For the past several years, I’ve written on or around my birthday to reflect on the year that has past. This year, I’ve been putting it off. Because there’s a lot to say about a hard year. A bad year.

Struggles make us grow, so I don’t think that any hard year is ever unnecessary. This one was hard for lots of reasons. The first year away from my family. The first year of my career. The first with all this responsibility. Of what finally feels like actual adulthood.

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