a boring year retrospective
Turns out I did actually leave the house this year, so let's do what I do best (making lists) and have a reluctant retrospective of the year.
2024 was a year of goal achieving, it was effortless, one of those years where life happened to me (moving, getting my driver's license) and it fed my sense of accomplishment. In contrast, 2025 felt like a year of maintenance, career lull and looking for work has a way of flattening time. Here is me, trying this new thing (writing) and I find the best worst idea to talk about, a year retrospective. A boring year retrospective!
Inevitably it becomes even more important to partake in this exercise of self-reflection, to notice the small. To sit and remininsce about time, helped by journals and photo albums.
- Put real effort in movement and physical exercise; I strength trained consistently for over 6 months (Fitbod data as evidence).
- Traveled to a couple of cool places.
- Started working on a passion project, something I actually feel really excited about: shelves
- Switched from Spotify to Qobuz; for obvious reasons and in an effort to reconnect with music
- Read and listened to amazing books; I'm genuinely so thrilled of my reading especially towards the end of year. Find me on storygraph or check out my library page for recommendations.
Small achievements, quiet wins. This year was soft, all things considered. I'm reminded that maintenance is still movement, simply leaving the house is movement. I waited impatiently for 2025 to end but I feel comforted to look back at it fondly, ready to let it go (I prefer even numbered years anyway).