Aaaaaaaaaand we're back. And because it’s been a couple of months since I last posted, this will be a longish post. 2024 was a great year for me, and it ended even better. I accomplished many of my long-term goals. First and most important of them, obviously: working as a frontend developer and gaining amazing experience as a UI/UX designer. As the year ended, I looked back at so many great projects completed—even some applications created from scratch—and I couldn't be prouder. Of course, this is all thanks to the calmness and stability that came with our lives finally coming together. 2023 was a rough year, and it was a breath of fresh air to have things back on track. Towards the end of the year, I bought a caaaaar. I bought a carrrr. Me — I bought a car. And I am so happy and proud of it!!! I felt really powerful and so in control of my own decisions. It’s an old sir, which I named Yojimbo, but it gets me where I need to go. Now I can visit my ma whenever I feel like, we can take Garoa everywhere with us, and we are so independent. Remember that Diogo and I got together during the pandemic years, and because of that, we have had very few adventures since then. But since I got the car, we've done so many things, and our lives have changed completely—we are so happy with it. Put shortly: since November, I've done nearly 10k km. I recently swapped jobs. I feel like I’m progressing amazingly in my career, and I really won the lottery with my current job. Plus—working from home, man. I can't count how many times a week I feel privileged simply because I work from my dearest tiny, cozy apartment. So yeah, guys, that's pretty much it. I do not intend to give up on Exploding Comics, but my adult life—constantly filled with people and parties and freelance jobs and trips—won’t allow me to commit to a consistent posting schedule. Most likely, there will be months of the year when I post a lot, and some when the website will be neglected. Luckily, I can now do this the way I always wanted: not monetized, not concerned with money, and with no strings attached to anything. Simply out of love and passion for my stories.