Only thing that's promised is that promises are broken.

Ah, so many things to do, so little time. That's before I get into the details and specifications of my fanciful dreams. I might have to prioritize the things to focus on, or I might be able to win it all. We'll see. We'll see. Just writing and thinking about them pumps me with excitement. But as usual, no plan survives first contact, so I'll have to find ways to accommodate any sudden changes.
          
          Well, this has been a moment of gratitude and relief for me before midnight. Thank you all for reading, and wish me luck in the years ahead.

In a few hours' time, 2025 will come to an end and 2026 will be upon us. It's time for me to take stock and look back on what has been an incredibly uplifting year. This year has been a time of relief and excitement for me, for I finally landed a job after eight long years of searching. It's a small job and the pay is woefully small, but at least I found some much-needed stability and growth after years of stagnation and atrophy. I bought some new shoes after almost a decade, I was able to relive some old childhood activities as an adult, and I'm finally able to buy groceries, pay the bills, and have my own money in my pocket. It feels wonderful to have some more money in my pocket at the end of the year than when I started. It's done wonders to my confidence and self-esteem. It's like a weight has been lifted from my head. For this life-changing event, I'm immensely grateful.
          
          2026 will be radically different going forward, for I'll be ending my 20s and starting a new life in my 30s. Life feels strange, looking back. I don't think I'd have known this would be the future I'd inhabit a decade ago, though I was a lot more naive and innocent back then. All these years later, I still have yet to achieve the dreams and goals I had in life, but at least I now have a good place to start from. Today, I'm satisfied with my progress, though I wish I can hurry up and reach them faster.
          
          So what do I need to achieve during the next year? As usual, personal ones. I need to focus on my goal to finish my story at long last, and get it published after 11 long years of work. I need to be capable of travelling farther some more, and settle some personal matters before aiming for the big stuff. Hopefully, I can get some help and some good people to help me as I prepare to launch my springboard to whatever my ideas of achievement and success look like. And maybe, just maybe, I can leave my mark on the world and find that paradise I've been looking for so long.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone visiting my page and reading my stories. Hope you're having a wonderful day wherever you are.

I turn 29 today. Happy birthday to me. This is my last year in my 20s, and I can't believe how far I've gone and how much I've seen and gone through. I never thought my life would be like this, and that's both a good thing and a bad thing. But certainly, my life has turned out very differently from what I thought it would be a decade ago. I'm still adjusting myself to it.
          
          I hope all the things I wish for will come true in the end.

This world is moving so fast it's disorientating. Old assumptions we used to take for granted have now broken, and what's left is a terrifying void with no end in sight. God help us all. The future is making us all pessimistic when it should be the opposite.

You know what feels weird? Watching your early memories from someone else's home video. It's like looking through a parallel universe of a version of yourself where you're observing your life. Like being an alien must be like, looking at yourself without being yourself. What a strange feeling it must be.

Dino smut is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard.

As usual, not much has changed. I still haven't reached the dreams I set out for myself. I seem to be getting closer to the end without a good climax to make it worthwhile.
          
          Happy birthday to me.

There we go. Direct messages have been removed. End of an era. I feel sad this has happened.

I will grieve the day Wattpad gets rid of the Message function. It's given me so many memories, good and bad, and I'll be sad to see it go. I don't know what will happen afterwards, and what will replace this vital service. Whoever in the management approved of this, I hate you.