Another year, another October 15th coming and going. It’s funny how things change, in a year, or how they.. don’t. This time last year, I spent half the day in the hospital, my right foot broken and in a cast and spent the other half of the day crying and burying myself in The Night Circus, the book I was currently reading. My physical and mental health was terrible.
Needless to say, my quarter-of-life celebration wasn’t the best. That being said, I had a lot of fun writing about my year on my blog, my 24th year come and gone and all of its happenings at the moment and…. well, today, I thought I’d do the very same. (Also, I’m okay now, in case you’re wondering. Physically, that is).
By the way…. well, you might have guessed it, by now, today, October 15th is my birthday… so, happy birthday to me!
I’m 26 today and…. I feel so old. I feel like I still should be a teenager and I feel like I should have bought a house already as well, it’s…. confusing. Being in your twenties is a lot of fun, friends. Instead of dwelling on it all and having an existential crisis along with it all, I thought I’d share instead some things that happened in my 25th year, before heading into this new one…
- Learned how to walk again after breaking my foot last October,
- Celebrated 4 years of book blogging and…. going towards my 5th year this November (screaming!!!),
- Went to my town’s Christmas market, a.k.a one of the most beautiful of the world. (I’m not kidding. It’s in the New York Times. Not going to tell you which one),
- Finally finished one rewriting – a.k.a a first round of edit for my contemporary/mystery WIP,
- Received some of my most anticipated reads of 2019 as ARCs and cried,
- Went back to London, my love of all times,
- Drank a lot of tea…. what can I say, I love tea too much.
- Visited Croatia for the first time and kind of fell in love with it,
- Finished writing a first draft of another WIP, a contemporary sisters story I adore,
- Travelled internationally for the second time in my life,
- Realized one of my biggest dreams, going to Canada….
- Where we visited Montréal, a beautiful, beautiful city, then
- Headed to Toronto, the bustling big New-York like-city I loved,
- And discovered the Niagara Falls, stunning wonders of the world.
- Celebrated three years at my current job…. still not sure how I feel about that.
- Felt tired, depressed, very low mentally at times,
- Went back to Lille a couple times, as always,
- Ate crepes, cakes, pies, massive cookies with chocolate, caramel and M&Ms…. what can I say, I love food,
- Reached a milestone I never thought I ever would on my blog,
- And got some incredible blogging opportunities I’m still crying about,
- Read a whole damn lot of books,
- And obsessed about some new shows (Grand Hotel, because all the drama okay)
- Felt disappointed and worthless,
- Felt reconnected with my writing, creative self in the latest half of my 25th year,
- Worried about social media, interacting and just overthought everything,
- Fell in love, over and over again,
My goals for the next year:
- Travel, forever and always. Some places I want to go back to, some places I want to visit for the first time. The bucket list is huge, as always.
- Figure out what I want to do with my life, professionally, and where I want to be,
- Write, more and more stories and keep on finding the writer in me : get back to writing this ya contemporary/mystery WIP and editing the heck out of it. Hopefully do the same for my sisters ya contemporary WIP.
- Overall, just be easier and kinder on myself and my mental health. Apparently I’m good at doing that for others and terrible at being kind to myself.
When is your birthday, friends? If you’re in your twenties, do you also feel all of the life confusion of it all?
I hope you enjoyed this, little different and a little bit more personal post. I’d love to hear your thoughts in comments!
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Sweet girl – I just turned 46 (HOLY $#@) and I still feel like I’m 16. I look in the mirror and I see some old lady with a double chin. All I can say is Go Easy on Yourself… You’ve had an incredible year and you’ve accomplished a lot! You’re always going to feel like you should be doing more, that never changes… Oh yeah, and use a lot of moisturizer on your face! HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!✨✨✨
AHH happy belated birthday!! <3 Thank you so much for your sweet words, I guess I need to get used to that feeling then haha 🙂 and thanks for the advice haha 😀
Happy birthday! Hope you have a great day and make it memorable. I’m past my 20”s, I think they were a blur, butt I think you should remember to make each day memorable. No matter what, do something that you like whether it’s 5 minutes out of your day or a whole day activity, do it!
