Sofia Abbas

Happy New Year!!! 

I hope you all have had a satisfying 2024 and are looking forward to whatever changes 2025 brings for you! 

It’s funny when I look back at 2024 because I feel like in many ways 2024 was the same as 2023. Of course I’ve changed and done new things, but the basics of my life are the same as they were the year before and I don’t know if that’s a good thing or a bad thing. It’s just a thing, I guess. 

In my personal life, I feel like I’ve made a lot of changes that I’m really happy with. I took up embroidery, got a new roommate, saw Ateez in concert again, finished most of my coursework for my PhD, and decided my topic for my dissertation. On the other hand, writing is what I feel most dissatisfied with. I wasn’t able to post as consistently as before and, while I’m really grateful to all my readers who are willing to wait as long as it takes for updates, I really do enjoy writing and wish I could post new chapters and stories more often. 

Anyways, no matter what happens it seems like 2025 is bringing a lot of changes with it! 

Every new year it seems like Resolutions are a hot topic. They’re ubiquitous and yet somewhat nonsensical at the same time. Everyone makes one, and everyone fails one. This year, instead of making a few concrete New Year’s resolutions, I’m trying New Year’s bingo instead. I’m making a few different bingo’s, one for different aspects of my life, so I’ve put my writing one below. No matter what happens, by the end of 2025 I expect to have finished (and hopefully passed) the qualifying exams for my PhD and published an actual, tangible book! So while 2024 was in some ways a stagnant year, 2025 will be a year of change one way or another. 

For everyone reading this, no matter where you are or how you feel about the new year, I hope you always walk the flowery path. May the new year be filled with joyful memories and new achievements for you all, and may you have a year filled with happiness in every aspect of your life!

Love,

Sofia