing. It looks good. Helping not as as much though.
99. Shopping my closet and realizing clothes fit again.
100. The week between the years which is sacred to me with its reflecting and planing and quality time with the husband.

Name one or more things that elevated your year. What thing could have been skipped in 2025?

This is list #3 in my “Do a 50 lists blog project” from my 101 in 1001 days goal list.