Pressing the Restart Button: A Cosmic Beginning to 2025

January 25, 2025 — what a perfect day to press the restart button on life.

I woke up this morning with a heart full of love and a determined mindset to do something different about my life. Over the past few weeks, I’ve been wanting to make a fresh start, but after all the traveling in November and December, time just slipped through my fingers and honestly, I had somehow lost sense of who I was and where I was headed. I’ve been longing to create my bucket list for this year because, as you all know, I live for my checklists and goals. They bring such contentment and joy in my life and keep me centered.

Today felt like the right day, a day filled with cosmic magic, to begin anew.

As a lover of the stars and their infinite mysteries, I couldn’t ignore the rare cosmic event happening tonight: all the planets in the sky aligning in one beautiful line. Isn’t that a great sign for new beginnings? Aligning your life, your heart, your goals, and stepping into a fresh chapter?

I’d already planned the day two months ago with one of my most precious friends (Unknowingly about this cosmic event – What are the odds?). We decided to meet at our favorite café, Nuldam Space, a place that connects past, present and the future. Confused? It’s one of my favorite cafés in Seoul, where we can write letter to our future self. This has been a new-year tradition for me for the past few years. This time, I wrote a little love note to who I’ll become and a gift to myself on my birthday (you’ll have to wait until August 17 to know what’s in it!).

But the magic began before the letter was even finished. When I signed off with the date and time, I looked up and realized the timing was exactly when the sun had set: it was 05:48 PM, and the stars were beginning to appear. Coincidence? I think not. I call it MAGIC. It felt like the universe was nodding in agreement with our fresh start.

Not just this, the day was full of more of these magical moments:

• Arriving at the café to find three groups ahead of us, yet somehow, a table opened up at just the right moment.
• Bumping into my favorite dog on the way to the café — what are the odds?
• The sky itself playing along, with clouds so perfectly painted that it felt like nature’s masterpiece.

As we were heading home after the dinner, we were standing at the crossroads under the night sky, trying to spot the planetary alignment. Both of us are hilariously terrible with directions, so there we were, standing in the middle of the road, phones pointed to the heavens, laughing at ourselves as passers-by tried to understand what we were up to.

But when we finally found those magical planets, we stood still, wishing together under their light – that’s something I cannot translate in words, but it was a rare beautiful feeling.

There’s something so beautiful about looking up at the vastness of the universe and realizing how small we are — and yet, how connected we can feel to it all.

I came home tonight with a heart full of cosmos, ready to hug the magic and miracles that this year will bring.

There’s no better way to begin again than with gratitude, wonder, and a little cosmic inspiration.

Here’s to 2025 ahead of us — aligned, intentional, and filled with magic.

What’s your biggest goal in 2025?