The Year Has Come And Gone

The Year Has Come And Gone | December Calendar 2025

As saddened as I am that the months have begun to feel like weeks and weeks like days, I do have to admit I will not be sad to say goodbye to 2025. Although the years has been one of growth, self-reflection, memories and change, it’s also been a particularly difficult year and I would not wish to relive it ever again. This year has come and gone by so fast. And yet, it has left more of a mark on me than any other year ever has. Is that really true or just how it feels because it’s still raw? Maybe I’ll look back in a few years and focus on the positive. Us humans have a tendency of looking back with rose-tinted glasses.

One thing I have learnt this year that I’m grateful for though is that discomfort is sometimes the only way to grow as a person. I have had so many painful and uncomfortable moments since this year began. And yet, those moments are exactly why there has been so much progress for me as a person. Progress I didn’t even realise I needed. It’s helped me see myself and those around me more clearly. And accept that I can’t help or change people that prefer remaining the victim more than they want a better life. It’s helped me set boundaries. It’s helped me accept people as they are instead of who I want them to be.

Do I wish for more discomfort next year? No, but if there are moments that make me uncomfortable, I’ll try to remember their importance in my life.

Anyway, have a wonderful December!

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113 responses to “The Year Has Come And Gone”

  1. For me it’s been one of those transformative years that feel hard but real helpful in the long run. It’s a bumpy road to success and happiness. I feel better than ever probably because I hit the rock bottom some time mid year. And bounced right back!

    1. It’s been similar for me minus the bouncing right back lol.

      1. Oops. Sorry to hear that

        1. It’s fine, I’m sure I’ll bounce back next year.

          1. Eventually, maybe still this year…fingers crossed

      2. Pooj, I was wondering how did you find your therapist? I know that you are super stoked with it

        1. Yeah, she’s awesome. I searched for therapists in my area online and her site was one of the sites that popped up. Before her, I tried out one or two other therapists but I didn’t feel like I connected well with them.

          1. We have some platforms to find therapists but I’m not sure about using those

            1. Yeah, I would recommend doing the research yourself because those platforms aren’t always reliable. And also checking reviews before deciding on a therapist.

              1. I am really reluctant to start therapy because I guess I find it hard to trust anyone. Even a therapist lol does it sound ridiculous? I know…

                1. Not at all ridiculous, it took me a few sessions to really open up as well. It’s totally normal to feel guarded, even a therapist is essentially a stranger at first. But I think once you have a couple of strangers you’ll feel more comfortable sharing with them.

  2. I’m glad that you have found positive things in 2025, Pooja. Everyone has their own struggles. ❤️

    1. Thank you so much and I totally agree! 😊

      1. 🤙🏻🥰🥰🥰🥰

  3. I hope this is a good December for you, Pooja. It’s argued that art comes out of pain and maybe only out of pain. I’m not sure I buy that, through and through. But in a similar (not through-and-through) way, it does seem that personal growth sometimes happens through pain. Sorry you had to go through that, even if it was helpful somehow. Maybe 2026 will be more comfortable and still evolutionary.

    1. Thanks so much. I hope there’s no more discomfort as well but if there is I’ll try to focus on the positives. Hope you have an amazing December and 2026!

  4. For me, 2025 was a sucky year. I can only hope that 2026 will be better, but I’m not getting my hopes up. I wish I could be more optimistic but it’s just so hard these days. I hope that 2026 will be a better year for you and that you can enjoy the month of December.

    1. I hope so too, may 2026 be much better for all of us than 2025 was.

      1. Absolutely. Let’s manifest that 🙌 I’m hoping for change (for the better) in 2026.

        1. 🤞🏽🤞🏽

  5. Am I crazy to say that it feels like I can see the growth in your words this year? Because I can sure feel it. I hope that you can feel a smile inside from everything you’ve endured and accomplished this year. You’re such a special human. I hope you know that! 💗

    1. Aw thank you, that honestly means so much to me. I’ve been trying my best to change this year and although I can see the changes in myself I wasn’t sure if others could. Thank you and you are as well! ❤️

  6. Hi Pooja!
    I largely relate here with you.

    “One thing I have learnt this year that I’m grateful for though is that discomfort is sometimes the only way to grow as a person.”
    True! I have the same realisation. Discomfort is the new comfort!

