happy new years everyone!!11!!1! belated merry christmas to those who celebrate. long essay slop only real ones r gonna read: *ahem (All of the following is handwritten, no ai) Whilst it may be expected of me to look back at 2025 in retrospect, to reflect on its highs and its lows, I will refrain from boring you with the details of my personal life. Rather I believe that both I, and you, dear reader, would reap a greater benefit from looking forward. I wish for you, personally, success in every endeavor that you would seek to undertake in this coming year. I wish for you, my friend, that the version of you that reaches 2027 is one that has shed every vice and strengthened every admirable quality of your current self. I wish for you, my friend, clarity. not merely of thought, but of purpose. I wish for you the discernment to know which battles deserve your strength, and which victories are won only by walking away. I wish for you, my friend, patience. Seldom in the passive sense, rather the patience to endure actively and to overcome. Should you have made it this far, you have my thanks. Disinclined to speak overmuch, it is thus that I conclude. finally, I wish for you, dear reader, the courage to outgrow what once kept you safe. To recognize when familiarity has become limitation. If the coming year grants you nothing else, I hope it grants you this. And it is thus that I bid you, my friend, adieu. A toast to a year well lived, and a toast to one that is to come. Feliz Navidad. May you find, in time, that the life you are building is worthy of the person you are becoming.
Manu Propria
