Jeremiah Azu said he wanted 2025 to be the best year of his life.
It has certainly got off to a good start.
On the indoor 60m track, he became Welsh champion, British champion, European champion and world champion.
He also welcomed his son into the world to become a father for the first time.
After his statement win at the World Indoor Championships in China, he had some much-needed time off with his family.
But a week later he is back training in the Cardiff sunshine - and dreaming of more success as the outdoor season begins.
"Even sometimes now it doesn't feel real," he tells BBC Sport Wales. "It's the moment when you say it out loud, that's when you really realise what you've done."
Azu is revelling in the moment.
"I've loved every moment since being home. My family were there cheering me on when I walked into the house, just picking me up, throwing me around. It was just a big celebration.
"I want to go to the top. I want to win global titles. It just adds to that motivation.
"Before it was for my family. But now it's really for my own son and my wife and I think you can't really beat those motivations."
'I'm just Jeremiah'
The 23-year-old has never lacked confidence. He puts it down to his family's support and unshakeable belief in God.
But there is a humility to him that perhaps does not show in his customary startline dances for the cameras.
Two days after becoming European indoor champion over 60m last month, he was part of an event in Wales to mark Commonwealth Day. Long after the guests had gone, he remained behind to help tidy away the chairs.
On the track, the results are starting to justify that confidence in himself.
He won Olympic bronze in the men's 4x100m relay in Paris last summer and his world indoor title last month has further elevated his rising status in the sport.
"It's easy to be confident," he continues. "You can fake it.
"I've never been a fake confident person. I'm just Jeremiah. Some people think I am confident, over-confident, under-confident, whatever it is. But for me it's knowing that I'm able to do what I've always believed I can do.
"I've learnt how to win and I think that's important in athletics. Because in the final everyone's fast, everyone's talented, but it's who actually believes it.
"Who's got that ability to not panic? Who's got that ability to time their dip right? It's all these little things that just allow you to have that confidence to walk in with the trust in the training you've done and in the team around you and your coach."
His new coach is now his old coach. He first worked with Helen James as a 17-year-old and, after a two-year spell under Marco Airale in Italy, Azu is
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