Dearest readers,
HAPPY NEW YEAR! It’s 10:56am as I begin today’s post (which I should have completed yesterday), and 2026 is nearly 11 hours old. Can you believe we made it here.
Well, this is the last post of this year’s Blogmas series. I apologize for not getting this up yesterday as I had planned. I had an eventful New Year’s Eve that culminated in a spontaneous, special encounter. He and I sat on the rooftop of his house with a full view of the San Francisco skyline, partially hidden beneath Carl the Fog, and had front row seats to the fireworks that struck at midnight. ‘Twas a special night, indeed. A wonderful way to ring in the new year.
There’s much I’d like to write in today’s blog post, and I’ll start with a synopsis of 2025, which was a tumultuous year that saw heavenly highs and hellish lows.
Highlights
- competed at ballroom dance nationals in March
- went back to UCLA and was honored as the founder of Bruin Burlesque
- started teaching at 3 country clubs in Menlo Park / Atherton
- started personal training
- bounced back from rock bottom
- launched my business, Venture True Wellness
- launched my podcast, The Well-Anchored Life
- launched another company, a dance app, with my co-founder Ethan
- walked away from toxic friendships
- went on a family cruise vacation to Canada, made friends from all over the world
- reconnected with old gymnastics teammates, the sisterhood I was searching for
- finished the first draft of my poetry anthology
Lowlights
- ending of a beautiful friendship that eventually grew toxic; I still cherish the good memories
- retired from competitive ballroom dancing (for now)
- got burned out with fitness teaching, had a crash in May
- experienced my worst depression in recent memory (rock bottom)
- continued to be overextended in work
- string of heartbreaks and failed flings (learned lessons from each of them)
- caffeine and nicotine habit
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Such is the duality of this beautiful thing called Life. For the highs to exist, they must be contrasted with lows. I learned from each “failure”, which is not truly a failure, but an opportunity for growth. There is still much growth to be had in 2026 and beyond. I come in to each new year with a laundry list of New Year’s Resolutions to guide me in the next 12 months, but I’ll start by reflecting on last year’s NYR’s and see if I hit those benchmarks.
- Financial independence. Nope. Not there yet. Still living at home, and if anything, I’m more broke today than I was at the start of 2025. This is because I’m starting companies, and I’ve officially established myself as a broke founder. Financial independence remains my goal for 2026, and by the end of the year, I will move out of my parent’s home.
- Boyfriend. Also a nope. I’m hoping 2026 will be my year of finding love, but you can never guarantee these things, they just happen on the Universe’s time. I surrender the outcome and look forward to whenever I meet that special someone. I will be ready to put my best foot forward.
- Zyn and caffeine habit. Still kicking those. But I just finished my last Zyn and don’t plan on buying any more. I’m looking forward to reconnecting with my value of health, wellness, and sobriety. I am a wellness leader, I must practice what I preach.
These 3 things remain my primary NYR’s for the coming year, alongside growing my businesses, beginning my yoga therapy certification training (my life for the next 3-7 years), launching my online courses, writing my books, reading to enrich my mind. And of course, staying mentally healthy and practicing self-care every day. So much to do, so little time… it’s off to work we go.
Thank you all for tuning in to this year’s Blogmas. I appreciate all of you who have joined me on my journey. Thank you for your continued support. I’m gonna take a walk around San Francisco. Talk to you guys soon!
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