Alfie's New Year Message

What does Alfie want to say about 2025?

Although I’ve been busy helping take the Christmas decorations down - or as I like to call it being tangled in tinsel - I wanted to write something for you as we welcome another year. Wishing you all a very happy 2025.

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas, I will definitely miss the leftover food. Turkey, custard and even a bit of cream. Obviously Christmas Day breakfast was my favourite, pilchards, that’s a custom in our house and I love it.

However when we welcome a new year, I always like to reflect on the last one. It was a good year in all, although I understand that it was difficult for a lot of humans and I felt that deeply being a very sensitive cat. I appreciate not everyone had a good year and that is why I always like to think of a new year as almost like a clean sweep. We can say goodbye to the old and be open to the new. I personally think that 2025 is going to be a brilliant year for us all, and I for one am ready to grab it by the paws!

This year I am going to bring you a new book. It’s called Alfie’s Apprentices - yes you heard it here first - and we are looking for a release late spring/early summer. Stay tuned for more details, but as I bring you tales (or tails) of the kittens, I know you will love it.

I am also working hard to train my grand-kittens to be good cats, although they already are, the thing is that I like to teach them what I have learnt so they can use it to help their humans the way I have always helped mine.

I plan to spend more time with those I love, both cats and humans. This year feels like a year of family and friendship and so I am going to cherish both. Make time for people you care about, it’s so important. I feel gratitude every day to have so many people to love in my life and I think it’s important that we go into the new year being thankful for what we have rather than sad for what we do not.

Have fun. I think sometimes we are so caught up worrying about things that we forget to even try to have fun, but honestly I believe that if you set time aside to do what you enjoy, things are always that bit brighter. Worry just brings more worry, and I know it’s not easy but make a resolution to have more fun in your life, or at least invite it in. I plan having lots of fun this year.

I know that I don’t need to tell you to live your life with kindness because I believe you already do, but being kind is such an important part of our lives. I might say I have used it as my central purpose in my life, but it doesn’t cost anything to be kind. Just smile at people when you meet them, greet people, inject a little kindness into every day life and you will get it back tenfold - as I said, I am sure you already do!

Finally as I wonder when I will next get some delicious pilchards and hope that I don’t have to wait for next Christmas I wish you all a very happy, healthy, joy filled and successful 2025. I will speak to you all again on here very soon.

Lots of love

Alfie xxx