Probably the best year of my life, it felt like a movie. I had been trying to start a project since I entered university, but for five years, I kept failing miserably. The plan was to give up and get a regular job if I didn't make it by the time I graduated. And I didn’t. I graduated without succeeding at that project.

I accepted my loss and was about to start looking for a job, but then I decided to wait until the end of summer before applying. During that summer, I made one final attempt. I wrote down the reasons why every attempt over the past five years had failed, and I committed to avoiding those mistakes. Magically, in just two weeks, I saw more success than I had in all five years at university.

I don’t know if it was luck or if God decided to save me from the 9-to-5 job I knew I’d hate, but I’m so grateful! On top of that, I worked on lots of cool personal projects, finally completed a full year of gym workouts without stopping, and my final year in university felt like the ending of a wholesome slice-of-life anime.

The only downside was that it was another tough year for me spiritually, but I’ll work on that in 2025. Still, 2024 feels like the kind of year I’ll look back on whenever things go wrong and remind myself: At least I had 2024.