Thank you so much, this is indeed wonderful advice 😀
I’ve said this already but you can’t say it enough so HAPPY BIRTHDAY, I hope you have a wonderful day you deserve it!! ??
It’s fun to reflect on the year (depending of my mood or else I will have an existential crisis ?) I’m currently 20 and it definitely feels like I’m supposed to have figured things out but I don’t have a clue what they might be and I definitely still feel 15 ?
I love hearing about all your travel opportunity and I’m so glad you got to go so many places this year!! I’m so happy to hear you’ve been getting new blogging opportunities and book arcs as that is wonderful. And you are coming up to your 5th year anniversary (yay!! ?)
I also love hearing people say they have really connected with writing as it always inspired me to write more and I’m so happy for you!! ❤
I’m so sorry to hear you have had moments where you felt depressed and worthless but I really hope you don’t feel like that any more and feel better and know that you aren’t worthless. ❤
Best of luck with all your goals for the next year— they sound WONDERFUL!! And I hope you get to achieve them — traveling, writing and taking care of yourself all sound perfect!!
Thank you for sharing this post and I am sending lots of positive thoughts your way and chocolate of course ???
Sophie thank you so, so much for your sweet words and for everything, this means so, so much <3 <3 <3
Being in your twenties is a lot of fun and a lot of confusion, too, you'll see ?? I'm glad I'm not alone!
Thank you so much! <3 <3
Happy Birthday, Marie! I felt lot confused and disappointed and worthless in my 20s which was not that long. I turned 31 yesterday and I feel lot have changed in life.
Thank you so much!! <3
I'm really happy to hear you've been feeling better about it all, I hope I will too 🙂
You will! ?
Welcome to the club of 26-year olds! And happy birthday! 😀
I definitely had/have the existential crisis as well, so I know how you’re feeling. But books make you forget, at least for a while 🙂
I hope the upcoming year is full of travel, more books and more writing. Hopefully we can read all about it! <3
AHH yay thak you!! 😀 I’m so grateful for all the books ahah <3 <3
Happy birthday Marie! I feel like many things happened to you this year! I think you have awesome goals for the next year! 😀
Also, congrats on your rewrite! Your aesthetic looks so good and now I’m super curious to know more about your WIP.
Thank you so much! <3 <3
I really hope I can get back to writing soon. I'm so happy my aesthetic inspires you, thank you!! 🙂
I hope you have a very happy birthday, Marie!!! I just want to give you a hug, because you deserve it! ??❤️ I’m wishing you a great 26th year, in which you can travel and write more than ever! I hope this year is better for you, and I can’t wait to see more about your general life journey! (And I hope you get to eat as many cookies and cakes as you wish today, haha!)
Ahhh thank you, Xandra, you’re so, so sweet, this means a lot <3 thank you!! <3 <3
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARIE! I hope you had a great day and that this year delivers everything you want and need in your life! And please, take care of your mental health, that is so important ?
I am 24, and I turn 25 on March 13th (yes, I am a Pisces, but I don’t relate that much with my sun sign tbh). And yes, the twenties are such a mess. My 24th year was filled with challenges, mistakes, and bad mental health. But it also made me learn a lot about myself and what I want from life.
I’m visiting my first Christmas Markets EVER this December, in Cologne and Dortmund, and I’m so excited!
thank you so much Cat, doing my very best to, thank you <3 <3
I'm so happy you learned a lot about yourself and what you want out of life, too, that's so important <3
AH THIS IS SO EXCITING! I hope you'll love them, I'd love to go to these someday, I heard amazing things about them 🙂
Thank you so much <3
Happy birthday sweet girl. I’m glad that you got to travel so much over the past year, and it looks like things were a little better for you than this time last year. I hope that is the case.
