YearCompass 2024 << | >> 2025

With less than 40 hours left in 2024 actively counting down, this year has brought many changes in life, work, philosophical reflections, and personal growth.

Memories are scattered and hard to piece together. I remember New Year's Eve 2023 passed quietly, and I woke up to 2024. Now 2025 is approaching just as quickly.

In 2024, or rather in recent years, the main theme has been downplaying ceremonial occasions, letting events leave their marks in our hearts. But the two major life questions of "impermanence is constant" and "how to define existence" always push us to think - perhaps we should still leave something behind.

So for my 2025, I must regularly record and share, staying true to my heart.

From the 24|25 YearCompass booklet, I'll share a few questions. For the complete record, perhaps we can look forward to reviewing it again in 2026.

Representative Words for 2024

[Chaos, Equanimity, Suspension]

Many things happened in 2024, but these three states - chaos, equanimity, and suspension - kept alternating. Not exactly confusion, but in states of equanimity, I would briefly and consciously let myself resist other emotions. Although during times of attachment and fixation, everything was particularly hard to endure.

Representative Book of 2024

["Why Fish Don't Exist"]

Also my book of the year, although I initially wanted to write "Heart Sutra" or "Stoicism." But thinking about it, isn't disordered chaos exactly my 2024?

In that world, fish don't exist, diamond rain falls from the sky, and every dandelion is full of infinite possibilities. Yes, fish don't exist, and the world is full of infinite possibilities.

These beautiful things, like destruction and loss, are all part of this world's chaos.

Farewell to 2024

[Farewell to my chaotic self of 2024]

Cherish those who remained in 2024, bid farewell to my previous self to have the courage to welcome the new me.

Representative Words for 2025

[Upright, Brave, and Well-Read]

Thankful for encountering a good movie at the end of 2024. After repeatedly savoring these words, I hope to become braver and much more well-read.

This year I often said I'm an extreme pessimist with occasional brief moments of optimism. But I hope to gradually become more optimistic in the coming year.
👉 Images from: YearCompass annual booklet at https://yearcompass.com/

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❤️ Translated by Claude

👉 Original: [YearCompass 2024 << | >> 2025]