
I'm Just Sharing with Shaunda
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I'm Just Sharing with Shaunda
From Reflection to Action: Turning 2024 Lessons into 2025 Wins
Reflecting on 2024 and the lessons it came with. Sharing my progress and my thoughts on looking forward to 2025 with consistency and discipline.
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Two types of people, there was the people who were going
Shaunda1:out on New years.
Shaunda 1:and the people who were staying in the
Shaunda1:house
Shaunda 2:2025 is like an answer
Shaunda2:for all. 2024 had setbacks, that whole year, it just showed that we're
Shaunda 2:capable of more. We're capable of pushing ourselves
Shaunda 1:Self development has a process in many different ways. One of them is letting go. I have to trust that time never heals, but time is working progress. I'm a working progress.
Shaunda2:So be relentlessly disciplined
Shaunda 2:and consistent.
Shaunda2:It wins every
Shaunda 2:time and turns your potential into reality.
Shaunda 1:Welcome back to another episode of I'm just sharing with Shonda. I'm Shonda. Happy New Year, y'all. I'm so glad that
Shaunda1:got through. I can't
Shaunda 1:believe
Shaunda1:2024 is over and it's 25. Like, 2025. Like,
Shaunda 1:oh my goodness.
Shaunda1:is like
Shaunda 1:crazy. Like, where did it go? I just wanted to give, like, my thoughts on 2024
Shaunda1:and just how it was.
Shaunda 1:Because it was, like, an
Shaunda1:interesting time.
Shaunda 1:Two things was just seeing how with new year's, I have to start with new year's and seeing how there were like two types of people, right? There was the people who were going
Shaunda1:out on New years.
Shaunda 1:and it was the people who were staying in the
Shaunda1:house
Shaunda 1:and new years. It was like 80 20 because I just feel like people like you know, It's on a Tuesday, like Tuesday night into a Wednesday, some people was off. I was off. I enjoyed my time off, but it's just like, Tuesday.
Shaunda1:just don't feel like
Shaunda 1:going. Don't feel like getting up, get dressed, like rather have something cozy and just be in and celebrate
Shaunda1:See the fireworks from a
Shaunda 1:a distance. Look at it on the news, the ball drop and it's still like the biggest thing ever because you're with somebody that you love or like, you're, you just been so trustworthy
Shaunda1:yourself that you're
Shaunda 1:celebrating
Shaunda1:and you're enough.
Shaunda 1:Like, it's like a whole thing. I want to say that I've had that moment, but just like seeing that, And also seeing how like, I also feel like the 2024,
Shaunda1:in
Shaunda 1:general, it was a lot of people.
Shaunda1:Um, that I've seen
Shaunda 1:on my feed of a lot
Shaunda1:pep talks
Shaunda 1:of like your goals
Shaunda1:what
Shaunda 1:to look for
Shaunda1:you're
Shaunda 1:locked in 2025. Like it just seemed like that's what you need to do. Like be locked in. It's time that your goals is definitely going to get to you because you're motivated and you trust
Shaunda1:and you trust this process. Like,
Shaunda 1:it's just seems like 2024 definitely Went
Shaunda1:from round and we stayed up until the
Shaunda 1:last minute until that bell rung until that ball dropped.
Shaunda1:It's like, alright, I know I can handle
Shaunda 1:this. Whatever's going to come to me in 2025 is
Shaunda1:to be nothing but vibes.
Shaunda 1:positivity, good
Shaunda1:my goals,
Shaunda 1:the things
Shaunda1:I'm carrying out. Like, it's so crazy to me that like, just seeing that everywhere
Shaunda 1:has motivated me to
Shaunda1:the same thing.
Shaunda 1:2024 for me has been rough,
Shaunda1:like
Shaunda 1:mentally, physically, emotionally, as everybody else, but like just me personally,
Shaunda1:it was
Shaunda 1:just
Shaunda1:mentally. Am I really? Going through it, but also sitting with myself
Shaunda 1:learning and understanding
Shaunda1:feelings.
Shaunda 1:But like, it's
Shaunda1:just has been
Shaunda 1:a very.
Shaunda1:interesting 2024 to do it. Like I said, I feel like I've been aligning myself
Shaunda 1:and it has been definitely great and I feel like everybody is
Shaunda1:like moving with intention is a thing and
Shaunda 1:just knowing that 2025 is definitely going to look different. Definitely different. I haven't like read from my journal. It feels like I haven't read from my journal, with you guys or shared it with you guys
Shaunda1:in a minute. So
Shaunda 1:I'm going to do that because reflecting,
Shaunda1:but
Shaunda 1:now I want to say I wrote this
Shaunda1:yesterday.
