Best of 2025: One Soft Win at a Time
- Saadique A Basu
- Jan 1
- 2 min read
If someone had asked me, month by month, what the BEST thing about 2025 was, I might have paused before answering. Not because the year lacked magic—but because the BEST moments arrived quietly, without announcements, and stayed long enough to change me.
January gave me the BEST kind of beginning: discipline without pressure. February followed with small but meaningful wins—showing up, learning patience, trusting slow progress. March whispered courage into my routine, reminding me that fear shrinks once you take the first step.
By mid-year, the BEST moments began to feel tangible. Creating consistently. Choosing myself.
Spending my own hard-earned money on things that mattered. July and August became about rediscovery—especially the BEST kind—regaining a long-lost friendship. That reconnection gave me the nudge my literary journey desperately needed, shaping much of who and where I am today.
Then came November—the undeniable BEST milestone of my year. My first-ever book, a collection of poetries, finally found its way into the world. Words that once lived only in drafts and late-night thoughts now had a spine, a cover, and a place on a shelf. It wasn’t just a book—it was proof that persistence works quietly until one day, it doesn’t stay quiet anymore.
And just when I thought the year had given me its final gift, December surprised me with another BEST moment. I won a blogging challenge—my first of its kind. A small victory to some, perhaps, but monumental to me. Validation. Encouragement. A sign that my words were not just written, but received.
Looking back, 2025 didn’t give me one dramatic triumph. It gave me many meaningful ones. And maybe that’s the BEST kind of year—one that teaches you to recognize success even when it arrives softly.
So here’s to thinking hard, noticing more, and celebrating the quiet wins. Because sometimes, the BEST things don’t shout—they simply stay.
This post was created for the Blogaberry Creative (Monthly) Challenge with theme word BEST
Congratulations on your first published book. Wish you another successful year and hope to read more of your books
Happy New Year. Your’s is the first blog post of my reading for 2026.
It was a fresh thought that you shifted the focus away from those massive, high-pressure "milestones" everyone usually obsesses over and instead gave a shout-out to the "soft wins"—it’s grounding. I can relate to finding joys in the mundane, like a Ghibli-esque moment or just getting through a long workday. Glad your 2025 was a year where you prioritized peace and progress over the usual loud internet noise; it’s definitely the energy everyone should carry forward in 2026 too.