I also get the low times as well, like feeling depressed and most especially worthless all the time. I feel that way a lot, even if there are things to celebrate in my life. It’s hard, and just know that we are all here for you. I know I am specifically, so if you ever want to vent about something, talk about it, or just want to say “hey, I feel depressed but don’t want to get into it. Let’s talk about whatever”, I’m here for you. I hope that you have a good support system both here in the blogosophere and in your life out in the “real world” that can be there for you as much as you need them to be, and more.
Also, I’m really excited about your WIPs, and please let us know when they are going to be out in the world because I would love to read them and have them on my shelf to cherish and love and support forever.
It’s so much easier to be kinder to others and be hard on ourselves. I think most of us do that, and it’s hard to remember that we are only human as well, and that we need to give ourselves a break when we aren’t perfect. It’s okay to not be on top of it all the time, and we can’t be a huge source of us having a bad mental health state, or we can’t help ourselves get better. That’s something that I have to remember all the time as well, so I hope that we can help each other remember that. I’m thinking about you always, and I’m hoping that this next year for you is filled of all the things you want to accomplish, and it’s full of more happy and hopeful times that you can look back on next year and reminisce and enjoy.
Happy Birthday again Marie. I’m so glad I get to know you through this world. I hope to know you more.
Thank you so, so much! <3 Things are better this October than last October, thankfully, thank you <3
Your support means so, so much, you are way too sweet. I find it hard to confide myself and somehow would rather say nothing, even if that's a bad way to cope with things. So thank you, your support is so, so appreciated and means so much <3
I hope that we can both be kinder on ourselves and please know that I'm always here just a message away if you need anything or just need to vent or talk or anything else, I'm always happy to chat with you <3 your words mean everything.
AND ahhh you're too kind about my WIP.
It's so far from being on shelves but… that's the dream, hopefully someday! THANK YOU for everything, sending you tons of love, your comment made my entire week, thank you <3
Happy, happy birthday! That cake looks amazing! Ironically, I’m listening to the audio for The Night Circus right now. I am shipping these two so hard, but I have a feeling it isn’t going to end well. I hope your day is filled with love and joy!
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Also, I recently turned 30, and I can say with certainty that life is still as confusing as ever. One day at a time! It’s all we can do. Every year presents new challenges, and it’s how we face them that matters. Surround yourself with friends and it’ll make the toughest days a little easier to handle. <3
Thank you for your wonderful advice, this means so much. <3 will do my best <3 <3
Thank you so much! Ahh, I hope you’re enjoying it, it’s such an atmospheric story and… so much is happening haha, not going to spoil a thing 🙂
Happy birthday! I turn 26 this year too, in December and I’m feeling all the confusions. I feel like by now I should have a career going, have my own place, etc. But I guess it takes time. I’m glad you’re doing better!
Thank you so much!! and happy early birthday to you (since I have the memory of a goldfish haha). I guess things take time and everyone works at their own pace, that’s what I keep telling myself 🙂
Thank you so much for your sweet comment <3
Happy Birthday! I hope you get to travel a lot over the next year. I can’t wait to see where you decide to go.
Thank you so much!!! <3 <3
You’re welcome!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARIE!!! You are so so wonderful and amazing, and I’m excited to celebrate another year of your life together in the blogging community ❤️❤️❤️ The fact that your town has a Christmas market is EVERYTHING to me, and I will just scroll to NYT’s features of them and imagine I know which one it is ?
Your travels always make my heart swoon, and I’m wishing you all the luck for the next year. You deserve all the kindness ?
Ahhh thank you so so much Tiffany <3 <3 and you HAVE to come and visit someday, we have the loveliest Christmas market ever (and all the great food…. ?)
Thank you so much ahh ily <3
Happy Happy birthday to you girl ?,wishing you all the best and peace in life,you’re valuable and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise…❤
Thank you so, so much, you’re so sweet <3 <3
Happy birthday! ? I hope this one was better than last year!
