Year-end

2018 has been a crazy ass year--so much that it feels like it lasted for 3 years. A lot has happened and all of us had our share of slips, falls, and stumbles, yet here we are, we got up, ready to stand tall and walk again.

So much has happened in the past year that I don't even know where to begin. I've had years worse than this, but this one's different. Still, I'm thankful because there are a lot of things I've learned, and some I had to re-learn over and over again. I have friends I've lost connection with or maybe we just grew apart, but I've also met and connected with new people I'm happy to call my friends now.

One of the biggest lessons I have learned in 2018 is to learn to let go. I have learned not to push anything too hard, including myself to make things happen the way I want them to. 

I thought I've already learned how I shouldn't care about what other people think of me, but this year, I had to re-learn and re-asses that thought. I once asked a friend, "Is it bad to be nice? Should I just be an asshole like some people?" My friend told me no. That I should be nice anyway because maybe some people need to feel how it is when someone is nice to them; but that I also have to know when to stop and fight back so nobody can walk all over me. 

2018 had a lot of twists and turns, and I'm grateful that I have friends who are with me through all of it. I lost some along the way, but I'm glad there are more who stayed and there are new ones who came into my life. To everyone I got to spend time with in the past year, may it be old friends or new, thank you! To those I lost, I am still grateful for you. Maybe, one day, somehow, we would find a way to reconnect. To my friends who had to deal with my constant rants during a certain point of the year, sorry and thank you for not getting tired of listening. To friends I ignored at one point because I didn't want to talk to anyone, I apologise, and thank you for still being there despite that. This Year, I promise I would try to be a better friend. Here's to a more awesome year of friendship and adventures!