2024 comes to an end. Did I collect a lot of memories from new experiences and travels? No. I remained in the same position as in 2023. But I didn’t float in the void with frozen emotions.

All the pictures in my gallery consist of book pages, cats, nature, and faces my younger self wouldn’t recognize. But my gallery didn’t capture everything I’ve been through—that’s what my notes app did. Poetry. Poetry filled with all the words and feelings I couldn’t share with the world.

I didn’t gather more friends, travel memories, or exciting experiences. But I gathered words.
I lived the dream...