Shaunda 1:January 1st, 2025 at 12 53 PM. Quote, every individual is only a version of you. How can they forgive when there's no forgiveness in
Shaunda1:the heart. It's by Kendrick Lamar.
Shaunda 1:His
Shaunda1:Song right here, Reincarnated, speaks
Shaunda 1:valiance to
Shaunda1:especially now in a time
Shaunda 1:that I want to move
Shaunda1:with intention. With
Shaunda 1:God with me. I'm willing to trust this life process, understanding that every choice is the right choice, never taking anything for granted, meeting a version of me, learning and understanding I will never take for granted. I see that self development has a process in many different ways. One of them is letting go.
Shaunda1:If
Shaunda 1:a version of me is hurt, I would want them to let me go. Don't tell me I'm letting you go.
Shaunda1:I
Shaunda 1:want better for myself. Assessing my emotions and feelings and connecting with Jehovah and others is my self development.
Shaunda1:Working
Shaunda 1:through my emotions, taking it out and understanding oneself is progressing. My progression. I have to trust that time never heals, but time is working progress. I'm a working progress. And it just seems
Shaunda1:like it's. shutting off
Shaunda 1:skin. And I feel like that has been, very
Shaunda1:uncomfortable
Shaunda 1:but
Shaunda1:necessary
Shaunda 1:And just looking back at it, I'm just really, really proud
Shaunda1:that you know I'm
Shaunda 1:I'm making decisions that
Shaunda1:for me. I'm making decisions
Shaunda 1:that work for me even before that
Shaunda1:I just said that I'm proud that I still have
Shaunda 1:kindness and love
Shaunda1:empathy in my heart that I still have the room for that.
Shaunda2:I feel like
Shaunda 2:2025 is like an answer
Shaunda2:for all. Like I just feel like it's definitely answer. Like cause 2024 had setbacks, but I just feel like with that whole year, it just showed that we're
Shaunda 2:capable of more. We're capable of pushing ourselves and
Shaunda2:Going into 2025
Shaunda 2:prepared and ready for
Shaunda2:whatever, like we already, we've been through this all together in 2024.
Shaunda 2:So now it's just time to focus on 2025, your goals, your dreams,
Shaunda2:and like really have them
Shaunda 2:flourish, you know,
Shaunda2:and it's just been a really cool.
Shaunda 2:journey. 2024 has been
Shaunda 1:yeah, I'm gonna take a quick break and
Shaunda1:going to be right
Shaunda 1:back. Welcome
Shaunda1:Um,
Shaunda 1:so speaking about
Shaunda1:in progress,
Shaunda2:I was listening to shits and gigs and James was just talking about like
Shaunda 2:pressing like
Shaunda2:the A button
Shaunda 2:and you never know
Shaunda2:that the A button won't work until
Shaunda 2:press it.
Shaunda2:And I'm like, you know, we
Shaunda 2:have to go through this stuff. And, um,
Shaunda2:just keep saying that it just seems
Shaunda 2:like 2024 and whole, and especially with me being intentional that I have to try to apply myself because
Shaunda2:never really know if it's
Shaunda 2:going to work out if I don't try. Like, like
Shaunda2:it's, it's all work in progress. It's another thing
Shaunda 2:that I've been seeing on my social media TikTok is
Shaunda2:how people are writing
Shaunda 2:down.
Shaunda2:And it's broken down in like different categories, which I just never really thought about this. I always thought it was like huge and people having these three pillars and everything.
Shaunda 2:Um,
Shaunda2:but it can just be
Shaunda 2:as small
Shaunda2:as family relationships, um,
Shaunda 2:finances, whatever business
Shaunda2:that you're doing, and
Shaunda 2:post
Shaunda2:personal goals that you like feel within can be, you know, worked
Shaunda 2:on and you write them down, you plan it out. And I just feel like with,
Shaunda2:If you do that, you're more intentional with how
Shaunda 2:your outcome is going to be.
Shaunda2:And I feel like all of
Shaunda 2:2024 and seeing all this stuff, people were just preparing. I've just seen a lot of people wanting to teach
Shaunda2:something, to express something, to let somebody know like, this is something that you should
Shaunda 2:just try.
Shaunda2:You know, be curious, be, open to
Shaunda 2:do things
Shaunda2:because you never
Shaunda 2:really know what
Shaunda2:the
Shaunda 2:next
Shaunda2:year is going Um,
Shaunda 2:it just made me think about like the whole 2024 and what I've done
Shaunda2:far. I've noticed that, you
Shaunda 2:know,
Shaunda2:with all my platforms that I have, I use Buzzsprout to get my audio episodes out with Apple, Spotify, and Google
Shaunda 2:podcasts. On there and then I have,
Shaunda2:you know, my youtube page and you see the visuals. I have my Uh instagram page and my Tik
Shaunda 2:tiktok page just to post my reels and knowing that you know I'm working on being a little
Shaunda2:more active on there I
Shaunda 2:like that i'm active
Shaunda2:every week, but
Shaunda 2:I know that I can probably change that to every
Shaunda2:three days you know like it doesn't have to be too big maybe two but like just making sure that
Shaunda 2:i'm more active and Working with
Shaunda2:Progressing.
