What a year it was!
Looking back on 2024, I finally feel confident to say that I am back on track. Baring in mind that my whole life fell apart in March 2020, it took me long enough to get there! Still, I am just happy about to many things that happened. So many things, which I never thought possible. When I was all alone without any sense of a future, ending up talking to my witch, I would have never thought any of these things possible. With any things I mean basically everything that a life usually contains of. Making new friends, going to work, going on a date, travelling, reaching personal goals.
Seriously, I just read this New Year’s post from 4 years ago, and the emotions are haunting. They set my head free and made it possible for me and to both and live and write the way I’m doing these days, but still. I hope I will never feel like that again!
The point of this post is that I am still surprised and happy that things finally happened again. I don’t want to brag (okay, maybe a liiiitle bit), but rather show that from talking to my bottle of wine and raging against the universe I managed to get to this point, although I never believed in it.
Here are my highlights:
Travelling
I will include something from the end of 2023 in this list, since in Autumn of that year, I had a work project in Budapest, Hungary, and am still full of inspiration from that. Last year, two childhood dreams became true, because I visited both Paris and London, and had a wonderful time!
Writing
2024 was a good year for writing, since a few things happened which I dreamed about during endless walks through the fields at night, while also being convinced they might never happen. First of all, I finished the first third of my witching novel and am now rewriting und adjusting plans according to feedback I got from friends. Secondly, a story of mine got published! Being acknowledged outside of my own blog-reader-bubble was so encouraging! And also, I went back on stage with an own written solso scene for a small art project, which I had successfully applied for with my blog.
Professionally
I finally got my shit together, got the paper work for my degree as a special education teacher for German and Basic Science done, and was accepted into a master’s program called “History and Philosophy of Science”, which is even more interesting and fulfilling than I could have ever imagined, opened up another job opportunity (next to my museum work), and is so inspiring for writing!
“You are forgetting things”, my witch giggles over my shoulder.
“No, I’m not”, I insist. “I don’t kiss and tell.”
“Of course you don’t.”
What else can I say. I am alive again. Took me long enough. And honestly, the thought of starting a new year is still terrifying. I want to keep the good things going and not start another series of failures again. I want to see the same people again that made me happy last year. I want to hit more writing milestones and publish more, and I hope I will manage all the new challenges at work and in my studies successfully. I am overwhelmed every 5 minutes. Life is never easy, but it’s better than being dead.
Mistress witch writes 