Looking Back at 2025

After all said and done, 2025 has been kind of amazing. I was really hoping for some forward momentum after a period of what I can only describe as struggling to find my footing in life and this year really delivered.

In 2025, I gave 20 concerts with three different bands, recorded a bunch of material at two studios and still managed to participate in dozens of jams with probably hundreds of people. I even played some tentative drum solos without blacking out! 🤣🙈

Made so many new friends, read more interesting books and research than ever before and discovered enough amazing music and literature to keep me busy for years to come.

I graduated from journalism school and was featured in two podcasts - including one of the most popular ones in Estonia (titled Girl Talk, no less).

Completed all my remaining courses at TalTech - including an ambitious internship project - more successfully than I could ever have hoped (just 0.55 grade point average short of graduating with honors). Figured out what my thesis is going to be about and it is now the only thing left on my journey towards an MA in Social Sciences. I'm now more convinced than ever that I'm precisely where I want to be in my career and wish to pursue a PhD to one day become a professor. Not yet exactly sure of what or where, but definitely something to do with the history and ecology of technology.

In the middle of all that, I was accepted to the masters program in jazz drumming at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre! The first semester at the academy has been challenging, to say the least, but has already made me a better musician and I am humbled by the privilege of being a student there. Words can't express how grateful I am for being given a second chance to deepen my understanding of and relationship with music.

Didn't find my True Love yet, but after a long process of self-reflection, was able to let go and move on from past regret. I'm more at peace with my solitary existence and realise that perhaps this is precisely where I need to be in order to better understand myself and human relations before I can find that special person I've longed for all my life.

I want to thank all the wonderful people that have touched my life this past year. I could not have accomplished the above without you. I hope your 2026 will be filled with love, joy, good health and many great adventures and successes. 💖

Truly Yours,
-Yours Truly