Oh, What a Year It’s Been: 2025, We Need to Talk

If 2025 were a person, it would be that friend who says, “Trust me, this will be good for you,” and then immediately hands you emotional whiplash, a plot twist, and a bill you weren’t expecting.

This year had a lot of audacity.

It tested patience.It tested boundaries. It tested how many times one person can say, “Wow, that wasn’t on my bingo card.”

So before we close the book on 2025, let’s pause and ask the fundamental question:

How are you feeling about this year—honestly?

Not the polite answer.Not the “I’m fine” answer.The real answer.

Because if your response includes a deep sigh, a nervous laugh, or “well…,” you’re not alone.

Divorcee Edition: Why This Year Felt Extra Spicy

For divorcees, time works differently. One minute you’re thriving, the next you’re crying over something completely unrelated, like a song in the grocery store or the fact that no one ate the leftovers you saved.

Maybe 2025 was the year you:

• Realized healing is not a straight line—it’s more like a drunk squirrel

• Thought you were “over it”… until you weren’t

• Got really good at doing things alone and surprisingly okay with it

• Learned that growth often shows up disguised as mild chaos

  
  

Progress this year may not have looked glamorous. It probably looked more like emotional stretch pants.

Staying Positive (Without Lying to Yourself)

Let’s be clear: staying positive does not mean pretending 2025 was magical.

If it was magical, it was the kind of magic where something disappears—usually your patience.

Here’s how to keep it light while still moving forward:

Laugh at the Plot Twists

If you don’t laugh, you’ll spiral. 2025 proved that life loves a surprise ending, and not all of them need to be taken personally.

Redefine Success

Success this year might have been:

• Not texting back

• Leaving earlier than planned

• Finally saying “no”

• Or simply not crying in public (much)

These are wins.

Stop Romanticizing “Where You Should Be.”

If you had a dollar for every time you thought you’d be “further along by now,” you’d be financially healed. But life doesn’t follow a Pinterest board—it follows vibes, lessons, and timing we don’t control.

Accept That Optimism Can Be Sarcastic

You don’t have to be glowing with positivity. Sometimes optimism sounds like:

“Well… that was terrible. But I survived.”

Still counts.

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So Let’s End 2025 With This

Before we let the clock flip the year again, take a moment to ask yourself:

• What moments this year taught you something real?

• Where did you stand up for yourself, even when it scared you?

• What patterns showed up that you’re now ready to leave behind?

• What didn’t work — and what does that mean for how you want to be treated moving forward?

You don’t need a perfectly wrapped ending to close out the year. You need to recognize that you made it through. You learned things you didn’t ask to learn. You handled situations you didn’t want to handle. And you became someone who knows themselves a little better—whether you like it or not. So if you’re closing out 2025 feeling stronger, softer, wiser, funnier, more tired, or all of the above—congratulations. You did the work. Here’s to stepping into whatever comes next with humor, boundaries, and the understanding that healing doesn’t mean being serious all the time. Sometimes it just means laughing and saying:

“Well… that was a year.”

— Divorcee Dish