How (If At All) Did I Grow This Year?

Putting a bow on 2024.

That picture is actually from April 2023 in Fiji, but I liked it, so I used it on a 2024 post. Humble-brag. Sue me, son.

I think people can often get to the end of years and either performatively recap their wins, as I just did mentioning a trip to Fiji from a different year, or bemoan their losses (real or imagined) and focus on the next year and what w…