8:02 am

I saw someone talking about the things they were proud of in 2025, and as I usually don’t celebrate successes or brush them off as if they're nothing, especially when others react, I thought I would give it a try!

• ran my first marathon

• learned to ask for help when needed instead of doing it on my own

• visited 6 new cities/countries

• started new friendships

• competed in 3 HYROX

• learned to walk away from things that were not filling my cup

• started therapy and doing it right (i can elaborate on what I mean by that)

• accepted my first job in finance and let it go because I realized it wasn’t what was right for me

• starting working on my investments

• began to embrace the detour of life

• started to try to advocate for myself

• Effie and Addie (my lifesavers), who have helped me focus and organize, and be less anxious

• figured out a way to budget that works for me and is fun, not overwhelming

There is probably much more to be proud of, things I did not list. But as I write this, I realized that those things I did not list are probably on my friends’ list of things they are proud of me for. I think that is a really cool thing and cool to reflect and see that, though a tough year in some aspects, it was a great year of achievements and memories to be proud of!