2025 Media Wrap-Up

For the first time in the 4 years since I started journaling in a hobonichi, I finally filled out my "My 100" list.

Part of this was was a result of the fact that I was more diligent about writing every day this year than in previous years, part of it was that I spent nearly eight months riddled with anxiety due to having lost my job, but the biggest part by a mile was that I limited my time on social media to one hour. I abandoned Twitter and Instagram for good early in the year, and I suddenly had to find out how to distract myself from myself in more fulfilling ways.

(I did end up in a pretty rough bout of skin-picking for a month or so since I wasn't occupying my hands by scrolling, but I'd say that was probably less harmful to me in the long run.)

Here's a breakdown of all the things I enjoyed this year. It's non-comprehensive, since there were a few shortform things that I don't remember too well and I'm not going to read through 365 days of entries to find out what they were.

Guide: Purple = Favorite Strikthrough = Dropped Italic = Revisited