i learned how to do makeup
i started caring about my clothes a little more
i had a situationship (sorta)
i got closer to my best friends
i did amc's for the first time
i started my first ap class
i said goodbye to middle school
i said hi to high school
i grew out my hair
i grew out my bangs (to curtain ones) for the first time since i was two years old hahah
i had my first sleepover
i went on a week long trip without my parents
i started using instagram a little more
i got snapchat
i made my first high school volleyball team
i made a national club team
i started hating school even though i used to like it a little before
i got my second piercing
i got contacts

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hey 2024, hopefully i do all this
- code a game
- win a competition
- get a 5 on my ap exam
- make varsity volleyball
- make an even better club team
- cut down on my worrying a little bit
- emetophobia go away
- make new friends
- but keep the old

one is silver (2023) and the other is gold (2024). 2024 is the gold

although, ironically, i am a silver person... (for jewelry i mean lol)

so let's see if this goes our way.