I’m 25 and understand how confused you feel. Sometimes I also feel like there are many things I “should” have done by now. But I try to not compare myself with others. That isn’t easy, but I think it does get a little easier when you become older.
Thank you so much!! It was better, thank you 😀
I’m glad I’m not alone feeling this way… I’m trying not to compare myself to others too much, either, but some days are harder than others haha. Thank you for your sweet comment <3
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! Please eat a lot of chocolate because duh chocolate. I’m turning 20 next year and am also going through a quarter life crisis aslkadansl, I feel like all the confusion could just be a side effect of being alive? and the people who seem like they got it all figured it out are just really good at acting?? wow I should be a conspiracy theorist
Also genuinely hope you have a great year ahead!!
Thank you so much!! and obviously I did ahah, ALL THE CHOCOLATE, it’s always a priority 😛
Ahahahaha you should be. I think that even people that seem to have it all figured out are…. kind of confused, too, we all are. I’m hoping so haha 🙂
Thank you!! x
HaPpIeSt BiRtHdAy! ??????
Thank you so much, Carol 😀
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARIE!! I turned 26 back in March and I’m still really unsure of where my 20s are going lol. Now in October, I’m very slowly getting into the groove of becoming comfortable with my 20s, but I still have a ride to go. 🙂
Ahh thank you so much!! <3 I hope that it will get easier with time and I'm happy you're slowly getting comfortable with it all. you're doing amazing x
Thank you for your sweet comment!
Happy Birthday! It looks like you’ve had a really busy year! 🙂
I’m also 26, and I get that feeling too of being old, but not old. Like, mentally I feel like a teenager who shouldn’t be allowed to make major life decisions (I still feel like I have to run everything by my parents because they’re ‘proper’ adults!), but then when I think about the fact I’m over halfway through my 20s, I feel so old!
Best of luck with your goals for this next year! 🙂
Thank you so much, Laura!! <3
That's EXACTLY how I feel, I'm so, so happy you can relate to this as well. I feel like I shouldn't make life decisions on my own, yet… I'm an adult hahaha.
Thank you! <3
Happy birthday, I hope you had an amazing day. I hope you get to do everything you want out of the next ?
Year
Thank you so much!! <3
You’re welcome ??
You’re welcome ??
Happy Birthday Marie!!!!! And this look in the rearview mirror was very instructive! Yes you should be kinder with yourself as what you welcome in others you should also understand for you but I know, that’s easy tosay (I am the worst to follow my own advices too)! Maybe my gift to you today “mental health” wise would be to suggest that you read one of your French writer’s book: 3 kifs par jour by Florence Servan Schreiber. She is a “professeur de bonheur” (what a lovely title happiness teacher!) and gave us a conference today at work. It was really uplifting! So I wish you a happy year, a smoother year filled with happiness.
Thank you so, so much, Sophie!! <3 I'm trying my best to, but I'm the worst at following my advice. Will do my best and thank you so much for this recommendation! I didn't know about this book, I'll have to check it out 🙂
Thank you so much <3 <3
Oh and you are still so young! LOL
Ahah thank you, I guess, haha, doing my best to enjoy it (and not stress out too much haha)
Dear Marie,
As you know I turned 24 in September and I feel like you. 2019 was a complicated year for me. For the first time, my mental health was really bad. I felt depressed (it’s still there sometimes) and I felt like a total failure for months. I did some things right and some wrong. I was so hard on myself and I still am… but that’s life, one step at a time. We will figure out all those things! ?? Tbh, 20s are not very funny to me either.
Anyway! Congratulations for all your accomplishments this year, it’s so impressive. I’m proud for you! ? I wish you the best luck for those new goals and this new year. You’re gonna smash it like a boss!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY AGAIN!!!
