January Hyper-Fixations
2025.....I need a cigarette!
This is going to be a slightly different style of post because of what this month has handed me to work through. The theme of this year is to heal and continue moving forward.
It’s crazy what this month has brought—not just to me, but to all of us. It felt like every single day of January was in a silent competition to outdo itself. The insane climate crisis, the natural disasters we experienced, the intensity of our political climate, and all the plane crashes… January felt like 40 years.
As most of you know, on January 7th, 2025—my 29th birthday—the Eaton fire broke out in my hometown and burned it to the ground. Everyone I know who still lived there lost their homes, including my grandparents and me. It was an absolutely unbelievable situation, and as reports continue to come out about the extreme failures in evacuation warnings, I know I’m lucky to be alive.
It seems insane to have such a sobering, earth-shattering experience on your birthday, but alas, here I am to tell the tale. And somehow, I’m still so positive. Despite all the setbacks, I feel like there are so many incredible things to come this year. I am so grateful for my family and my community—both IRL and online. I am in genuine awe at the giving nature of complete strangers.
This was unimaginable to me a month ago, and yet—we persist, we move forward, and we will rebuild our lives to be stronger than ever. Thank you to everyone who has shared or donated to my family’s GoFundMe—the way you all showed up was incredible, and I could never repay you for the amount of stress you’ve lifted from my family’s shoulders.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/298k4-help-the-williams-family-rebuild
Hard reset much? Hopefully, my 30s will be better!
Love,
The Swan