2024, Grazie per tutti gli errori

2024, è stato un piacere.

We had a long ride of ups and downs—maybe more downs than ups, but it had to be like that. I get it. I had to learn all the lessons you wanted to teach me.

Noi, quest'anno e io, dovevamo concludere con un botto. Altrimenti non avrei imparato nulla.

I had to lose so many things in order to appreciate what was coming. I had to hit rock bottom to learn to rise again—stronger, smarter, better.

You’ve let me make one mistake after another because you wanted to teach me a lesson. You wanted me to never do that again.

Now that your and my chapter is coming to an end, I’m not angry anymore. I was in the beginning. I couldn’t accept what was happening to me. I couldn’t accept so many bad things coming one after the other.

I couldn’t believe it was all happening at the same time, like a chain reaction that had no intention of stopping.

Ora mi rendo conto che tutto ciò che stavo vivendo aveva una ragione.. All the mistakes I’ve made were paving the road to a happier future. I just couldn’t see it right away. But I know it now.

I was so scared of endings. I was dreading goodbyes. They meant something was over, and over means sadness. It means loneliness. But what I didn’t see was that with every ending starts something new.

Endings don’t have to be depressing and hurtful. Endings mean that something different is going to happen.

Qualcosa di diverso significa cambiamento, e il cambiamento è positivo perché dopo ogni capitolo chiuso ne arriva un altro.

And it’s up to me to decide whether that chapter is going to take a turn for worse than I’ve already felt or for the better. It’s up to all of us. We make our own destinies.

2024, mi hai insegnato a credere in me stessa quando ero più insicura. Mi hai insegnato ad alzarmi e a lottare quando tutto quello che volevo fare era strisciare a letto e non alzarmi mai più.

Mi hai fatto ascoltare quella vocina interna che continuava a dire: “Try, be better, be stronger, try harder!”

Mi avete messo alla prova e mi avete costretto a superare i miei limiti, a vedere davvero cosa ero in grado di fare. Mi hai fatto uscire dalla mia zona di comfort e mi hai fatto affrontare le mie paure invece di scappare. Grazie per questo.

During this year, I’ve learned what it really means to be brave and take advantage of all the possibilities I have in front of me. I just had to grab every moment I thought would bring me change. A change for the better.

I’ve learned that you cannot be stuck in the past. You have to look ahead because if you don’t seize the moment that is coming, that moment will never come back. It’s better to go for it than to miss out on it and regret it for the rest of your life.

2024, mi hai insegnato a vivere nel presente, a lasciare andare il passato e a guardare al futuro.

You’ve taught me that every mistake I made was for a reason. Every wrong move I made led me to something new. I just didn’t see it then.

2024, the mistakes I’ve made brought me to my breaking point, but the strength I’ve gained made me get passed it.

Dear 2024, you’ve thrown me surprises I didn’t expect. You’ve tossed me into a horrible storm with wind throwing me back and forth. You’ve ridden me on emotional roller coasters and brought me to destruction.

But dear 2024, you’ve also given me hope, optimism, and faith that I can survive all the bad luck and the lousy hand of cards I was given.

Perché vedete, eccomi qui, alla fine di un altro anno, in attesa di iniziare un'altra storia delle tante che devono ancora venire.

Throughout out the turbulent times, millions of things happening all of a sudden, you didn’t beat me down the whole way. You still decided to show me there is always a way out, that there is always a solution.

Mi hai dato la forza che non sapevo di avere. Mi hai insegnato lezioni che non dimenticherò mai.

2024, I’m sad you’re coming to an end because that means I’m leaving the past in the past. But 2024, I’m happy that you’re finally over because that means I get to do things all over again. I get a fresh start.

I can do whatever my heart wants. I can pursue my dreams. I can let go of things I don’t want to remember.

2024, thank you for all the mistakes I’ve made. Thank you for helping me become a different person than I was a year ago.