2025 in/out list

i'm doin me

Last January, I rang in the new year with friends and had an amazing seafood feast. We had crab, Alaskan salmon, shrimp cocktail, oysters, caviar, you name it. For the most part, my month was off to a great start. I had just started a new job and I was finally feeling comfortable again. Then my Gou was admitted to the ICU and almost lost her life. I flew back to Seattle immediately and prepared myself for the worst. Long story short, she had a miraculous recovery and has returned to her healthy self. The rest of the year felt a bit monotonous, which was actually fine with me. After multiple years of chaos, change, and (sometimes painful) growth, it was nice to have a year where everything just felt settled. I could breathe again. If I took away anything from 2024, it is a lot of gratitude. Instead of always trying to be somewhere else, obtain something else, or change everything about my life, I was just happy and grateful for where I was at.

Unfortunately, I’m starting off 2025 sick as a dog but that hasn’t got me down. While I remain super grateful for all the sweetness in my life, I’m hoping to dream a little bit bigger this year, be more ambitious, and try stepping out of my comfort zone a few times. Cheers to another year and another chapter, and thanks to you all for being here. I hope you enjoy my annual in/out list for 2025.

IN

• going to the movies (i was on a hiatus)

• game nights

• juicing at home

• romance novels

• hair masking

• running outside

• oatmeal (still)

• mindful eating

• closet sales

• steaming food

• snuggling with friends

• collecting stickers

• including my dog in plans

• the coconut cult

• new friendships

• learning more about TCM

• kissing in public

• making cinnamon rolls from scratch

• toe shoes (sorry i love them)

• sending cards and invitations in the mail

• compassion/understanding/flexibility

• swedish dishcloths

• luigi mangione

• DOIN ME

OUT

• black plastic cookware

• over caffeinating

• graza olive oil

• olives (this is just for me, i still don’t like em)

• hating on MSG

• oat milk (carrying over from 2024)

• always following the recipe

• bad friends

• zipcar (so expensive wtf? might as well hit an enterprise)

• buying things just cause its on sale

• drinking too much alcohol

• obsessing about the size of my body

• hoarding lip glosses

• mean people

• non-organic eggs

• playing blackjack at the casino

• coffee before water

• fear of doing things alone

• WORRYING ABOUT THEM