*sighs*

Hey guys, its Scarfy. :)

I think rather than go through an entire year of how shitty life has been for only myself, I think its best if we take the time to really talk about what is to come for not only next year but the years to follow.

I’ll just drop the façade.

The entire year that led up to these last two months were long, strenuous, unpredictable and thankless. However, I think the feeling that some of us have right now is fear. Not necessarily fear of the unknown, because we already know we don’t have control of that no matter who is in power. But simply, the fear of the immediate, the fear of déjà vu, the fear of not being able to turn the hands of time, with only the ability of moving forward.

I’m sure for some people its just another day of another week. Another reason to drink to their hearts content, party like its 1999, with the occasional checkup of making sure our loved ones come home safely. I’m also pretty sure you’ve heard of many inspirational speeches from real life and make believe about how there is “something worth fighting for”, so I’ll spare you that rhetoric.

We’re living through a very interesting time where while we wish things could be better, we also don’t know what’s gonna happen in the long run. And perhaps, that is what makes hoping that the New Year will be better than the last. We’ve had events that shaped the course of years whether they started in January or began at November. But we shouldn't let those one months of the year shape the entirety of our year, we should look at the entire year as a package.

We're here for a dash of time, and, perhaps we forget that we're responsible for how we want to spend our lives that will make us the most happy. We shouldn't let a single person, entity, government or any high super power tell us what we can and cannot do. If you have a new dream? Go chase it. If you want to pick up a new skill? Go grab it. We still have time to learn, we still have ways to make it work. :)

As the clock ticks on, let's welcome the New Year with the wind in our sails and us discovering new places that we've never seen before, both the good and the bad. No matter the weather, we should always be encouraged to continue sailing.

Happy New Year 2025.