Was it good? Was it bad? Was it a mixed bag of good and bad?
You can tell me. Did you accomplish your goals this year? If not, will you accomplish it for next year?
Let’'s chat about it!
My Turn:
This year has been super stressful yet pretty good. I got my own apartment and I’ve been properly diagnosed with AuDHD. Writing has been going great as well and I’ve gotten so far.
I’m proud of what this year has granted me. I don’'t know what next year will bring, but I’m looking forward to something.
My year was both awful and amazing. A lot of bad things happened and it was very difficult to navigate the various problems that came my way. But, focussing on the good, I graduated school and went to my first concert with my long distance girlfriend, meeting her face to face for the first time as well. Those are pretty big wins for me this year, so I can’t complain. I just hope things continue to look up for me going into the next year.
I’m close to finishing the first book in what I hope will be a good long series, and I have a better grasp now of how to market a book. So hopefully things will be better in 2026. *prays*
On the writing side, the year was pretty good I’ve done a lot of marketing so am FINALLY starting to make royalties (even if it’s only 5 bucks) so I must be doing something right I got to go to Egypt which was awesome
I didn’t hit all my goals (in fact, I’d argue I hit almost none of them), but, I did finally get on my ADHD meds which was a huge deal - I can FUNCTION. Kinda. My health has deteriorated, but it’s been a great year in terms of business. I got over halfway with my goal of 20 books published this year (in fact, I just hit publish on another one), and I feel mentally better.
On the writing end of things… I slogged an ending onto a horrific mess of a zero draft and I’m barely ten-k into the re-write of my next publishing endeavour. My goal for this year was to finish the Whiskey zero draft and have Dame publish-ready by the end of the year but clearly that’s not happening. I’m also only halfway through my reading goal for the year.
On the other side though! I moved out of my small-town home province (all of Saskatchewan is a small town) so now I can exist without that looming feeling of being watched, or talked about. University is going great, I love my major, my grades are better than they’ve been in years, and I finally convinced a doctor to give me an ssri. I don’t feel stuck like I did when I graduated college or high school. I know what I’m doing now, I know what I’m doing next, and I’m even making plans for after that. I miss Saskatoon but… I like it here, too.
I definitely need to improve how I spend my downtime. Less screens, more reading and writing. But honestly even on bad days I manage to get something productive done and that feels like an improvement over previous years.
This is huge! We are buying a house next year and it’ll be near here (I grew up here, briefly left the country, yadayada). I keep telling my partner I refuse to die here. I hate it. One day I’ll get out… one day.
my mom feels the same way lol, she has been trying to convince my dad to move away from his hometown for YEARS
personally I wouldn’t move back to my hometown, but I’d consider living in Saskatoon again. Of course with my projected career path that would probably mean trying to teach sask gen alpha the humanities and I can only imagine how often that will make me want to put my head through a wall. but. you know. the river’s pretty cool.
Shout out to my irl best friend You are doing much better than me lol, and I completely feel the same about downtime. Not to sound like a boomer, but sometimes screens ARE the devil.
AuDHD gang! I’ve been diagnosed for years now, but I still struggle with my symptoms a lot. It’s one of the reasons 2025 was not the best for me, along with my physical health struggles. I am, however, doing pretty good this month, I’m hoping to turn my life around a bit and looking forward to a better 2026. I just… finally decided that something needed to change, I guess, or maybe that I needed to.
I didn’t make much progress on my goals overall, but I moved into a new apartment this spring and have the space to myself now, as my old flatmate moved away. We get along and we still talk, but I think I’m enjoying myself more living alone, and I have my cat for company. My friend @copyedit moved to my town this fall, which has definitely made me happier, as I don’t have many friends and don’t get out much.
I have made some significant progress recently in getting back into writing, and I’d like to keep that up into 2026, though I’m a bit apprehensive about how much time and energy my studies will take up when they resume in January. However, I have a more flexible schedule that I think will work better for me as well as easier courses. My biggest stressor is that I need to figure out my physical health. Seeking medical treatment, especially for “invisible” chronic issues (including some to do with my dysphoria-causing unwanted reproductive organs), is hell, lowkey. At least healthcare is much cheaper here than where I grew up. I want to stay where I’m living now, but I have to get my visa renewed which has been weighing on me. Hopefully it’ll be a simple enough process.
I’ve been thinking about how 2025 has been, and I don’t want to say bad, because it hasn’t been bad, but I also don’t feel like I can say it was good…
I really leaned into solo travel this year, 3 of my 5 trips were on my own, 2 were to new countries. I went to a few live shows, and I’ve already booked 2 concerts for next year.
Outside of travelling, though, most of the year has felt pretty dull and lonely, and I’ve probably neglected sone doctor’s appointments… I also haven’t had a haircut all year
I got a promotion at work, but it remains to be seen if it comes with a raise or just more responbilities…but, in this economy, still having a job is a big W lol. So, not complaining.
Writing-wise I’ve been doing much better, which makes me wonder whether having a life = not doing much writing I’ve revised my first-ever novel, completed the first draft for book 2 of my historical mystery series, and revived an old drama/mystery story, whose concept I’ve always loved but which I had previously struggled with writing. Oh, and I’ve built up a little Inkitt community where I hope will keep motivating me to write and share my stories.
So overall I can’t hate on 2025…though I do hope 2026 will be better
I got to go to Egypt which was awesome 
You are doing much better than me lol, and I completely feel the same about downtime. Not to sound like a boomer, but sometimes screens ARE the devil.
tbf i don’t have 47 victorian illnesses. The boomers are kind of onto something about the screens though.
The passage of time has not seemed real or correct since the initial COVID-19 lockdowns