It’s been an interesting year. Trust you had all your ups and downs? 🫣 I hope for more ups though. One thing that was more consistent for me was that I loved every part of it ( in retrospect 😂). When I started thinking about this piece I had to read through my previous ones and it almost sounded like a fairytale 😂, the sincere truth is that I thank God for year 23. I grew in every area of my life, for some not as much as I would but I thank God I did.
I travelled quite several times this year; especially to the same place but it was fun and frustrating all together. I wrapped up with Uni this year which required me to go to school but what made it more fun was the excursion, experience, people and learning about a different culture through the lens of people living it. I would agree with that saying that travelling would give you probably more than a BSc. ( well I got both 😂).
Family has always been a key part of me and this year was more of a blessing than others. I did not spend so much time with my family but I think my relationship with everyone grew more than ever. If I would ever study anything relating to psychology I would want to understand how fighting helps build relationships with others because I think in hindsight the fight I had with members of my family just helped build a stronger relationship with them and now I can say I am grateful for my family and everyone I consider to be.
I’ve always considered friends to be family far from one, because they have always been there for me all my life and this year was a stronger confirmation of that. I would want to say everything on the friendship angle is beautiful but that’s probably not true, I had to make a very painful decision on that front recently and living with that decision hasn’t been all that fun but I hope it’s the right one and best for both parties.
In decision-making, I need to grow more on that because I had to make some heavy ones throughout the year and they always made my stomach turn because they weren’t fun at all, also I think I might need a better way to process things like that.
One fun thing about being a software engineer is that you get to build things with just your imagination, brain and hands and I did a few of that this year. I had the opportunity to work with some international companies and also some influential individuals that opened my eyes to see a bigger world than my little room 😂. I am grateful for the opportunities and I appreciate everyone who has contributed to help me grow this far.
I always prefer talking about my spiritual life a bit later in this piece because sometimes it’s a bit scary. I always consider my life a work in progress that sometimes it might look like the work is slow sha 😂🫣. I think I made some progress on this and I had a lot more responsibilities placed on me on the spiritual side of things I would not say I love it or don’t but I see room for growth that would help me improve my relationship with God.
Being grateful for mentors and leaders in my life cannot be overstated. I sometimes consider myself a person who stands on the shoulders of giants because of my mentors and the quality of leaders I have in my life; these help put things in perspective for me in many areas because I get to learn a lot from these people ( for free 😊 don’t tell them sha). One fun thing about learning from people by watching them is that you can still go back to ask questions and learn more.
I was recently having a conversation with someone and I just went into another conversation in my head because I realized that I was not very much accountable to people this year than I was in previous times. this is one part that I started working on in the latter part of the year but would still have to do more work in the coming year.
I would want to end this piece with a band by saying some cool stuff but I can’t think of any at the moment. I loved every part of the year and sometimes don’t especially the adulthood things ( bills, and responsibilities) I trust God for strength and clarity for the next year. I would love to have a conversation with anyone interested about their year or mine ( just slide into my DM).
Have a wonderful year ahead. 🫣