Lot of love ❤️
I’m so sorry that this year hasn’t been that great so far and that you’ve been hard on yourself, too. You deserve all of the best and brightest things in the world, because you’re a sunshine, you really are. I hope you’ll manage to be kind on yourself for this upcoming year and please know that, if you ever need or want to talk or vent or anything, I’m always here for you <3 and yes, one day at a time <3
Thank you so, so much for your sweet words and wishes, this means so, so much <3 <3
Thank you thank you thank you! ❤️❤️❤️ Yes, one day at a time and with the biggest cup of tea (#tea4ever). You deserve all the love and happiness, and if you want or need to talk I’m here for you too ?❤️
OH YES with all the tea (I’m obsessed with tea as well, right here with you!) <3
thank you so much <3 <3 <3
Happy birthday! I hope you have an amazing day! I love that you took the time to list negative parts of the year instead of just the positive- but regardless you’ve accomplished so much just this year alone! I’m 22 myself, and with the point I’m at right now in life, I can begin to understand where you’re coming from on the confusion part. I wish you the best of luck with your goals and can’t wait to see what you have in store for the future.
Thank you so, so much! <3 I hope that you'll manage not to feel too confused about things, even if… I feel like that's just part of being in your twenties, haha 🙂
Thank you <3
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!! 😀 ?
I have to say reading this post, oof hit me in the feels. I’m approaching 26 too, next month and everything you said was so validating to me! Girl, I’ve been feeling low about my birthday, maybe it’s because I’m hitting the slope of my twenties, but like you mentioned you feel SO confused. I agree SO much with feeling like a teen, but at the same time realizing that I should probably own a home soon. It’s funny I had a good cry over the weekend about it and even coming home from work today I felt it too, like I should be more forward in my life. It’s such a constant battle!
Even though there were some downs in your year, there were a heck of a lot of ups too! You traveled so much! That’s so exciting!
Wishing you all the best for the future year! 😀
Ahh thank you so, so much!! <3
I'm so glad I'm not alone feeling this way – it's so strange, somehow I still feel like I shouldn't make life decisions, but I've been an adult for so many years now?? it's confusing haha.
Thank you so much for your sweet words, this means so much <3
You’re welcome! I hope you had a fantastic birthday! 😀 ❤️
Oh gosh, not alone at all! Exactly! It’s like should I really be making these decisions? Do I have the authority to make these decisions? It scares me sometimes!
I have to say, you’ve inspired me to think about my past year, I may just borrow your idea for a post around my birthday! 🙂
Oh my god yes that’s exactly it, ALL the questions and decisions and I feel like, am I allowed to make these decisions?? ??
Oh I’m so glad! I hope you will write a post like that, I’d love to read it!
Happy birthday! ? it sounds like a darn good year! I hope you are reporting more goals met at this time next year!
Thank you so much! 🙂
Happy birthday, Marie! I know every year has its ups and downs, but I’m glad you have so many dreams and things to look forward! Here’s to your best year yet!
Thank you so much, Angela! <3 <3
Ahhh happy birthday Marie, it sounds like you had a very tumultous year with physical and mental health! But I’m glad that you got out and travelled, reached some amazing blogging milestones and learnt to walk again. Wishing you a fantastic new year ahead <3
Thank you so, so much, Jeann, you’re so sweet <3 thank you <3
Oh my goodness, happy birthday love! ? I hope you have (had? how do time differences work??) a wonderful day. I totally agree about the 20s. I feel like I should be an adult, but on the inside I feel like a teenager. Even graduated and out of college, I feel like a teenager pretending to be an adult lol. I hope your writing is still going well and you’re being your awesome creative self! ???
Ahh Madeline thank you so much <3 <3
I'm glad I'm not the only one haha, we're all pretending a little bit, doing our best <3
I'm hitting a road block at the moment a little bit, but, well, still hoping to get back to it <3 thank you!! <3
Aahh I know I’m a day late in your timezone but happy belated birthday!! I am so proud of all that you’ve been able to accomplish in this past year, and a reminder that you’re amazing no matter what you did or didn’t achieve ? I hope you had a lovely, wonderful day, because it is the very least you deserve!! And you absolutely should go easier on yourself going into your next year — you’re truly a phenomenal blogger and person, and I hope you never forget that <3 I can't wait to see what you'll do this year, Marie!!
