They say it’s a bad idea to compare yourself to others, especially the lives others share on social media, but I don’t think that’s entirely true. For reasons I won’t go into just yet, I could describe my 2024 as having been pretty terrible, but when I put it into perspective against the year some of my friends have had, it starts to look not all that bad. What do you mean you’ve had a year filled with hospital trips and chemotherapy? You’re living in an active war zone? Too many of your weekends were spent attending family funerals? My current living situation is temporarily a little uncomfortable and now I have to take a tablet if I want to eat cheese!

So yes, my year could have been better, but it also could’ve been a whole lot worse, and I’m grateful for just how bad a year some of my friends had, so mine may appear better in comparison. So, how did my year go? If you’re new to these annual posts, I’ll be taking a look back at the plans and resolutions I made this time last year, laugh raucously at how few of them I accomplished, and then make some more wildly implausible plans for the coming twelve months. Let’s get to it!