2024 - my review you didn’t ask for
heyya! i didn’t post as much as I did in 2023, and here’s why! for those of you who may not know, I’m a private practice therapist or a shrink as my cousin calls it. I learned a lot this year, especially how to balance my professional self with my personal self because often I become a workaholic and obsessed with being perceived correctly. Which is why I like this blog because none of you know me, so I can be who I want! Anyway, this year I:
spent 1/3 of my year out of the country
got accepted into 4 PhD programs
built my client base almost up to full time (big deal for me!)
went through an awful breakup
kind of got back together with said breakup
split again (being a young therapist means the “I can fix him” mentality goes hard)
spent Christmas with said breakup bc his dad and mine are besties
was told by my supervisor she’d like to start training me for my own practice in 2025
started + collaborated on a specialized curriculum for special needs kids
began facilitating bi-weekly group therapy for a marginalized community
had a massive depressive episode from like august-november
fell back into binge-eating then pulled myself out of it
cried almost every day
NEXT year, I plan on:
moving semi-permanently out of country (most of my job is remote)
get funding for my PhD
expand my client base to full time
let people take care of me
remember that it is not my job to fix people outside of regularly scheduled hours
fix my sleep schedule
begin the build to own my own private practice
pass over all special needs work to other colleagues
ask for help when I start seeing signs of depression
continue to heal my relationship with food
laugh more
to be honest, this is more for me to remember than anyone else. hopefully you can see that the good and bad were intermixed with each other, and life is neither perfect nor linear. if I do not reach my 2025 goals, it does not mean I am a failure; it means I planned so big that I ran out of time to do it all. Here’s to a brand new year and a fresh start. I hope you all remember that you are special, you are loved, and you have a purpose. If you feel none of those things, don’t worry! They are still true and one day your emotions will line up with reality. Keep moving forward 🍊