How was 2025? What are you looking forward in 2026?

[kepler37b]

2025 was decent for me. Should have worked more hard on professional level

 

I am looking forward to 2026. I want to open a new career or atleast a side gig that will keep me occupied till i drop dead.

 

ICF'ers please chime in.

 

@coffee_rules @zen @Lord @randomGuy and others. Please chime in.

[zen]

2025 is one of the most memorable years of my life. It was as if I enacted Rumi’s poetries.
 

 

 

Edited December 26, 2025 by zen

[randomGuy]

Seeing people around me, I realised even more that life and health are very fragile. Lessons - Being thankful, appreciate and cherish what one has got, being observant of emotions, thoughts, actions etc.

 

career, money etc. are not as important.

[coffee_rules]

2026 is my 2nd

Life,, reborn, opportunities are endless, I will start with saala roj nahaunga . J/k 25 was my worst year, everything looks positive from here on. Kuch to karneka.. 

have to find my calling

Edited December 26, 2025 by coffee_rules

[zen]

5 hours ago, randomGuy said:

career, money etc. are not as important.

 

Yes, as the say “health is wealth”. My parents are nearly disabled, requiring assistance to walk around. They would rather be healthier than anything else. 

[rangeelaraja]

2025 was, without question, the most difficult year of my adult life.

 

I’ve come to the firm belief that every life carries a disproportionate amount of pre-ordained destiny, with only a limited degree of free will to bend it.

 

What this year ultimately taught me is that expectations and desires are almost always the deepest sources of suffering.

 

Career achievements and professional milestones offer brief dopamine highs, but they fade very quickly. Lasting happiness, I’ve realized, comes only from the unconditional love of  people who matter most - immediate family and close friends.

[Gollum]

1 hour ago, coffee_rules said:

2026 is my 2nd

Life,, reborn, opportunities are endless, I will start with saala roj nahaunga . J/k 25 was my worst year, everything looks positive from here on. Kuch to karneka.. 

have to find my calling

Your health is on the right track now?

[randomGuy]

45 minutes ago, zen said:

 

Yes, as the say “health is wealth”. My parents are nearly disabled, requiring assistance to walk around. They would rather be healthier than anything else. 

Right bro. Health and detachment...

 

Maybe i don't know what the hell I am talking, but, to be detached, to try to watch the bodily sensations, thoughts, emotions as an external observer, the pursuit of this path, is probably the only thing more important than health.

[Vancouver]

2025 was decent. 

 

Wish everyone healthy and stress free 2026.

 

Inner peace is everything in life. 

[kepler37b]

2 hours ago, randomGuy said:

Right bro. Health and detachment...

 

Maybe i don't know what the hell I am talking, but, to be detached, to try to watch the bodily sensations, thoughts, emotions as an external observer, the pursuit of this path, is probably the only thing more important than health.

Try mindfulness meditation practice. It will get you nearer to the goal. 

 

[zen]

I would recommend the book “Ichigo Ichie”. If you have not read it start 2026 by reading it (or listening to it). 

[coffee_rules]

2 hours ago, Gollum said:

Your health is on the right track now?

More or less with a few setbacks. Right now jobless looking for limited prospects. Read my members lounge thread For details. 

[G_B_]

2025 was challenging on a personal and professional front. Lots of new expiriences. But i have come through it with multiple gains.

 

Roll forward 2026.

[G_B_]

 

41 minutes ago, zen said:

I would recommend the book “Ichigo Ichie”. If you have not read it start 2026 by reading it (or listening to it). 

 

Your like the niche anime shemale porn section on pornhub. Very unique (meant as a compliment).

 

[MechEng]

Was much happier in 2024, colleagues were far more chill/friendly and my manager gave me full freedom to get the job done within specific deadlines (there was intense hardwork, but still enough freedom).

 

2025, switched to a new job with a very good pay hike, but a very desi work culture with everyone having a lala mindset. My manager employs passive aggressive methods to force me to get things done his way, even micromanages me on how to write emails as per his liking (kahaan phass gaya main ).

Ek saal ka experience le liya, now I want to get out. A good salary can never be a substitute for a good work environment, learnt this lesson the very harsh way.

 

Hence, 2025 not good. Global events were also quite depressing.

 

The only high was IAF cratering airbases and giving Munir/Shehbaz sleepless nights.

Edited December 26, 2025 by MechEng

[Lord]

Tough year mentally with a big shift made. ICF has been my escape and would thank all of you here

 

 

 

 

 

[G_B_]

27 minutes ago, MechEng said:

Was much happier in 2024, colleagues were far more chill/friendly and my manager gave me full freedom to get the job done within specific deadlines (there was intense hardwork, but still enough freedom).

 

2025, switched to a new job with a very good pay hike, but a very desi work culture with everyone having a lala mindset. My manager employs passive aggressive methods to force me to get things done his way, even micromanages me on how to write emails as per his liking (kahaan phass gaya main ).

Ek saal ka experience le liya, now I want to get out. A good salary can never be a substitute for a good work environment, learnt this lesson the very harsh way.

 

Hence, 2025 not good. Global events were also quite depressing.

 

The only high was IAF cratering airbases and giving Munir/Shehbaz sleepless nights.

 

You need a sideways move my friend...

 

 

[EnterTheVoid]

6 hours ago, coffee_rules said:

2026 is my 2nd

Life,, reborn, opportunities are endless, I will start with saala roj nahaunga . J/k 25 was my worst year, everything looks positive from here on. Kuch to karneka.. 

have to find my calling

 

Yemi eyindi?

[coffee_rules]

6 minutes ago, EnterTheVoid said:

 

Yemi eyindi?

Wontlu baaledu. Now all ok

[Vickydev]

6 hours ago, coffee_rules said:

2026 is my 2nd

Life,, reborn, opportunities are endless, I will start with saala roj nahaunga . J/k 25 was my worst year, everything looks positive from here on. Kuch to karneka.. 

have to find my calling

I knew that Sydney Sweeney bathwater thingy I sent would definitely do the trick