The Year of 2024
Started my first full-time job. Stepped into a completely new kind of work.
Met many interesting people who are not around my age, and somehow became the one responsible for stirring things up.
Traveled twice. Old places didn’t bring many new surprises.
Got to know some new people, but lost an old friend.
Heard too many complaints from people around about their lives and this city.
Saw too many choices they made in pursuit of a “better” life.
But if I am living at the foot of snowy mountains, seeing green trees and lakes every day, and still complaining and feeling anxious all the time, I will never be satisfied.
Firsts
My first time signing up for an extracurricular class for myself.My first gym membership.
My first long road trip.
My first time buying sports equipment.
My first time furnishing a space exactly the way I liked.
My first step into the stock market.
My first time seeing a doctor in the U.S by myself.
My first time dealing with information fraud.
...and many, many first times of trying something new, hearing new pieces of music, or getting to know someone.
Favorites
Favorite music: Adieu (Farewell Love Scene) — City of Prague Philharmonic OrchestraFavorite series: Tian Xing Jian Heroes
Favorite movie: Wicked
Favorite TV show: Culinary Class Wars
Favorite actor: Song Jia
Favorite singer: Higuchi Ai
Favorite composer: Tony Ann
Favorite figure skating program: Chaeyeon Kim, Adagio For Tron
Mosts
Changed me the most: managing my own life.The problem that bothered me the most: my rules for friendship.
The sentence I liked the most: God spared my life for a reason.
The most unsettling subconscious habit: sorting people into categories and filing them away in my memory.
The question I thought about the most: what am I actually working for?
2024
2024 was still a year of speaking differently to different people — usually saying very little, and when I did speak, saying something that landed too hard. I moved through relationships without showing much personality, while at the same time being extremely exclusive in my pursuit of a complete and intact self.It was also a year of turning losses into gains, and of living the kind of life my abilities could support. In my free time, I tried to ask myself what I actually wanted, went out to walk and explore, tried new areas, and picked up hobbies I had left unfinished when I was younger.
2025
Goals for the new year: stay healthy, stay happy, and keep loving life.Wishes for the new year: I hope the things I love can slowly begin, and the things I’ve begun can continue. I hope I can be more myself, and express myself more naturally, more often.