    “Brooding about our past and worrying about our future is the most efficient way to ruin our present.”
    I do that a lot. We both are the students who have studied the past a lot.😆😆 That’s a tendency!
    I tell myself: Study History but you, yourself don’t become a history.🤣🤣🤣🤣

    “Us humans have a tendency of looking back with rose-tinted glasses.”
    I actually LOVE doing that often. But it causes so much emotional pain later.😭😭💔
    I am very SELECTIVE now to stay away from the stuff around love, and people involved in that world. I feel I have been misguided in the past, and love is definitely not the core aspect of my life.
    I also observe: it stops my progress

    “And yet, those moments are exactly why there has been so much progress for me as a person.this year”
    I agree. These tough moments teach you more; you get many lessons.

    “It’s helped me set boundaries.”
    Now this is the actual practical learning— you learnt to maintain boundaries

    Take care for the rest of year!
    I am taking a long break. But I’ll back for sure!

    1. Yes, we have to become comfortable with being uncomfortable! Haha yes, us historians are obsessed with the past yet it is so unhealthy to live in the past instead of the present. Take care too, looking forward to seeing you again after your break!

  7. Some of our deepest lessons come from those difficult and uncomfortable moments, for they force us to see the areas we still need to work on, and give us the motivation to do so because we don’t want to keep repeating those things in our lives. You’re someone who seeks to learn and to grow, so I’m sure you will be turning all that manure into gorgeous flowers!

    1. I totally agree, without those hard moments we would never grow. Thank you so much, trying to do just that!

  8. So glad you’ve had so much positive growth this year Pooj! Sorry you had a lot of difficult moments though. Hopefully next year will be different! Xx

    1. Thank you so much and hope so too!

  9. I hope this is a wonderful December for You dear Pooja🌞🌹🎼🎶👁️

    1. Thank you and wishing you the same 😊

  10. SMiLes Dear Pooja Your Sentiment
    That ‘the Months Have Begun to Feel Like Weeks
    And Weeks As Days’ Is a Common Refrain i’ve Heard

    in Reflection of 2025 From

    Many Of the Inhabitants

    Of my Metro Area

    Out in the Wild

    Taking Notes

    Hehe as Any
    Volunteer Dedicated
    Anthropology Participant Observer Will Do

    Also of Course as Muse to Write An EPiC Long
    Form Poem of 14.7 MiLLioN Words in 147 Months

    Dear Lord It Seems Like Just Yesterday That i Started
    All of that With the 22,844 Miles of Public Dance Yet

    Honestly i Haven’t Felt Much Weight of Time in ‘All That Time’

    Always Engaging in Flow Generally Speaking in Bliss ThiS WaY

    Dancing Singing Free Yes In Meditating Way For Now True it Seems

    There is
    No Time
    Only Eternally
    Now One Day

    i May Wake Up
    Dead A Best Way

    To Stay Now at Least

    Alive

    With
    SMiLes

    i Never Felt ThiS WaY
    Until i Reached 53 Hehe

    Just Short Glimpses Only
    Breaths of What Will Be

    Nearly Twice Your Age Already
    Way Back then that Seems Like Now

    That’s All We
    Get Anyway

    This Now Now
    So Much More Room
    To Improve Making The
    Eternal Now Feel Deeper

    Than ever before

    Richer

    With
    SMiLes

    Yet True it’s
    Hard to Put into Words…

    i Tale my Wife It’s “Fred Time”
    So Important She Reminds me

    Of All the Appointments With Time

    Other Wise
    i’d Just
    Stay

    With
    This Cloud…

    Anyway She Just told me
    Don’t Work-Out at 10 PM

    For 3 Hours As Usual Now

    Hehe 8:18 PM Just flowing

    See You
    Later
    With SMiLes..:)

    1. It’s great to have someone who balances you out and reminds you to come back down when it’s time!

      1. Hehe Yes it
        Can Hurt
        To Fall
        From

        A Mountain

        With No Top☺️🙌

  11. You face the vicissitudes of life well, without putting on a facade, that’s very helpful to yourself and others.

    Honestly is the best policy.

