What I did in 2025

One change I made this year was creating a list of accomplishments and activities I’ve done. Here are some of the things I did this year:

• Had my art displayed at Mills Pond Gallery and the Long Island Aquarium for their 25th anniversary.

• Had an art show at my local library.

• Threw my daughter a first birthday party.

• Went to upstate New York multiple times.

• Found out I have a histamine intolerance.

• Designed tattoos and stickers.

• Tried a Dubai chocolate bar.

• Jennifer Lynch liked a post and followed me on TikTok.

• Drew for myself more.

• Started a blog that I didn’t delete.

• Began to stop eating meat on Fridays. Not perfect, but I’m getting there.

• Created houses in Happy Home Paradise that people liked, and some went viral.

• Took my daughter to swimming and gymnastics classes.

• Posted some old fashion photos of myself that became popular.

• Prayed and meditated more.

• Learned that people can enjoy your work from afar.

• Drank more electrolytes.

• Found out which combination of vitamins worked for me.

• Enjoyed the rain.

• Earned a certificate as a mental health coach.

• Submitted work to become an end-of-life doula.

• Worked on my book more.

• Wrote blogs and personal essays.

• Beat Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door.

Some Media I Saw/Read

Movies

• 3 Women

• Brewster McCloud

Video Essays

• Goichi Suda Syndrome

• The Horror Masterpiece That Never Left Japan

TV Shows

• Hell’s Kitchen

• A bunch of American Dad, The Simpsons, and King of the Hill

Books & Comics

• Pin by Andrew Neiderman

• Soft by Jane Mai

• Milk Fed by Melissa Broder

• Happiness by Shūzō Oshimi

• Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You by Jinushi

• Broken Mariko by Waka Hirako

• Tonari no Jii-san by Nokuto Koike

• Tomie series by Junji Ito

• Neighborhood Story by Ai Yazawa