# Gratitude. 

*Immensely grateful for everything. *

By [through faith’s eyes✨](https://paragraph.com/@0x6e85b1b9e28f62ddc18a402dc6a254001097bc8b) · 2025-12-11

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It’s 12am, I’m listening to gratitude by annendlessocean and just sitting here thinking about how grateful I am to have made it to the last month of the year. Because honestly, this year? It was a _roller coaster_. A messy, chaotic, overwhelming, beautiful roller coaster.

I crashed out plenty of times, but somehow, I’m still standing. And for that, I’m incredibly grateful to God; for strength, for endurance, for pulling me through every hard moment, and for giving me reasons to smile in between.

I went through really tough times this year, moments that forced me to grow and stretch in ways I didn’t expect. But I also had beautiful, fun moments with my friends the kind that reminded me that life can still be sweet even when everything is shaking.

Somewhere along the line, I became what I like to call “_ridiculously audacious”_. I put myself out there more. I stepped outside my comfort zone. I started working on my public speaking, still not where I want to be, but honestly, the baby steps are adding up. I made decisions that scared me, but I made them anyway. I took risks.

One of the wildest things that happened was at a conference; I networked so boldly that I literally got a job on the spot. If you told 2024 me that this would happen, she would have laughed and walked away.

This year stretched me academically too. By this time a decade ago, I was in my first year of high school and now i’m done with university. I earned over fifteen certifications, worked on three research papers, and got an A in my final-year project. I graduated with a 4.80 CGPA even with everything life was throwing at me. I attended about ten conferences, read twenty-five books, tried out new foods, and took on major leadership roles: General Secretary of my department, Ticket Lead for a fintech conference, Content Co-lead for Google Developer Groups (GDG) Bowen, and more. I made new friends. I even bought myself two bone straight wigs and honestly, that is a real milestone for me.

I started going to the gym. I completed two paid internships. I cried a lot. I worked on my LinkedIn presence. I posted more content on social media. I bought shares in three different companies. I began exploring the Web3 space. I went out more than usual, which is huge because anyone who knows me knows I used to be a professional homebody. And I became a creator on Paragraph, a Web3 writing platform, which still feels surreal.

So even though I didn’t accomplish _every single thing_ I wanted to do this year, I achieved an unbelievable amount. I grew in ways I didn’t expect. I learned, unlearned, failed, tried again, and somehow found myself becoming a stronger, softer, more confident version of me.

I’m grateful for all of it - the good, the hard, the quiet, the loud, the unexpected. Gratitude really is the word.

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*Originally published on [through faith’s eyes✨](https://paragraph.com/@0x6e85b1b9e28f62ddc18a402dc6a254001097bc8b/gratitude)*