    Keep being you, keep moving forward.

    1. Thank you so much. Yes, I think denial doesn’t help anyone. We have to accept life as it is and do our best with the cards we’ve been dealt. Have a wonderful December.

  12. I am sorry it has been a difficult year for you Pooja but as you say it is how we grow as persons. I hope you will have a great December and a much better 2026.

    1. Thanks so much, yes it’s been difficult but there was so much growth and truly joyful moments too.

  13. I’m wishing a much better 2026 for you Pooja.

    1. Thanks so much. Hope you have a great one too.

  14. 2025 was a growth and development year for me. I definitely understand your journey this year. I am happy you were able to noticed the moments and the emotions you went through to push forward

    1. It’s been thank way for so many of us but I think that will lead to a better 2026 where we’re a better version of ourselves. Thanks so much.

      1. 🙂 🙂 🙂 You are very welcome. 2026 is right around the corner.

  15. 🙏🌹

    Aum Shanti

  16. Happy new month Pooja!
    I hope these few weeks left in the year is filled with laughter, joy and hope for you ✨

    1. Happy December! Thank you and wishing you the same 😊

  17. December….feels like 2 shades of one color…what we leave behind and what we take with …
    all the best, Pooja … may December be kind to you and us all … going ahead too…🤍✨️

    1. Yes, the end of the year often feels that way. Thank you so much, hope so too 😊

      1. pleasure always…🤍

  18. Wishing you a wonderful December too.

    1. Thank you so much.

  19. I definitely could do without reliving this year. It felt like everything that could have gone wrong went wrong. However I’m choosing to hold on to the positives of the year and I’m hoping that 2026 is much better.

    1. It was the same way for me but also remaining positive for 2026. I hope December brings you more happiness than the rest of the months did.

      1. Thank you, I hope so too. But if it doesn’t, I hope we both have a better 2026.

        1. Fingers crossed.

  20. It really felt like a month when we reached december, like the year ended so fast

    1. Yes, it went by so fast.

  21. It went by fast – that’s for sure. Happy December!

    1. For sure and thank you!

  22. Our light is born out of our struggles dear Pooja! This is why kindness is a rule of thumb to live by, as we never really know what others are dealing with. I am so thankful for this year as it as allowed me to grow and be fearless against a group of sadists who like to stalk and covertly view my life. I will, as I know you will too, continue to rise because there is no other option in my mind. We Rise!

    1. I so agree, so important to give people grace because we just never know. I’m so glad you’re taking back control of your life! Don’t let others keep you down or dull your shine.

  23. I, like you, will not be sad to say goodbye to 2025.
    The highs were high and the lows were abysmally low. I lost hope somewhere in between. I agree with you that all the struggles and pain we go through make us a stronger person. But I do not want a repeat of this year.

    Hopefully, 2026 will be a better year for us both. Sending you lots of love Pooja. 🫶🏼❤️

    1. Sorry to hear it’s been a tough year for you as well but I truly hope 2026 will be better for us and have far less lows! ❤️😊

  24. Been a bad year for me too. Be glad to see the back of it!

    1. Hopefully 2026 will be better for us!

  25. I’m sorry it’s been a difficult year but it sure sounds like there was lots of growth.

    May continued growth for all of not require so much difficulty!

    Ease and happiness in December please!🙏❣️

    1. Yes, there was a lot of growth and thankfully a lot of highs too. Thank you so much! 😊

  26. Personally, 2025 was a good year for me. Hopefully, 2026 will be a better year for you, Pooja.

    1. I’m so glad to hear it was a good year for you and may your 2026 be even better 😊

  27. It’s all 1 day at a time. I ended up in the hospital twice this year, but still call it good. Good luck as things progress. 🤣😎🙃

    1. So sorry to hear that but yeah one day at a time is best. Thanks so much 😊

  28. I do hope next year is better for you dear friend. You’re right that growth occurs as we step out of our comfort zone.