Shaunda 2:I want to be
Shaunda2:more active. I
Shaunda 2:know that if I'm not, you know, I'm not really going
Shaunda2:So I really do want to
Shaunda 2:keep applying myself to what I'm doing.
Shaunda2:So it has been a journey. I really feel that some of my reels have
Shaunda 2:had some responses and I feel pretty,
Shaunda2:pretty good about it. Um, with Buzzsprout
Shaunda 2:I saw that like in total I had 273 downloads. Uh, it's,
Shaunda2:uh, you know, varies throughout
Shaunda 2:all the episodes that I do put out. My highest episode on there is, taking the lead in traumatic
Shaunda2:circumstances. And like, that one had 23, like, listens on there. So I was pretty happy about that. With my Instagram page or in a, you know, I'm just sharing That's my Instagram name on
Shaunda 2:there.
Shaunda2:I have 94 followers. It was just 93 earlier. So,
Shaunda 2:woohoo, to the
Shaunda2:plus one. I'm so really, like, happy. I'm really happy about this. Um, I like seeing that at least some people seeing
Shaunda 2:short form content, they connect
Shaunda2:with, you know, short time,
Shaunda 2:the attention span,
Shaunda2:all that they, they stay connected. So I really like that they
Shaunda 2:active on
Shaunda2:here. Um, sooner or later,
Shaunda 2:I have been like
Shaunda2:getting people listening to,
Shaunda 2:um, my.
Shaunda2:YouTube page, well, listen to the
Shaunda 2:thing, but on YouTube and see the visuals.
Shaunda2:That also has been progress. I want to say that's a little bit delayed, but I mean, it's cool. So, um, on my YouTube page, I have
Shaunda 2:37 subscribers. And my, um,
Shaunda2:most watched video is I'm Not
Shaunda 2:My Mother featuring Dreamer, my friend. Shout out to
Shaunda2:to you, Dreamer. Thank you for, being on
Shaunda 2:there. And that's like my most watched.
Shaunda2:The second one was, uh,
Shaunda 2:Bob's Burgers and Unspoken Truth. And that was 118 watches.
Shaunda2:So like, that was like really, really good.
Shaunda 2:Um, Dreamers was 122 if I didn't mention it. I
Shaunda2:I think I did, but either or. I was like really happy about the
Shaunda 2:progress, progress that I've seen.
Shaunda2:And I know that I can do better.
Shaunda 2:So I'm like,
Shaunda2:writing down goals
Shaunda 2:on like wanting to see 50
Shaunda2:on subscribers. 50 subscribers. I'm
Shaunda 2:starting small. I know
Shaunda2:I am thinking big,
Shaunda 2:but I want to be realistic of like
Shaunda2:wanting to have 50 subscribers
Shaunda 2:on my YouTube channel first, um, and build up from there.
Shaunda2:But I would really, really, really
Shaunda 2:love to see this business venture project.
Shaunda2:Beautiful, beautiful.
Shaunda 2:business that I'm growing to grow more than it has,
Shaunda2:So like, I'm really, really happy about it. Most of everything that I've been doing, I've been really seeing like
Shaunda 2:the hearts and the love and the response of the comments, people laughing.
Shaunda2:And then even with doing this,
Shaunda 2:I've been working on my personal page and getting my
Shaunda2:little mini
Shaunda 2:vlogs out. I find
Shaunda2:those to be like very hilarious and knowing that people like crack up at me. Some of my videos are hilarious I'm
Shaunda 2:like, okay, I can
Shaunda2:really do this. I'm
Shaunda 2:enjoying. Editing, I'm talking about
Shaunda2:making sure that I get future clients like as a business thing. That's just another thing
Shaunda 2:I'm working on. I won't get
Shaunda2:too into that, but
Shaunda 2:I am very excited to grow what I've been
Shaunda2:doing. I really want
Shaunda 2:to mean something and it
Shaunda2:is, I fit, really do feel
Shaunda 2:aligned with what's coming and what's happening right now. And I'm just
Shaunda2:very, very, very, very proud of
Shaunda 2:So, um,
Shaunda2:Yeah, it was another thing. One more thing that I wanted to share in my journal that I wrote Uh on
Shaunda 2:December 30th 2024 at 10 11 p. m.
