Guess Who's Back —Again

UM OK HELLO,
PT. 4

* revised from October 2025

It is me... once again... here to unleash full chaotic energy amongst your web browser. I hope everyone (all two of my readers or future potential random visitor)'s New Year has passed safely, with plentiful memories and overall good vibes. I, myself had a pretty lowkey New Year's Eve extravaganza which consisted of sitting on the sofa with my cats, browsing Twitter, decorating my room and watching the NYE festivities from all around the world. I'm pretty sure Dubai pretty much destroyed everyone else this time around.

In the more recent years, New Year's has easily become one of my favorite holidays. To me, it feels like a fresh start. A time when you can forgive yourself for your previous failures and get back on the horse which sounds extremely empowering to me. It's also a time right after Thanksgiving and Christmas, so I feel nostalgic and creative and with great inspiration for the year ahead. I've also been trying to throw some sort of tiny party with champagne, pictures, decorations or anything else of the variety that interests me but this year I wasn't really feeling up to doing anything too crazy. I just chilled out and I'm actually pretty ok with it because after the doozy of a year I've had (and we've all had in 2025) I just needed to take a deep breath. Plus, there's always NYE 2027 which I am already collecting ideas for. January is also probably one of my favorite months out of the year. The whole world seems to just slow down and it can be a time when my mind is at peace... at least for a while until the springtime hustle starts back up. As an empathic person, people's energies are the best in January and in return it can help me feel super relaxed.

Again, I am fully aware that the last decade here has been all over the place with inconsistent updates and missing chunks of my life. I think I just needed time to adapt, grow and figure out the direction I wanted to take with this blog (and with my art, photography and lifestyle as a whole). Final verdict? I've missed this terribly! Anyone even remotely close to me knows I've spent the last 10 years talking about how much I've wanted to come back to journal again... and now, I believe I am ready. As usual... I have tucked away all of the old posts so I can move on with a new chapter. Third (or is this the fifth?) time's the charm... let's hope. To me, it just feels like a great time to usher in a new era. I'm caught between feeling hopeful, content and the excitement of what's ahead. This time however, I'll try not to put too many expectations on myself.

I'm just going to try to... coast... from here on out.