2023 YEAR RECAP

I was having a conversation with someone and they asked me : " how was your 2023?". The only thing I could say was: "it was shitty." The person was taken aback and wondered why. They even mentioned if their presence in my life did anything to change that and I had to think about it harder. It was not the people who made it shitty. Their presence didn't change the outcome of how my year played out in my eyes. Don't get me wrong, I am very thankful for this year because it made me realize that it's okay to be alone. It's okay to walk through life by yourself. It made me realize just how strong I can be on my own. It was great learning about myself in that way.

The reason why I said it was " shitty" was because I was/still am going through a transition and I have yet to fully get a grip on all the changes. I know what I need to do but this cannot happen overnight because there are things in the background that needs to be solidified before it becomes tangible. 

I usually do a monthly recap of my year but it went by so fast and so slow that I didn't have time to capture moments and I scrambled to find highlights in the year. 2023 was a strange year and yet I titled it the year of discipline. 

It indeed was, a year of Discipline and I regret nothing. I am thankful for what I learned. I am thankful for the bad days that felt like an eternity and the good days that flew by in seconds. I am thankful for finding my way back to myself in some ways because I started doing what I love most and it's brought me some sort of peace and made the year end wonderfully.

Dear God,

You brought me to the end of 2023 and I thank you. I went through trials to learn and I went through tribulations to shape who I am going to be for 2024.  I pray that 2024 is the year of fruition. May all the seeds I planted in 2023, bloom. May the hope I lost in 2023 be restored and may the people you put in my path, lead me to the destiny you put inside of me. I pray for peace, strength and clarity as I navigate the new year. 

Amen.

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