2024 was a rough year. And yet here I am on the second day of the new year still trying to make sense of all that had happened in the year that was. I was really inspired by the video post made my Toni of Ben&Ben where she didn’t really give her recap but reminding herself and everyone that it’s ok to acknowledge the bad stuff but to not forget to be grateful for the good things that happened.
Entering 2024, I was hopeful to try new things and explore what I else I can learn outside of work. I did not have that luxury by the third week of January. Our family had a bit of crisis. The last one we have something like it was when my brother was hospitalized in 2020. An almost similar thing happened to my other brother, but this time I really felt the gravity of it. I had to use all of my brain power and resources on how to resolve the challenge at hand. I am not the one who would normally ask for financial help from people, I remember not doing this when Mama was sick but this time around it was inevitable. To save my brother’s life, I did not even think twice.
I am eternally grateful to all the people who lend a hand during that time of crisis. Experiencing that crisis made me realize who my friends are, or if I do have friends in general. The crisis at the start of the year eally derailed my entire year but I always start my day with a smile, greeting my father, our dog, and our cats ‘good morning’.
Having coffee with my father almost every morning in 2024 helped a ton in surviving the year. Our morning chats revolved around work and about his day-to-day at home and his time with friends. It’s nice to have one constant person that I can talk to all year.
Work was pretty crazy too. I tried my very best to deliver all the needed executions with everything I know and I worked for over the past 10 years and I guess it worked. Unfortunately, handling and having the Media arm was put on hold as the company needed me to get back to the label side and put my A&R hat on. I’ll be continuing to learn and to re-wire my brain and be the best I can be at my job this year.
There were favorite moments that happened to be in 2024 that I’ll write about in a different blog post (maybe tomorrow), I’ll include photos if I can find one.
One of the things I will really improve on this 2025 is how to manage my time to make myself more productive. I’ve done some amazing things the past year but I find myself sometimes spending a day in bed just scrolling on Tiktok. I’ve asked myself why am I doing this? And I realize that I just love and miss listening to other people talk and having someone to talk to when your day ends. Scrolling through Tiktok is like having a glimpse to someones life for less than a minute, may it be a memory or what is happening to that person’s day. For me it’s not doomscrolling, it’s craving for stories to listen to and learn from.
My dream of being a published writer sort of surfaced again in 2024. There was a specific book I wanted to write but I am still am finding a way on how and where to begin. I am hoping to find that starting point this year.