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State of the Scylighter (2024 Edition)

The Scylighter (that’s moi) reflects on another year gone by

Sarah Cy
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6 min readJan 2, 2025

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It’s that time of year again!

When I take a moment to reflect on the past year’s shenanigans and set a (general) direction for the year ahead.

As usual, the concept for this year-end wrap-up style article series was shamelessly stolen from the epic fantasy writer Brandon Sanderson. (You can check out 2023 and 2022 as well)

As I am not the famous Brando Sando, though, I have a somewhat different take / structure to the “State of” wrap-ups.

So in this article, we have:

  • Top lessons learned in 2024: Exactly what it sounds like
  • Best of Writing: Some of my favorite articles posted here.
  • Coming up in 2025:Tentative plans for the future

Top Lessons Learned in 2024

“I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don’t know the answer”― Douglas Adams

Here are a few random ideas that have been brought to mind or reinforced in the past year…

  1. Trust takes time so DON’T push people. You may think you know what’s good for a person, you may actually know what’s good for a person, but you will…

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Sarah Cy
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(aka The Scylighter). Writer, musician, reader, daughter. Join our Merry Band, become a Brilliant Writer, and dazzle your readers! BeABrilliantWriter.com

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