also i do find this sooo funny to be doing 5 months into the next year but i refuse to let a tradition die :))))))
1: What did you do in 2025 that you’d never done before? HM, well not to be a downer abt it but i lost two of my "best friends" of over a decade each due to literal ghosting????, got a new hairstylist and an INCREDIBLE shag haircut for the first time in over a decade!!!, started doin monthly hang outs w zoe!!!, had my mother move in w me, spent an entire year from start to finis living in my own apartment :"), hosted things here (like my christmas painting party & powerpoint party!!), drove to st. paul w just my dad, GOT A SISTER IN LAW!!!!!!, went to Big Bear, hung out w danae for the first time n hung out w michelle for the first time alone!!, started a bonfire on my own (felt queer af abt it), had to admit my first client to the hospital 😮💨, actually got like invested and into political stuff via A Bit Fruity which also became one of my fav podcasts, visited columbus!!, spread my grandparents ashes LOL, hung out w richard & laura alone (like as and adult, altho i dont think i did as a child either???), cultivated a genuine friendship w michael (cami's widow), GOT A KINDLE and therefore read soooo much, GOT A STERNUM TATTOOOOOO!!!!!, went on my first trip w danae!!, started junk journaling, met zoes friends :"), started on a glp1 and started feeling healthy for basically the first time ever, BOUGHT TICKETS FOR A EUROPE VACATION!!!!!!!!, and also started the FINAL BOSS aka EMDR which i'm sooooo proud of 🥹
2: Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year? i love resolutions & i'm p sure i did a good job of stickin to em bc i kept them intentionally vague lmfao
3: Did anyone close to you give birth? uMMM not Super Close to me, but taylor had a baby!!!
4: Did anyone close to you die? mi grandmama, altho we weren't close BUT she was my Final Grandparent
5: What countries did you visit? none :(
6: What would you like to have in 2026 that you lacked in 2025? i think def like less anger and resentment / better communication skills, stability (within) HEALTHY reciprocal friendships, maybs fuck around n find love, feeling fulfilled and supported emotionally, and like??? i wasn't Not financially stable but ig just having MORE financial stability???
7: What dates from 2025 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? uhhhh january 15th i think was the day that my mom moved in w me but i dunno that'll be etched into my memory forever? altho i never forget dates so whomst knows. also bri broke up w me on 6/26 fhafhalnfak
8: What was your biggest achievement of the year? i think honestly just surviving it all and also i'm SO fkin proud of starting emdr after YEARSSSS of being too scared to 🥹🥹🥹
9: What was your biggest failure? i mean like nothing really?? i dont like to think of things in that way so like. nothing??? i mean ig like, not getting to see Half Alive w bean bc i had HORRIBLE covid 😔
10: Did you suffer illness or injury? omfg, as mentioned above, i lowkey thought i was gonna die from covid
11: What was the best thing you bought? tbh my kindle i think?? it made me get sm more into reading and reading became SUCH a source of joy omfg (but also like. buying the tickets for the UK was the best thing in the world)
12: Whose behavior merited celebration? i mean like i say this every year but lowkey everyone in my family & also we're all abt celebrating Self so i'm v proud of all of us!!! also zoe and danae stepped up for me as the most healing friendships 🥹
13: Whose behavior made you appalled? brittany fkin firsten and also kevin, but kevin wasn't appalled so much as just like. Hurt
14: Where did most of your money go? i mean just like bills tbh & also paying my moms bills for like half the year 😒
15: What did you get really, really, really excited about? basically all the good things i listed in the first Q, but like ESP the planning of the trip to the UK and buying the tickets 😭😭 also me hosting the PP party but ESPPPP the christmas party :""")
16: What song will always remind you of 2025? honestly i think 'messy' by lola young??
17: Compared to this time last year, are you: (a) happier or sadder? (b) thinner or fatter? c) richer or poorer? happier, thinner, prolly the same!
18: What do you wish you’d done more of? loving and nurturing myself tbh
19: What do you wish you’d done less of? doubted myself, spent time on relationships that weren’t filling my cup, beat myself up, etc (this is literally my answer from last year but i'm keeping it bc it still fits)
20: How did you spend Christmas? celebrated w my mom n bean n john!! :")
21: Did you fall in love in 2025? noy
22: What was your favorite TV program? SUMMER HOUSE HOLY SHIT. but a close second would be southern charm!!
23: Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year? HAHA yuh ***
24: What was the best book you read? i read sooo much but hands down it was Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano!!! i would die for that book i stg
25: What was your greatest musical discovery? i mean like. i've like never listened to new music in my life, but i DID start listening to Our Last Night covers and those are sooooo fkin good bro
26: What did you want and get? more intense healing than ever!!, the planning of my dream trip, and actual healthy / healing / wonderful friendships 😭
27: What did you want and not get? ehhhh i mean??? i guess a year of living alone??
28: What was your favorite film of this year? omfg, two of my now favorite movies: anora, challengers, and then sinners!!! (which is also prolly my fav like, horror-ish movie)
29: What one thing made your year immeasurably more satisfying? having monthly friendship dates w zoe and danae 😌
30: How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2025? my smoothez tank tops from american eagle w a cardigan and my curve love high rise jeans from abercrombie lmao
31: What kept you sane? sue, colleen and garrett and my dad, my FWENDS, my silly podcasts, and bravo tbh
32: Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? i mean i feel like every year its just gonna be tyler & josh lets be so fr like they're my sons
33: What political issue stirred you the most? all of its bad. nothing is good, next question
34: Who did you miss? COLLEEN and garrett and kevin (🙃) and cami
35: Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2025: life had both beautiful ups and devastating downs and you just have to hold on bc everything will be so good so soon just hang on!!! (this is literally my answer from last year but it stands strong so imma keep it)
36: Quote a song lyric that sums up your year. “found your capacity for love and tragedy, embracing how things always change” (oldies station / 21p) (ok not to do it again but lowkey this does perfectly encapsulate 2025 even tho its my answer from 2024 again so imma have to leave it unfortch 🫢)
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