What I Learned in 2025 (and some extra)
Y'all, if I'm being completely honest, I am low-key stressed because I have a lot of blog content that I need to post. I know, what a surprise! I had at least two posts that I wanted to have up before this one, but at the moment, this one is most pertinent because ya know, IT'S 2026!!!!!
Every year, I'm just shocked at how the previous year flew by and I can say the same thing about 2025. I just cannot wrap my head around the fact that 2020 was officially 6 years ago. Covid is literally about to celebrate its 6th birthday. And 2016 was TEN years ago??!!! I can vividly remember how excited I was for 2016 because I was going to turn 21. And now I'm officially in my 30s. I cannot believe how fast time is flying and how I really need to be better about living in these precious moments, which I am going to address later in this post.
Anyways, if you are new here, hi! Every year, I start jotting down things that I learn on my notes app, and compile them into this post. Ideally I would like to have the post ready to go and posted at midnight on the dot as the clock strikes the new year, but here I am, writing this post in 2026. Oops. But it's here, all the things I learned in 2025! (And please read to the end)
- Do not buy balcony seats for an EDM concert.
- Never get on a plane when you’re starving if there’s no meals on the flight. Eat before taking off.
- Museums are boring and it’s time that I finally admit out loud that they are boring.
- Don’t go to a club in NYC with bachelorette attire on.
- My windshield wipers aren’t cheap and broken, my windshield is just entirely too dirty and needs to be washed.
- Shoulder straps on clothing that you have to tie are the worst. Give me an elastic band or adjustable straps.
- Putting too much conditioner in your hair makes your hair greasy immediately.
- Always wear sunscreen and a hat if you’re doing an outdoor workout.
- Don’t wear nice shoes right after it rains. (Common sense but ya know)
- Wake Forest University is not located in Wake Forest, NC.
- People will stay silent for the sake of “not being political” when children are killed in mass shootings and when a genocide is happening across the world, but will all of a sudden show empathy and be vocal when a controversial political commentator is m*rdered.
- Beef comes from a cow. Steak can come from any animal.
- Your immunity goes to crap once you turn 30. (Or at least mine did)
- Always set boundaries between your job and your personal life.
- Coughing for over a month is not normal. Go to a doctor.
- Sometimes quitting cold turkey is more beneficial than cutting back.
- Fruits and vegetables make me bloated.
- Soup is very underrated.
- You have to now double check everything being posted on the internet to make sure it’s not AI.
- AI is destroying our environment and will make life worse for humanity in the long run.
- I judge how fun a trip is based on how excited I am to go home. If I’m dreading going home, it was a good trip. If I’m counting down the days to go home, it was not a great trip.
- It’s actually pretty fun to go to an event or party where you don’t know anyone. Especially when they are Taylor Swift themed.
- Fisherman’s Friend cough drops are the best cough drops to exist and will stop coughs like no other. #notanad #wishitwas
- I only get hangovers from cheap wine, not expensive nice wine.
- I need to read more books.
- Read one book a month
- Romanticize life a little bit. (Ex: have a cup of tea in a cute mug, dressing up and wearing makeup for yourself, sit in a park and read a book, light a candle, buy flowers)
- Write 12 blog posts this year (Average 1 per month)
- Do a Bible study
- Cut out sugar
- Eat more organic foods
- Eat dinner before 8pm
- Shop secondhand instead of buying fast-fashion
- Stop supporting corporations (Ex: Amazon, Walmart, etc)
- Spend less time on social media
- Be a better wife
- Network and make new friends
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