The greatest test

“Did I pass the exam?

Or did the exam pass me?”

I’ve said this almost every year, but this time it feels different. It didn’t feel like just a difficult test. It felt like a final exam for a whole chapter coming to a close before a new one begins—one of those moments where you know the page is about to turn, and the only way out is through. There was no option but to pass.

It’s as if everything hidden and undesirable suddenly rose to the surface, appearing like a typhoon but revealing itself as a cleanse. As if life wanted to check whether everything I’ve learned, practiced, and taught myself actually holds when it matters—when it’s no longer theory but real-time application. And strangely, it reminded me in the most unexpected way that “Chief Quarterlife-crisis Officer” wasn’t just a title I joked about, and Bloom in Crisis was never just a Covid idea—it’s the life I’ve lived, and it’s become something much bigger than me.

There are so many people, old friends and new souls, to be grateful for. And equally, this is the year I’ve felt a deep pull inward. A year where the most important work isn’t the visible kind. It’s the quiet discipline, the unseen practices, the energetic and spiritual work no one applauds—yet they’re what transform everything from the inside out and carry me through to the other side wiser, tougher, and also softer.

This year has taught me that miracles aren’t something to wait for but something to participate in, and how to carry them forward with deeper intention and heightened clarity.

More to share in the coming days,

but I’m ready for whatever comes next ✨

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📍 W Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

🎶 Credit: Original Music