Year 2024 has to be one of the shortest years (if not the shortest) I've ever experienced. What do you mean there's just a day left for this year to come to an end? I remember vividly how I spent the first day of the year. I went to church, came back, and kept on scrolling through TV channels while reposting festive memes on Whatsapp. And now, we're few hours away from 2025. How?!!! I once watched a movie where they said that time in the past is slower than time in the future and I'm beginning to believe that unproved theory. Cause why's everything moving so fast?
Anyways, that's that. As tough and dramatic as this year was, I thought about it today and there are quite a number of things to be thankful for. With how the new year is fast approaching, it's easy to forget the hurdles we faced, the milestones we crossed, the pains we went through and the achievements we made this year as more people are busy planning how they want their new year to be.
There's this saying, having the right people around you brings out the best in you. I don't think I strictly lived by that saying all this while. I surrounded myself with people I know I had no reservations towards and looking back at it, they've been the right set of people. How was I able to realize it? These last two months, I got to meet new people. New people with different mentalities and different mindsets. And being with them for the short period of time opened my eyes to see how far I'd grown mentally, how healthy the mindsets of people I allowed to be close to me, were. I know I didn't really make conscious effort where surrounding myself with the best people is concerned but I'm thankful that this year, I was able to sustain meaningful relationships with people with very healthy and positive mindsets, aiding my growth mentally.
This year, I was faced with the most stressful year academically and I didn't know about it sooner so I could brace myself for it. I was halfway into the year already when I heard from those who had passed through the particular year that it's the toughest year one would have to go through in this course. I was in it already and when I heard, it finally explained why approaching things with the same energy I did others, didn't seem to be working. 2024 wasn't funny for me academically. It was stressful and very challenging but I'm thankful I scaled through it all and I can still smile till this day.
I joined hive last year but I didn't get to enjoy the full experience that comes with being on the blockchain till this year. I grew a lot this year on hive and although I'm not on the same page with people I started out with, I'm still thankful for my achievements here on hive. This year, I was able to make more out of hive than I did last year. From engagements, to earnings and to contributing to the growth of the blockchain, I did better. There's still a chance to do my best and I look forward to doing exactly that in 2025.
2024 was such a trying year for me and halfway into it, I wanted the year to be over so fast, so I could move on to the next chapter of my life and see what it held. But looking back at things now, I did well mentally, emotionally and financially (even though my money kept disappearing at different points in time😂). I'm thankful for life generally - for my family, friends, the one angel we gained in my school this year, the little successes I've taken for granted, that I can't remember at this moment. In all, I'm thankful for the year 2024 itself.
As 2024 continues running to become the past, and 2025 hastens to become our present, let's keep living, keep loving, keep thriving and keep appreciating wins, whether big or small.
Love🤍
This is my entry to the inleo December prompt Day 3
Images are mine