what a fucking awful year.
in 2025 i found myself jobless and facing a major career pivot. my car was totaled and i went into debt. bed bugs invaded my apartment and i had to throw out my belongings, sleeping on the floor for 4 months. there was tension with some of my closest friends. my laptop bricked and i lost 5 years of creative projects, music, and dreams. i was pushed to the breaking point; my sanity was tested. i almost moved back to PA.
but 2025 was also fucking awesome.
i embraced letting go of my material possessions. i learned to see the beauty in adversity. i nurtured my creativity and picked up new skills. i diversified my income, and found new things im good at. i became physically fit. i expanded my social circles and met some amazing fucking people. i climbed a volcano. i joined a band (more on that later).
when you’re scraping the sludge off of rock bottom, even the smallest wins get put into perspective, and feel massive.
i wanted so bad to call 2025 the worst year of my life (it probably was). but in reality im grateful for the hardships and experiences it put me through. there is beauty in the pain; in things not working out and a mess to clean up. we’re alive, after all.
“everything we need is already here”
grateful to be on this planet, with the people i love, and the chance to do it again tomorrow. see you in 2025
today i’m releasing mix.001. it is the very first in what will essentially be a weekly show, out every friday on soundcloud. it’s just me spinning some melodic house / trance, with the goal being to take you on a journey for an hour. give it a listen🫶
