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My 2024 wrapped

The Ordinary Man
5 min readJan 5, 2025

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How was your 2024? Mine was horrible on paper, but it’s genuinely made me stronger and a more mature person. I feel like I’ve developed in a real way and I’m becoming more rounded and respectable.

Of course, as I’ve mentioned before, self-development comes with its cons. Some people have a problem with you if you move with confidence and you don’t need them. They don’t like to see you with dignity.

I’ve had to face some hard choices this year and I’ve had to go against who I am as a person, or at least, who I thought I was. I’ve accepted that some of the ambitions that I once had aren’t for me, and I’ve learned to accept more of the negative things about myself too, which is underrated.

In a few days, I’m going to be 30, and I think my 30s are going to be good. I feel like I’ve done my 20s right and set myself up for success… Touch wood. I need to drop the things I can’t change and go in a different direction.

If I had to name this year I’d call it “The Year of the asshole”. I’ve met more assholes this year than I have in a while, and the way I’m dealing with them is beginning to change too.

My finances

My finances still are poor, in fact, I can’t pay rent… I feel like I say that a lot. As I am writing this I am coming off a 12-hour shift in a warehouse, and they’ve just asked me…

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