NY Post #3: Exceeded my expectations for 2024...

My boxing gloves. 30th September, 2024. Added on 16th January, 2025.

1. How quickly and easily I adopted to university lifestyle and made new friends, learned to thrive, be independent, learned who I was, what I wanted from life, all the while staying true to myself. > college glowup? a lot of people have been saying that recently lol.

2. Finishing the third work...a novella (I didn't expect to finish that in 2024...it wasn't even part of my 2024 goals)

3. Honestly fixed a lot of bad aspects of my mental health that I have been carrying since like COVID times. That's been really great and underrated, by me. I haven't reflected on how grateful I am for that.

4. How I stuck to piano (didn't quit after 12 years) and actually started learning a song that I really wanted to learn.

   1. Plus, how easy it was to play my old songs! Practice really does pay off...really does come a long way.

5. Figured out how to/published my novel!

6. Made unexpected friends

7. Mostly stuck to stretching lol (I thought I would quit immediately...still need to get the splits back after ballet break but now that I'm back...)

8. Picked up ballet again and boxing (totally unexpected)

9. Cared less what people thought and didn't overthink as much (in the healthy way, this is part of the mental health thing)

10. SO many great friends (new) or relationships got so much tighter with already close/good friends.

11. Starting reading about the saints.

(there are many other ways, some that I've forgotten because I had more ideas when I was writing this list, and some personal).

I just want to say, I'm proud of myself in 2024. 2024 was my year, but I'm sure 2025 will be too. I have a GREAT feeling. So many things are already in the works for 2025. I'm truly shocked/pleasantly surprised how I surprised myself nad exceeded so many of my goals and expectations for myself in 2024. I swear I have high expectations for myself, too. For no one, higher. And this is rare! I am NOT usually proud of myself. Don't know the last time I was. It's truly rare. Usually I'm disappointed. 2025, here's to you!!! 2024, thank you.

Signing off,

Masha