The Clean Slate
2022 has been a year full of learnings. Considering this is my blog, let me break it down for you: 2022 started as the year I will be choosing myself and slowly working on my dreams to come true. I was employed and working my way around my thesis. I was in a relationship. It was still semi-lockdown. First quarter of the year, I was still at the comforts of home then went to Negros for a relationship to work on while being in a WFH set-up. Work was stressful with a job I settled for which is way beyond my background. It was not the best job but it was a humbling experience. First quarter of the year made me realize what no longer works in my life. And as I moved back to Manila, I still tried to make things work both in my career and love life. I was stagnant throughout those months, all work--no thesis and no applications. I did not join so much workshops as work was very demanding and not rewarding. Came the third quarter of the year, where crucial and life-changing decisions were ma