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Looking back, looking ahead

Looking back, looking ahead

Plus 3 of my favorite reads from 2024

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Allison Daminger
Dec 26, 2024
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Greetings from New Jersey, where I’ve been celebrating my narrow victory over the gestational diabetes test with cookies, cinnamon buns, and sticky toffee pudding.

Though I’m not especially sentimental, I do enjoy a bit of introspection. In between baked goods I’ve been reflecting on 2024 and scheming about 2025. After the jump, 3 takeaways from a year of high highs and low lows (and more serious newslettering), 3 things I’m anticipating (with a mix of eagerness and trepidation) from the next twelve months, and 3 memorable books from an especially big reading year.

photo of red rocks against a cloudy blue sky
one of the high highs was definitely hiking in Sedona, AZ

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