If you want to know what kind of year I’ve had, a hint is that this is the first post I’ve written since I shared my 2025 Resolutions. As usual, I had a lot of hope for the New Year heading into 2025, but that was pretty much quashed when one of my closest friends of 20+ years, Brian, died of cancer on January 2. I thought I’d be better at grief this time around; the last time, when my 26-year-old cousin Matt died unexpectedly in early January 2020, I became completely unable to function.
This time, I think I faked it better, even after the loss of Brian was compounded with the death of my cat of nearly 18 years, Oliver, in mid-April. I managed to keep up with client work, including signing two new clients this year and doing some amazing work with my primary client including an amazing series of events featuring the top women scientists around the world back in October. I successfully interviewed for a new job, which I’ll be starting in January, while continuing my client work. On paper, this looked like a good year.
In reality, I was dead inside.
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