Hello dreamers and good afternoon!
Sorry for despairing so quickly and with no goodbyes in the holidays, but I was defeated by stomach flu, and you know how the holidays are, you need to be just a little off guard and it’s over all your planning.
However, I’m not here to talk about the past, or maybe, maybe just a little!
I’m here to make a little review of the year…
DISCLAIMER: I know you must start with the good things, but if you keep on reading you’ll understand why I started with the unpleasant things.
2023 started pretty rough with the burial of my grandma on the 1st which left me with no desire to live. I loved her and I love her, I know that she’s there watching with my grandpa and father and I just miss her. I spent most of the year just missing her, blaming faith, myself, and not only. I was a mess, and as a disclaimer, I didn’t set any goals for the year, I didn’t know what I wanted, or if I wanted to live without her.
After that, not a long time passed and some relationship problems came around, but in these I’m not going to dive deeper, but to say that, they were the cherry on top of everything.
I also lost another “grandpa” I loved, in March, the grandpa of my ex, whom I loved like my own.
I started to recover somewhere around Easter, but not fully, as I had a meltdown in July and I haven’t spent the Summer at home for the first time in my life.
The worst part is that I honestly thought that everything bad would end up with the burial, as 22 was also a pretty rough year for me. But boy was I wrong.
With my Ph.D. things didn’t go smoothly as I haven’t focused enough and I’m more behind than I want to admit.
I drifted further from my friends, and I didn’t manage to put off my loan as I wanted by the end of the year. I had some fights at work and some general not necessarily setbacks but more like staying in the same place.
There were some good things too and I’ll start with learning some lessons about myself and growing up in general. In therapy I learned that we grow when it hurts, well 2022 and 2023 were meant for that, I’m just curious about 2024 if I get a break or if it will continue.
I’ve got Ash who changed my life! For real!
I visited 5 new places, starting with Colibita, Urlatoarea Waterfall, Pruncea Waterfall, Timisoara, and Slanic Prahova Salt Mine. I traveled, even though I visited old places too.
I experienced my first Conference and this is also on the list of things gone wrong, but meh.
I succeeded in all my exams and competitions I was with my students.
I started selling on Amazon, creating more content, and growing, slowly but doing it.
One thing I’m really proud of is having the 2024 planner launched.
I had a quieter Christmas, and I had time to reflect on the things of the year.
I managed to do some Christmas decor, even if I haven’t posted it!
Overall for me, 2023 was a harsh year, with many lessons! It wasn’t the worst year of my life, because it’s my life, it can be bad. I’ll try to see it as a lesson to be learned and I’ll keep on dreaming of a year like 2018, 2019, or even 2020 with all the Covid. Kidding here!
I’m ready for a new experience in 2024!
Goodbye 2023!
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