Year To Date… As we near the start of the fourth quarter of 2025 and the anniversaries that go with it (transition, bday…), I’m looking back at 2025, and while it wasn’t great, it was definitely on the good side of things.

Q1 started with a bang that set expectations a teensy bit too high, but that bang also was a major catalyst in kickstarting a real journey towards the light. It was something so unexpected and out of left field, and the timing was bonkers… And while it was an isolated event, the sheer randomness of it helped me tremendously to start putting some of my pain behind.

Q2 was absolutely amazing. From the cruise in April, to theater classes, to a brief fling in June, I met a number of amazing new people and I am forever so grateful for choosing to step out of my comfort zone and be bolder and opening myself to new things. Several of these folk have become very, very dear friends, and I am immensely happy to have them in my life.

And even if it lasted only a month, it was a magical June. ♥️

Q3 went slightly downhill after that emotionally, I have to admit, but on the other hand, I went to Edinburgh to perform at Fringe, which again is bonkers for someone who started comedy barely over a year ago, and I traveled back to Asturias for a week mostly off the grid, and there were beautiful moments and opportunities to grow. And there’s something else going on since September that lightens my heart, but I can’t really talk about it just yet. Well, two things. Well, a few things. But it’s too early.

A hint: Q4 will be quite musically oriented. I plan to finish this year with a bang, remains to be seen if I will, but I can already tell, fingers crossed, that I will finish it in much better shape than last.

And really, that’s all I set out to do when I was sick like a dog on January 1st, thinking this year literally would have nowhere to go but up.

Stay shiny, loves.

xo
Chel