Hey team,
In the interest of slipping one more post into this year, I'm going to hop on the cute little Accomplishment Cake thing I've seen here and there on the internet. In what has otherwise been a pretty bleak and difficult year for the world and as a person living in it, it seems like a nice idea to share the things I'm proud of as a way to reflect on and recontextualize 2025. Instead of skewering a real cake, I'll just list some highlights:
- I went on an amazing international trip with my best friend to mutually celebrate our milestone birthdays. I also later made her a personalized birthday gift that I'm really proud of.
- I joined a new recovery program and it has already been hugely instrumental in furthering my healing and growth as a person.
- I started physical therapy for some old injuries and started regularly using our pandemic purchase elliptical. Massages are still a critical part of my physical self-care, but I wanted to take more direct responsibility for how my body feels today and also for how it will fare well into the future.
- We survived a car accident in which we were badly rear-ended while Husband, our kids, and I were in the car. I'm so proud of how we handled that moment and the fallout, and I'm so grateful that everyone was physically okay and our car kept us safe.
- Husband and I transitioned our oldest child into Kindergarten, and the experience has been so positive. I'm so proud of everything our child has already accomplished and the dramatic, beautiful ways in which they've grown.
- I expanded my practice, including majorly revamping our practice's website myself and hiring a postdoctoral fellow. It's great to be back in a supervisory and teaching professional role and to imagine what else my practice partner and I can take on together.
- After 7 years, I left my part-time hospital job to focus on my own practice. There were a lot of great things about working there, but especially given the changes in my private practice, it was the right thing for my professional growth and I'm really glad I did it.
- For the first time, I took both of my kids on a trip to see my family while solo parenting. It was A LOT, but it was such a good experience and I'm so grateful for the cousin time my kids got and the time with my family.
I'm so grateful to have happy things to remember from this past year, and I'm hopeful there will be more in the next. I hope you all enjoy this New Year's Eve and that 2026 is a beautiful, healthy, happy year for you, friends.
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