SebWrapped: My 2025 Year in Review

If I had to rate this year on a scale of 1 to 10, I would give it a 6 out of 10, though it spent a surprising amount of time feeling closer to an 8.

There were a lot of things to like. January started strong with a trip to Japan with my friends, the kind of experience that makes the rest of the year feel a little lighter by association. I got a job, and more importantly, I actually like it. The people are kind, the work feels manageable, and that stability mattered more than I realized at the time.

I made some new friends this year and branched out of my comfort zone in ways that felt small in the moment but meaningful in hindsight. I played games. I showed up to things. I said yes more often than I used to, which is probably worth more than it sounds.

I also went to Giants games. A lot of them over the years. This season included a win against the Chargers, which mattered because it was the first time I had seen the Giants win in person in about 20 games spread across the past decade. That win felt less like a football moment and more like a personal one, a reminder that persistence occasionally gets rewarded. I mean the video Daniel got I still haven’t watched but I was in euphoria!

Not everything was good. My dog died, and that was the hardest part of the year by a wide margin. That kind of loss settles into everything else and quietly lowers the ceiling on how good a year can feel. The Giants lost plenty too, which felt almost routine. I also stopped talking to some people. Not always intentionally. Sometimes conversations just ended and never restarted, and I am still figuring out what to make of that.

So yes, a 6 out of 10. A year that was uneven but honest. Not one I will romanticize, but one that quietly pushed me forward. The fact that it came close to an 8 at all feels like something worth holding onto.