2024 was wild. I did a lot: adventured, learned, played, worked. There were some challenges, some more difficult to overcome than others; some I’m still working through. But one thing I did figure out is that I am still putting my writing secondary to others’.

When I take on editing jobs, I focus on them and barely write. My goals and desires get pushed to the side. I’ve decided to change that for 2025 and moving forward.

Even though I wasn’t writing as much as I wanted to, I was doing m...