If you don't have an awesome "2023 in review" post because your year was a struggle, remember that you can and should celebrate still being here.

Thank you so much for saying this. 🙏 Still stubbornly here!

I'm trying, but it's so freakin' hard this time of year.

Mine was just "I survived" and that's it.

Still here, and now right here, feeling a bit hopeful at community resurrecting itself on Sky. But damn, aged a lot in the last year. Clawing my way forward.

and you probably accomplished more than you think, so celebrate those things too. you may feel the urge to minimize them as things you 'should' be able to do, but don't sell yourself short. if it was hard for you and you did it anyway, celebrate. nobody else is you. nobody else knows what it's like

Thank you. It was a terrible year, feels like a lost year on every front.

Isn't it still 2021?

The people I manage know I respect them, my kids know they can come to me when they need help, and my partner knows I've got her back. That's my 2023.

Patrick, thank you for writing this. It means a lot. I'll make sure to remind myself to celebrate.