Ahhh May thank you so, so much for your sweet words and wishes, this means so, so much <3
It's hard to let go of some habits and everything, but I'm doing my very best to be kinder. thank you <3 <3
Happy belated birthday Marie! I hope 26 is wonderful for you!
Thank you so much!! 🙂
Happy birthday Marie!!!!!!! ????
Thank you so much!! <3
Happy birthday, Marie 🙂 I can see how your year was mixed overall but I feel that there were more happy moments so definitely cherish those. You travelled so much which is always good. And I am glad you are perfectly okay now 🙂 I hope this coming year is even better for you and you achieve all the goals you have set for yourself 🙂 Happy birthday once again.
Thank you so, so, so much for all of your sweet words and wishes, Sim, this means so much <3 <3
Happy Birthday again Marie! I’m not at 26 just yet, but being in my twenties sure feels… weird haha. Every other day I’m forced to remember that I’m not a 17-18 years old kid anymore and it seems that the more we go into adult life, the more sadness, stress and depression can take a hold of us sometimes without wanting to let go (be responsible they say…). But I loved reading your post and I’m happy that you spent all these great moments and had all these great opportunities this past year. Hopefully you’ll even more of those for this new one! Sending lots of love for you and everyone you love ??
EXACTLY. I always feel like I’m still 17, I feel like I’ll never get rid of that feeling, while I’m supposed to be a responsible adult?? like, what? how? hahaha.
Thank you so much for everything and for always being here, Mathieu, so grateful to have you in my life <3
Happy birthday, Marie! <3 25 sounds like an eventful year, full of ups and downs. I know it might not much but I can totally feel you on the existential crisis front- it just feels so scary to feel a certain age looming.
I hope 26 will treat you kindly, full of amazing and positive experiences! <3
Thank you so, so much, Tasya <3 <3 I hope so! thank you x
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY! I turned 28 this year and honestly, I feel like I’m enjoying life more and more. A lot of my friends say their 30’s are the best … since you can AFFORD to do half the things you want to do ha-ha! Though I’m so sad that you had some rough times (i.e. depression and feeling worthless), I’m glad you had a beautiful year as well. I hope you know that you’re definitely not worthless, as you are much loved. I hope your next year is full of beautiful moments with grand adventures!
Being kinder to yourself is always a great goal. I’ve been working on this as well. Even though it’s REALLY hard somedays, I feel like it’s become easier over the years.
Here’s to a beautiful birthday and many more grand years! <3
Thank you so much, Jenna!! <3
I'm so, so happy to hear that and I feel so comforted by that thought, too, thank you for letting me know that haha <3 Let's hope the next years are the best to come!
Thank you!! <3
Happy Birthday, Marie! I appreciated your honesty so much, and it sounds like this year has had lots of gladness among the struggle, and that’s so good. It was my 20th birthday a few weeks ago, and I definitely had a whole ‘I’m not a teenager anymore and I was so good at being a teenager’ moment but it has on the whole been a good year! I’ve come up against lots of new challenges but also lots of gifts.
SHANTI I miss you, hope you’ve been well <3 Thank you so much and ahhh HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY <3 I'm so happy you had a good year overall and I wish you all the best for the upcoming one <3
Happy Birthday! Congratulations on all your accomplishments this past year, and here’s to achieving those newly set goals. I am jealous of all your traveling. That’s something I wish I could do more of.
Thank you so, so much for your sweet words <3 <3 I really hope you can manage to travel a bit more, even short trips. Traveling is one of the best things, for me <3
Happy Birthday Marie! I hope you spend your upcoming years doing everything you can, and living to the fullest! I’m not in my 20s yet, but I do know that you should do everything with care and happiness and always try to make the best of everything. 🙂
Thank you so, so much Gianna! This is beautifully said, yes, I should remember that ahah 🙂 <3
Your welcome!!! ?
