Continual Momentum

What is Continual Momentum?

March 7, 2023September 16, 2026Katia H.Leave a comment

Continual Momentum was born out of my intention words in 2022. It’s become the foundation behind everything I do with my writing, creativity, and how I live my life. Continual Momentum is the process of moving forward constantly. It isn’t about how fast you’re moving, it’s about making sure you keep taking steps even when you may feel stuck. It applies to your goals, but can also connect to any part of your day to day living, health, relationships, and more.

In 2022, I wrote my top intention as Momentum.

Momentum: Continue to move forward with my life and goals. Letting go of anything that holds me back. Gain momentum in any area that fuels my passions.

One of the definitions I found when setting this intention was:

Doing a little more of the things that move you forward and a little less of the things that hold you back.

And I felt that definition spoke to me and gave me the direction I needed.

When I added in continual it’s because I wanted to reinforce that the momentum would not stop. So often in our life we set goals, we start to work towards them, and for some reason or another we just stop. We let those hopes, dreams, and goals be put aside to deal with other things. Continual Momentum is about keeping things always moving forward. It allows for you to carve out space and time to make small or large movements towards success, but without the pressure of a deadline because you’re always working on the goal.

For me, my main focus is my writing and creating. It’s making sure that the ideas I write down continue to grow, develop, and work towards their completion to keep new ideas coming in. When I wrote this I was, originally, I was trying to see if I can write daily for a full month, but there’s also the realization that life happens, and perhaps on one day I’ll only be able to write down an idea, whereas another day I might write two articles. And that’s perfectly okay. I don’t need to beat a previous days output, I need to embrace what I’m able to do in the present. No matter what there is continual progress and therefore, continual momentum towards my goals.

It applies to other areas of my life too though. Whether it’s the continual momentum of purging things that I no longer need, or making sure I make a healthy choice each day, it’s all about looking at what my intentions are currently, and continuing to work towards success with those guiding goal words.

When we feel stuck in life, by making these continual choices to keep up our momentum, no matter how small, then as time progresses we can see that even if we are or were feeling stuck, we have made progress and continued our evolution. We’re now further ahead from where we were and although we may not yet have succeeded to complete something yet, we’ve managed to keep moving forward. And that’s really what Continual Momentum is all about, finding ways to keep moving towards your goals. No matter the size of the step forward, you’re still moving forward.

It has been a few years since I originally wrote my definition of Continual Momentum. And here’s the thing about small steps, they can turn into something. In 2023, I started this page with the goal to move my writing to my own space instead of sharing it on a multi user publishing platform. In February 2026, I finally launched this site. And now as I work on it, I’ll have visual proof of my continual momentum. Thank you for being here. Thank you for reading anything I’ve written.

Reclaiming Forever

August 19, 2022September 17, 2026Katia H.Leave a comment

I was young and naive the first time I talked about being in love forever. Those dreams of growing old together and loving each other forever filled my head while lost in the romantic notions of what forever should be. I was young, in love, and determined to not be a divorce statistic as we journeyed towards our happily ever after. And then it happened. We grew up and only one of us kept trying to grow together. So when he told me it was over, the word forever was ripped from my world.

I struggled with this idea quite a bit. I had always wanted to reach those big wedding anniversary milestones. I wanted to be that cute old couple in the parking lot, still holding hands. I wanted to spend forever loving and being loved by the one person I had chosen and in that moment had chosen me. So when he closed the door on my idea of forever, forever was stuck behind the closed door too.

As my marriage ended I switched from optimist to realist and removed the word forever from my vocabulary. I had learned, the hard way, that my willingness to grow and dedicate all my energy to make a relationship work wasn’t nearly enough and have since learned to balance the energy for myself too. When your romantic idea of forever includes someone else, you are trusting in that person to walk the forever path with you. You can hope they’ll move forward with you, but the reality is, happily ever after and a love that lasts forever doesn’t often happen, especially if you’ve given your heart to someone who didn’t value and honour it. In the end, you can only control your own thoughts and actions towards it.

But then one night my tainted view of forever shifted. As I lay in bed with my partner, I realized he was making me hope and long for forever again. That word, I was so adamant no longer had a place in my life, didn’t even reopen the door, but crashed through like the Kool Aid Man to announce that forever had returned to my world. And as the new realist me weighed the hope with the reality of the situation, the optimistic side rejoined to show me, it’s okay to still want, acknowledge, and work towards a forever with someone. Forever was never a bad word, it was just connected to the wrong person.

Through the love of my partner, I have reclaimed the word forever. I’ve reclaimed it as a hope of forever that can continue to evolve over our lifetime. It has become the constant longing that what we have between us remains solid and that our love and connection continues to grow forever. And the longer we’re together, the more I feel like we could really be the couple that makes forever a reality. With him, every day we take towards our forever is a gift.

The road that led me here gives me the knowledge that this time I have a better chance of being successful. This time I’m part of a relationship with strong foundations and a genuine desire for the best for each other. Life will always throw surprises and each one so far we have conquered together with the utmost love and support. No matter what is ahead of us, every day I get to wake up beside a man that makes my heart feel alive and each night utter peace returns as we collapse from our day. This is a man who has shown me he loves me unconditionally and is on this journey with me as we grow together. And because of him, I’ve been able to reclaim the word forever and that longing for our love to last forever. And as cliché as it is, forever is genuinely not going to be long enough for the depth of this love.