Thank you for asking. "Challenging" would probably be the most appropriate euphemism for the year. I'm stagnant in my job but don't dare leave it, because the local job market is quite poor; I'm getting deeper in debt; and I may not be able to hang on to the house.
Less crucially, I became infatuated with a person who did not feel similarly about me and who it wouldn't have worked out with even if she did, and I contracted a burdensome but not critical chronic disease.
It's been a better year for me than either of the previous years, but overall, it's a stressful time to be alive in America, and I often feel a pervasive and irrational anxiety, as if things could suddenly get worse at any time. Despite this, I still feel quite fortunate to be employed and to have supportive people in my life.