I am just about to enter my twenties, next month! I’m a little apprehensive and definitely don’t wanna leave my teens behind :’) Life is crazy, isn’t it? It’s so easy to think we have to be at a certain place by a certain point in our lives. I feel like I’m ahead of the game in some areas and so far behind in others. I think as long as we are kind to ourselves and others and have a continual mindset for growth while learning to embrace where we are in the now, we might just find the key to contentment. But that’s a really tricky balance, isn’t it :’) I loved hearing about your 24th year, and cheers to your 25th being so much better! Wishing you the best in all of your endeavours <3
omg your 25th** and your 26th*** how embarrassing :’) I promise you I read the title, and the body of this post, smh!!
Ahah no worries, thank you again for all of your sweet words, Macey, means so much <3
Ahhh that’s so great, happy very early birthday to you, Macey and I hope your twenties will be AMAZING <3
It really is a little strange, I guess it's important, like you said, to try and embrace the now and do our very best, try not to compare ourselves to others… even if it's complicated, at times, ahah 🙂
Thank you!! <3
It seems like a lot happened to you in the past year, some good some not so great things. I really like your goals for the future! Good luck with them! <3
Happy Birthday! ? ? I'm 24 currently and I completely get your existential crisis. I'm the same! I feel like everyone has their life together and know what they want to do and then here I am. Hopefully we will both figure things out soon and get rid of these feelings! <3
Thank you so much, Anna!! <3 I'm glad I'm not alone, and hope that we can figure things out. Sending you lots of love <3
I hope you had a lovely day, Marie, as you deserve!! <3 I'm glad to read that you've had a mostly great year and I hope this one is even better! ^^ (I also hope you're doing as good mentally as you say you're doing physically, and if you ever need anything, don't hesitate to reach out 😀 )
Thank you so much! and thank you, Marta, this means a lot knowing you’re here, thank you <3 <3 <3
Happy Belated Birthday, Marie!
Thank you so much, Raven! 😀
I hope you had a lovely day! It’s amazing reading about some of your achievements, congratulations on the rewrite, walking again and (almost) 5 years of blogging! I’m currently reading The Night Circus, and I’m only 100 pages in but it’s already changing my life 🙂
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Thank you so, so much for your sweet words, Anika! <3 I'm so happy you're enjoying The Night Circus, it is a lovely read 🙂
Happy Birthday. I turned 29 in May and yes, it’s all very confusing. I’m not anywhere close to where most people I know are in life, and I deal with a lot of mental health issues too. It’s tough sometimes, but I started seeing a therapist this year and that has been amazing and really helpful. I hope to continue traveling more next year too!
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Thank you so much!! <3 I'm really happy to hear that therapy has been helpful to you, that's so great <3 I hope you'll have a wonderful year <3
Hi Marie !
I know i’m a bit late, but happy birthday ! I’m so proud of you for achieving so much this year and i hope the future keep a lot of good things for you ! You’re such an amazing person, your blog posts are possibly the best i’ve ever read and they never fail to make me smile or laugh. Again i’m late, but i hope you spent a very happy birthday ! please keep on being just the way you are, thank you for existing and for being such an amazing person <3 to be honest, those past months have been very hard for me, but i'm trying to push through them anyway to keep on being hopeful
Ahh not late at all, your sweet words are always too much, you’re too sweet to me and I’m just too grateful to have you, thank you ahh <3 <3 <3 <3 I'm so sorry to hear that these past few months have been rough on you, I'm always, always here for you and rooting for you, sending you tons of love and positive vibes always and always here <3 <3
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Marie, ah, I love you!! And, I told you late Happy Birthday on a different post because I didn’t realize you had a BIRTHDAY POST and now I’m just wishing you late birthday wishes left and right. *throws confetti and balloons* BUT, I loved this post!!! Thank you so much for sharing it. <3 25 did sound like it started out rough, but it also seemed to be a year of amazing travel, writing breakthroughs, continuing to be a blogging queen, continuing to grow, trying to learn to be kinder to yourself and another year to be proud of. I hope 26 is everything you want it to be (and, if you learn what to do with your life or how to be kinder to yourself, can you please share your secret with me?) and that you get to travel everywhere you want to go, your writing flows, you find books you love and continue to love yourself more every day. I'm so glad we've "met" this past year and I hope to be friends for many more years to come! <3 <3
AHH AHH thank you, your wishes and everything just mean so, so much to me, thank you so much <3 I'll make sure to share all of my secrets with you if I ever find out how to … figure everything out hahaha. <3
Thank you, Nicole, I'm so so grateful to have you in my life <3 <3
<3 <3 YES, PLEASE, I need to unearth these secrets in the worst way! 😛 I am very grateful to have you in my life as well and cannot wait to continue to support you and cheerlead for this next year!
