Onto 2026
This year wasn't exactly kind to me. It carried a lot of stress about my future. At the very least, I'm a little less stressed looking into the next year than I was.
Something that can't be understated is my love for making fan content has come back in full force. Fics, fanart, even EDITS, which I've never done before. It makes me happy to be able to create from a place of pure love and then give that back to the community of people in the same fandom. That's carried me a lot of the way into seeing what makes me happy post burnouts and ground me in some of my interests.
I've ruminated a lot about what's next, what I wanna do, and what I want, and I've been guiding myself with the reminder that it doesn't matter as long as I go forward. The plans are to go back to school next fall, and I'll work towards that, for now, rather than trying to stress over what I wanna do with my whole life (which is unfortunately, something that bugs me a lot, especially lately).
I want to go into the new year heart first. Being able to indulge in my interests and seeing where things take me, rather than fretting and watching the days go by (same as it ever was).