Shaunda2:Um, I'm it's the grateful part I am extremely grateful for putting pride in the ego aside to be there for a friend in their time of need I am grateful that I can look at myself to feel and know that
Shaunda 2:i'm a good person
Shaunda2:a great person I'm happy that I have
Shaunda 2:room and still have room for kindness and love and
Shaunda2:empathy. I have nothing to prove to anyone. Shonda, you are beautiful. I'm not
Shaunda 2:going to get emotional.
Shaunda2:You're smart. You deserve happiness. You are
Shaunda 2:light.
Shaunda2:You are energy and you are deserved. I'm proud of you, Shonda. I'm proud to be, uh, this woman that I am, and the woman, the woman, a strong, black, vocal, brilliant woman that I'm becoming. Keep pushing for you, keep being curious,
Shaunda 2:growing, progressing for you, Shonda. I
Shaunda2:there. I was just like, oh man, what a time, what a time,
Shaunda 2:what a time.
Shaunda2:Um, cheers to
Shaunda 2:2025 and beyond. I definitely feel that everybody will be enjoying their time in 2025.
Shaunda2:Like I really just feel that the whole world just wants peace. I
Shaunda 2:know that
Shaunda2:it's going to look different to everybody. Um, So I'm really hoping that everybody takes The very, very
Shaunda 2:small moments that
Shaunda2:like you're doing whatever that's hard or whatever, and
Shaunda 2:just find happiness in it. Cause like, that means you're changing and you're moving and you're progressing.
Shaunda2:Um, the other thing that I
Shaunda 2:wanted to
Shaunda2:say, um, to end off is again, huge
Shaunda 2:fan, love tennis. All
Shaunda2:All right. When it comes to TC live,
Shaunda 2:live, Steve Wiseman,
Shaunda2:is my guy. That man is so fine. I
Shaunda 2:find him to be the most finest,
Shaunda2:smoothest, cool
Shaunda 2:guy.
Shaunda2:And I believe, I don't know, I, like the puns
Shaunda 2:that come off of him is just perfect.
Shaunda2:But he posted on his story. and it said, my New Year's Eve resolution
Shaunda 2:script from TC Love. And it says,
Shaunda2:It is the year of discipline and
Shaunda 2:consistency.
Shaunda2:Those things override motivation and passion every day of the week. Whatever it is you are trying to improve or achieve, if you are disciplined and
Shaunda 2:consistent, you will get there.
Shaunda2:Motivation comes and goes, but discipline and
Shaunda 2:consistency are undefeated.
Shaunda2:And if your habits don't change, you won't have a new year. You'll just have
Shaunda 2:another year.
Shaunda2:So be relentlessly disciplined
Shaunda 2:and consistent.
Shaunda2:It wins every
Shaunda 2:time and turns your potential into reality. And
Shaunda2:again, just seeing all the things that I've saw before
Shaunda 2:2025 was here. I saw people making sure that you stay locked in, stay charged every time,
Shaunda2:every time. it I'm just really happy that seeing these positive
Shaunda 2:things
Shaunda2:and motivation of what people having their goals
Shaunda 2:saying that if they can do it, you know,
Shaunda2:once they feel
Shaunda 2:Successful, about what they've done, where they're at, what they're doing, they're like, if I can
Shaunda2:do it, you can do it. So I'm really glad that in a way I had that community to see. It
Shaunda 2:inspires me to do more and I want to
Shaunda2:do more. Um, that
Shaunda 2:I want to do more for my family. I want to do more for myself and just know that I got it. So yeah. Thank you guys
Shaunda2:for tuning in to another episode of I'm Just Sharing with Shonda. There is more
Shaunda 2:to come, so please remember to rate, like, comment, and subscribe on my Apple, Spotify, and YouTube page.
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Shaunda2:for. So you can
Shaunda 2:also share your stories with me by emailing me at I'm just sharing pod at gmail. com. I love to share
Shaunda2:them. I would love
Shaunda 2:to share them. And
Shaunda2:I would also say that future guests is
Shaunda 2:to come. I'm not holding back.
Shaunda2:I really appreciate everybody
Shaunda 2:that I've had so far
Shaunda2:on the podcast. So I
Shaunda 2:I look
Shaunda2:forward
Shaunda 2:to.
Shaunda2:Being curious about new people and sharing
Shaunda 2:things with them as they share with me.
Shaunda2:So, I will see you
Shaunda 2:guys in the next one.
Shaunda2:Keep
Shaunda 2:having a good year.
Shaunda2:And I'll
Shaunda 2:be there with you. I'm,
Shaunda2:yeah. Bye.