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Hey Stygi, long time no see! I’m slowly working my way through a backlog of unread Substacks and have guai made it here. Yay!

Sounds like 2023 was an awesome year for you! I’m so happy to have discovered your writing here. And I’m glad you were comfortable to experiment with your posting schedule and frequency. I’m certainly glad you stuck around with the writing or I might never have found you!

Thanks for sharing about mental health, it’s so important to talk about it so we can normalize discussions like we do for our physical health. I loved that self-care checklist!

Wishing you all the best for 2024!!

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You bring such an important energy and joy to all of our lives through this newsletter, Stygi - it’s infectious. I echo everyone here when I say how much we love your work. As Jack mentioned, we all go through periods of adjustment, and it’s always okay to take a pause! Wishing you and Tomas a happy new year!

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Dec 20, 2023·edited Dec 21, 2023Liked by Stygi

Yes!! As you know, I'm selfishly glad you did this year in review: it gives me plenty of inspiration (health, wealth, and wisdom for the new year), a ton of new music to explore, and a reminder to read Pachinko which has been collecting dust on my bookshelf for years. Thanks again!

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Stygi, thanks for this year end recap. I’m going to go back and read the pieces I missed, especially the ones around mental health. I’m definitely in anxiety sufferer and have written about it a bit myself. So I am very interested in what you have to say. Exercise definitely is a big help for me. Though it has been probably my least workout specific year of my life. Thankfully, becoming a full-time Dog Walker and getting between 15 and 25,000 steps a day makes not ever going to the gym on a run feel not so bad.

I’m impressed that you got 30 books read, as reading books definitely took a major downturn for me this year as I have been focusing on my Substack. It’s difficult to read books when you follow 20 to 30 amazing newsletters and want to give them the type of attention I hope people give me.

It is a great exercise to truly look back at the year and acknowledge our accomplishments. I’m glad you have done that here.

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Dec 20, 2023Liked by Stygi

Stygi! Wspaniałe jest to co robisz❣️

Trzymam za Ciebie i za to co robisz kciuki i do serca przytulam🤗

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Nice recap...I enjoyed your reflections very much...plus, I really want to visit Mauritius (the sooner, the better), so I might hit you up for some advice and recommendations... Wishing you the very best in 2024!

Addendum...I am thrilled you didn't shut down this project. We all go through periods of adjustment (I'm going through that now), and that's totally cool - it makes us stronger, our project stronger, and ultimately, our readers happier!

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I’m really glad you’re still writing on here! I was starting to wonder if you’d decided to pack it in.

I’m at work and it’s -3c, so I think I need to look at the vacation pics again! Tropical sounds good right now.

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