    1. Thank you so much and hope you have a lovely 2026 too.

      1. Thanks my dear friend

        1. You’re very welcome.

          1. 🩵💞💙

  29. Happy December to you. I’m sorry 2025 was difficult for you but I’m also glad that it had some moments of self -reflection and growth for you.2025 has been rough for me too, but we’ll keep moving and hoping for better days.

    1. Thank you so much. Sorry it’s been rough for you as well but I hope 2026 will bring both of us a lot more ups than downs.

  30. A & J PEI Treasures/E Jean Simpson, BEd, BA, MA Avatar
    A & J PEI Treasures/E Jean Simpson, BEd, BA, MA

    Sorry it’s been a rough year. Good that you were able to learn and grow from a difficult year. May next year bring you a better year.

    1. Thank you so much, have a lovely December.

      1. A & J PEI Treasures/E Jean Simpson, BEd, BA, MA Avatar
        A & J PEI Treasures/E Jean Simpson, BEd, BA, MA

        Have a lovely December as well!

  31. While many people have shared how difficult this year has been and rightfully so, given everything happening in the world that hasn’t been my experience. Last year was the one that broke me. 2024 was devastating in ways I still struggle to articulate. It shattered me, stripped me down, and left me feeling like I was standing in the ruins of a life I no longer recognised.

    But 2025…
    This year has been my rise.
    My evolution.
    My phoenix-from-the-ashes moment.

    It has been a year of deep healing, alignment, and becoming. A year where I started to live the life I once thought existed only in my imagination. I have seen God’s hand in every corner of my journey gently redirecting, restoring, and reminding me that nothing is ever too far gone for Him to rebuild.

    I’m not sharing this to boast.
    I’m sharing it for the person who might be where I was last year feeling broken, hopeless, or held together by the thinnest thread.

    There is hope.
    There is always hope.
    Change will come, often in the most unexpected ways, but it will come. Hold on to your faith. God has a way of turning even the darkest seasons into the beginning of something new.

    1. Thank you so much for sharing your experience and I’m so glad 2025 has been a particularly good year for you. I also completely agree, just because a certain time in our life is more difficult doesn’t mean it’ll be that way forever. There is always hope and things can always improve.

  32. October to December have been rough for me. Too much stress. I hope the New Year is peaceful. Happy December. I hope the rest of this year is good to you.

    1. Sorry to hear that and I hope next year will be less stressful and more fun. Thanks so much.

  33. What a great way to reframe discomfort, Pooja! Here’s to a much better 2026!

    1. Thank you so much, this year has been all about making lemonade haha!

  34. Here’s to building upon all the work you’ve done this year, leading to a better 2026!

    1. Thank you so much!

      1. You’re very welcome!

  35. Been quite a year, Pooja! But you’ve handled it all incredibly well!

    1. Thank you, I’ve really tried my best to make conscious changes in how I respond to stressful situations!

  36. I Hope this a wonderful december for you 🌈

    1. Thank you so much 😊

  37. Wise thinking. I difficult year, but great in learning. May your next year be lighter, but still full of growth 🙏

    1. Thanks so much, hope you have a wonderful 2026 too.

  38. I can’t believe how fast it has flown. May the new year bring blessings and joy, Pooja! 💞💞💞

    1. I know, it’s gone by like crazy! Thank you and wishing you the same! 💗

  39. Great Post Pooja 👏 advance wishes for a lovely 2026, whatever you said about this is fact, according to me december month is more special becoz my birth date is 12 december.

    1. Thank you so much. Oh wow, have a wonderful birthday month 😊

  40. Thank you my friend

    1. You’re most welcome.

  41. Your reflection carries a quiet strength, and I found your thoughts on how discomfort shaped clearer boundaries both honest and grounding. There’s something steadying in the way you describe accepting people as they are, without trying to reshape them. It gives your closing wish for December a warm, sincere glow that lingers after reading.

    1. Thank you so much.

  42. I pray your next year is your best yet, sweet Pooja.

    1. Thank you so much. Hope you have a wonderful 2026 too.

  43. Yes, often times, it’s the things that are most painful that we learn the most from…the most character building. Enjoy the rest of the year and all the best for the next!

    1. Yup, exactly. Without those painful lessons we wouldn’t be who we are today. Thank you and you as well!

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