Happy New Year fellas!! As is tradition I have redrawn this piece for the 8th year in a row. Here's last year's if you wanna see the progress!! https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/946149165/ I'm gonna be a bit mushy on main for a minute lol but this year has been. Wild. To say the least I got away from a toxic friendship at the beginning of the year, and in doing so I've been blessed to have been brought even closer with the friends who I know will always have my back and will help me see the red flags when I can't. I ran my second half marathon!! I'm so happy with that progress, it's one step closer to my ultimate dream of a Deca Anvil! I made some huge progress in and outside of therapy. Between the toxic friend and general life, I've been forced to confront a lot of feelings I'd been smothering and I like to think I'm much better for it. It's certainly easier going now, even if it's not perfect. I Feel Happier. Overall I feel happier. I know I've still got a long ways to go and there are still days that feel impossible, but *they are possible*. I got through them. I'm doing better. I'm getting better. That's huge. There was definitely a time when it felt like I'd never get better. So to be able to see progress when I struggle so much TO see that progress is huge. I know it means I've made more progress than I think I have or than it feels like I have. I'm so thankful for that. And I'm excited for the new year! I'll continue healing, and I'll keep getting better. I'm working with my dad to start training for both my first triathlon race and my first full marathon! :D I hope to make good progress to doing my first IronMan triathlon in the next few years, that's my next step after my first tri race. I'm going to meet up with my friends !!! Most of the friend group will be meeting up irl for the first time and I am SO excited !! It's so wild that we all met Here On Scratch and they're now my best friends ever. I would literally never trade them for the world I am SO honored to have as good of friends as them <3 Shoutout to @WorthyGames_Test , @Wolfie05 , @ThePic- , @LucidWyvern , @Chamomiile- , and @iceberg-the-icewing for not only putting up with me all year but also being there with me for the good and the bad. I love you all SO much and I am so proud of you and so incredibly blessed to be your friend. So here's to 2025! Happy New Year everyone!! :D
