What are you most
thankful for this year?
I’m thankful for so many things. So many
people. I’m thankful for my best friend and
my fandom friends — friends I met through
fandom, very very real friends — and the
blogging community and all the opportunities it’s afforded me. I’m thankful for my
bravery in April, for taking the plunge and
coming to London with 800€ and no clue if
I’d make it beyond the first week. I’m thankful for everyone who’s talked me down from
a ledge this year when I was having a bad
time. I’m thankful for my landlady, this wonderful woman from Finland who agreed to
take weekly payments with no deposit and
signed a lease for a year in my favorite part
of the city. I’m thankful for everyone in my
family who chipped in when I had financial
troubles, and the friends who did as well. I’m
thankful for my clients, for everyone who’s
trusted me to make their online space one
they’d love to inhabit — some before I had
much to show other than my confidence that
I could do it. I’m thankful for the comforts
I’ve found, even if they mean Starbucks is my
third biggest expense after rent and groceries
at the moment.
And I’m thankful for the fact that when I
look back at last year, I think, “holy crap,” and
tear up. I never thought I’d make this move. I
never thought it would stick. I’m still scared
it’s going to fall through. But I’m here, and
it’s on me. I did this. That’s mindblowing.
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