28: Year Overview and Retrospective
Today, typing's more difficult than usual. This is a post I published on birthday in 2017, reflecting on my 28th year, entering my 29th.
Today, November 16, is my birthday. Twenty-eight has been a year fraught with change and the need to reflect, define, and act on my beliefs, values. This year — though filled with travels, troubles, jubilations, and learnings — has developed me to be, what I believe, a stronger, more resilient, self-confident person. I wanted to use this annual moment to pause and document the year, summating 365 days of 28.
Twenty-eight, first two months
At the onset, I began 28 with a new tattoo. It’s one of my favorite and most personal tattoos so far. It set the theme for 28 that I thought had been the major learning for 27.
In December, my girlfriend and I ended our relationship. It continues to be a difficult transition. When she moved out, it was that moment of, “this is real, it’s happened; now what?”