[engl.] TRIBE-Notes 01/25 – Revolution of Connection
2025 - the year of unstoppable change. The year of infinite possibilities. The year of profound transformation. It is my year. It is our year.
Feel the vibe! Enjoy listening to this song while you read the Tribe Notes:
January is the month to start over.
It's the time to celebrate the NEW ME, isn't it?
Is this idea of the new me enough for me? I don't think so.
This year, I rather feel that the usual NEW is not enough. That it is wasted energy to fix the past and that it makes little sense to cling to the manifested future.
That I can only be free if I separate myself from old concepts in my head.
Could it be that 2025 is about saying goodbye even before we feel ready?
I came to the realization that a trip wouldn't give me an answer this time, so I didn't plan one in the first place. Okay, that's a lie.
Because plans change. And sometimes you change them yourself. Isn't that great? Because yes, we can simply change EVERYTHING at any moment. Even if it's just ourselves!
All in. Lean into it. Into the good, into the ugly, and into everything in between.
Why not? It seems we only have to lose what we think we need to hold on to anyway.
I probably kicked the habit of holding on back in 2021 – good preparation for this new era. The Age of Aquarius. The Year of the Snake.
In a strange way, I'm looking forward to what's to come. Even though I have no idea where the path leads now. For a long time, I longed for the time when old rules no longer apply – and now it's actually here! Just like that.
2025.
The year of unstoppable changes.
The year of infinite possibilities.
The year of profound transformation.
I'm in! I signed up early at the early bird price.
In the fall I wrote: It's always about the people. My new way of thinking was already on the horizon. Just a few years ago, if asked 'What 3 things would you take to a desert island?', I would never have thought of bringing my favorite people. (which, by the way, is also due to the poor phrasing of the question, because people are not things!)
Today, I would choose to take 3 confidants to such an island instead of fire, a pocketknife and enough water.
From experience I know:
I have people in my life who take away my fear in the darkest moments.
People who make me laugh when I feel like crying.
And yes, also people (women, because I don't know about the men ;) who can make fire in any situation.
We should all know such people and invite them into our lives as soon as possible.
My Leo horoscope also says that 2025 will be about the people.
Good news: You really don't have to do everything alone. It took me some time to get it.
That's why there is a lot on my list for 2025. For me. And the people.
A global project. My vegetables should come from the region, but the people can be from the other end of the world. Dating apps that search within a radius of 50 kilometres, maybe 100? Not my thing! I love travelling and I want to have lots of good reasons to explore the world. I guess 2025 will be the year of apps that connect people globally, without the annoying dating vibe.
Strangers who become friends over breakfast.
Creatives who meet for lunch.
Like-minded people who meet for dinner.
I realized how important it is for me to know people from all over the world when I finally sent my book exposé to two publishers on January 6th.
More of a symbolic act, because in the meantime I have gained completely new insights – thanks to interesting people who know the industry inside and out.
On that day I reached out to friends from around the world for support via a WhatsApp message. So the universe can act with full force. And so that Charlotte Gainsbourg has enough time to prepare for her role. Because of course the story of my book will be also movie.
2025 will be lived without limitations! (You'll be sitting in the cinema in 4 or 5 years thinking, 'Didn't she mention that in her newsletter back then?' – Yes, she did!)
The response touched me deeply: A voice message from Abu Dhabi. Manifesting thoughts from Lisbon. An exuberant message from Barcelona. Motivation from Porto. Encouraging words from Argentina. An empathetic answer from London, which deepened into a longer correspondence.
And I sat in Salzburg with the iPhone in hand and felt one thing: CONNECTION.
Maybe 2025 will be the year we learn what really matters. The year we appreciate the honest and real again. Maybe it will be the year we no longer put music and filters over our reels. The year in which we dance again without pointing cameras at us.
For me 2025 is the year to declare the impossible possible.
The year I free myself from limitations.
It will be the year that allows me to be everything, anywhere, anytime.
It's the year I'll let go of perfection.
It is the year I only follow those who truly inspire me.
It's the year I don't care what's trending on Instagram.
My thoughts will revolve less around money and more around a good life – because the good things are priceless anyway.
It's the year I allow myself more craziness and chaos – with all due respect for logic.
What a great time to be alive if you love the theater of the absurd! – David Lynch
It is the year I redefine my values: What do freedom and discipline mean to me? What kind of things I want to try that I don't know anything about yet?
I actually had the idea of taking drum classes. And I finally tried cross-country skiing.
I will not carefully fill the gaps in my life, but will tackle them with a sledgehammer. Like in a scene in 'The Substance'. Since I saw the movie, I no longer count my gray hairs – it’s as if I’ve made peace with my younger self, because it’s not her fault at all. Demi Moore's moving speech at the Golden Globes encourages me:
We're not done yet! This is a revolutionary new beginning!
Another film that gave me goosepumps: Perfect Days. The story of the toilet cleaner in Tokyo reminds me to give the art of contentment more space. Our true wealth lies not in material things. So I want to be more grateful in 2025. For my talents and abilities. For empathy, wisdom and charisma.
I want to appreciate more what I have experienced and what has touched me, because it makes me the person I am today. It’s what connects us with other people – it is not measurable and not visible. And it is exactly what distinguishes us from Artificial Intelligence.
AI. Hardly a slogan that goes by without these two letters. The artificial changes everything, whether we want it or not. Just like back then, when the internet sneaked into all of our lives. The first email address. The first cell phone with an extendable antenna. The first SMS, sent from my squeaky yellow Alcatel, saying 'I love you'. I wasn't even sure if it would ever arrive, but it did.
And now? Again this moment between departure and collapse.
Dear 2025, I have the feeling you might be an incredibly exciting year! And you know what? That's exactly my vibe! Because you are the year in which I become even braver, I am ready to risk everything. And you know why? Because I will teach myself to trust completely. I will trust being human. Because it is the only choice we have.
xo Jeanette