aaaaaaaaah. i love you ahh <3 <3
Happy (belated) birthday, Marie!! You have accomplished SO much in the past year, you should be so incredibly proud! And your travels… let’s just say I am drooling over here! If it helps at all, I don’t think we EVER know what the hell we’re doing in life. I have just kind of come to terms with it- we are all just pretending, and hoping for an adultier adult to be in the vicinity. I guess one of the good things about being almost 37 (gulp) is that I figure, if I don’t have my shit together by now, I never will, and I guess that’s just okay!
Keep taking care of yourself, keep having your AMAZING world adventures, and I hope but nothing but all the happiness for you in the upcoming year (and always!) ♥♥♥
Shannon, thank you so much!! <3 <3 I'm so happy that… it just feels okay not to have your whole life together after a little while, I hope to feel this way sometime too haha 🙂
Thank you so much <3 <3
Happy belated!! It sounds like this year has had its ups and downs, but you have a whole lot to be proud of. Here’s hoping that the coming year is even better!!
Thank you so much Nicole!! <3 <3
Happy Birthday. I hope you had a wonderful day. I’m so sorry to hear that you were stuck in hospital for it last year, that really can’t have been fun. Also having a broken foot must have been terrible – I found it frustrating enough when I broke my toe and could only wear certain shoes. I hope your writing goes well, they both sound intriguing. And I really hope that you get to continue travelling, it sounds like you’ve been to some really fantastic places. I hope you meet some of your goals for this year too ❤️
Ahh Charlotte thank you so, so much for your sweet words <3 It hasn't been easy but I'm thankful this year has been better, physically, at least, regarding that ahah 🙂
Thank you so much for your sweet words and your support always, it means so much <3
That’s good at least (: when something unexpected like that happens it can completely detail you. Thank you ❤️❤️
happy belated birthday, marie!
i’m sorry to hear you had such a bad 25th birthday, BUT i’m glad the rest of the year felt better. i spent my birthday this year sick and feeling bad as well and i can definitely relate. it sucks.
honestly, your year sounds fabulous! you went to such amazing places, wrote so much, and reached amazing milestones. despise the ups and downs, i hope you’re feeling proud of this last year.
i relate to have “figuring out life” as a goal. i wonder if we ever stop feeling this way. like, if we ever wake up one day and we’re like: yeah, life’s figured out. i think everyone will always have something they want to work on, in their lives, in themselves.
again, i think you had amazing achievements this past year and i’m sure looking ahead may be intimidating, but i do trust you can achieve anything you dream of! you’re amazingggg, marie! i hope you had a lovely birthday! ?
Thank you so much, Lais! <3 I'm so sorry to hear you were sick during your birthday, I hope you're feeling better now <3
thank you so much for all of your sweet words and support, this means so so very much <3 <3
Marie, I hope you had a lovely birthday!! Sending you all the good vibes!! ? (apologies for such a belated message!)
Ahh thank you so, so much and don’t worry about being late, you’re too sweet already <3 <3