Summer 2024 was one of my top summers, along with being the summer of BRAT and Chapple Roan’s new album, and Troye Sivan’s new release I was on top of the world. but further reflection leads me to asks myself: Was it really my best summer or had I ran fast enough away from the problems in my life to feel okay?

  **Summer ‘24** was the summer I chose to stop thinking about things I couldn’t control. The air was hot and the sweat was dripping, in droplets that feel leaving your clothes and hair wet.  Basically im constantly trying to get back there. I listen to the same music I did then, i wear the same clothes, I think about the same things. Overall, I feel as though im trying to g to move forward by becoming someone that is behind me. This realization begs the question: am i advancing or regressing into a happier version of myself, and am i making progress or am I setting myself back.