2024: Look Back

Chatterbox: Chirp at Cricket

2024: Look Back

2024: Look Back to Look Forward

Last year I did this, and it's come time to do it again! The way this works is you fill out a form about your 2024 and then fill out another with your goals for 2025. If you participated in this last year, here is the link to look at where you were in 2023: http://www.cricketmagkids.com/chatterbox/chirpatcricket/node/560851 

Feel free to skip questions, add things, or interpret a question differently than someone else may have. This is about you, and for your own reflection. Have fun!

Look Back 

Current CB name:

My favorite memories from this year are:

Something I'm proud of that I did this year is:

My favorite song right now is:

This year, I was inspired by:

I've been prioritizing my (choose one and delete the other two): mind, body, spirit 

Something brave I did this year was:

Something I like about myself right now is:

A choice I made this year was: 

I stepped out of my comfort zone this year when I: 

I was kind to myself this year by:

Anything else?:

Look Forward

Something I can't do now that I want to be able to do this time next year is:

In 2025, I hope to practice self love by:

Something brave I plan to do next year is:

Some goals I have for 2025 are:

I hope to accomplish these goals by:

This year, I hope to inspire others to:

Something hard I will do next year is: 

I hope to do something kind next year by:

This year will finally be the year I:

In 2025, I want to be: 

Anything else?:

 

 

submitted by Periwinkle, age 14, Somewhere in the stars
(December 9, 2024 - 9:38 pm)

Look Back 

Current CB name: Moon Wolf

My favorite memories from this year are: doing Newsletter Club and hanging out with friends and going to Taiwan

Something I'm proud of that I did this year is: accomplish my Nov. writing goal!

My favorite song right now is: Lions by Lights

This year, I was inspired by: friends, mentors, and stories

I've been prioritizing my (choose one and delete the other two): spirit

Something brave I did this year was: talk to new people, make new friends

Something I like about myself right now is: my commitment to goals

A choice I made this year was: not procrastinating

I stepped out of my comfort zone this year when I: talked to someone I didn't know that well

I was kind to myself this year by: giving time to myself to cook and read

Anything else?: thank you for this :)

Look Forward

Something I can't do now that I want to be able to do this time next year is: volunteer

In 2025, I hope to practice self love by: drinking more water

Something brave I plan to do next year is: make more and new friends

Some goals I have for 2025 are: try to do Nov. novel writing again and Poetry writing month

I hope to accomplish these goals by: end of april for poetry and end of November for novel

This year, I hope to inspire others to: be kind :)

Something hard I will do next year is: work on my grades to get them as high as possible

I hope to do something kind next year by: complimenting others

This year will finally be the year I: enter high school

In 2025, I want to be: a good friend

Anything else?: :)

submitted by Moon Wolf, age lunars, A Celestial Sky
(December 11, 2024 - 11:23 pm)
submitted by Top
(December 12, 2024 - 8:28 am)

Look Back

Current CB name: Thunder (y'all can call me Em, though :) )

My favorite memories from this year are: Hangin' out with my friends this summer, sittin' on my trampoline usin' my phone for 20 minutes each day before we took it down, and goin' to Green Bay so I could visit my cousin (she lives in Chicago, so Green Bay was a midway point between where I live and where she lives).

Something I'm proud of that I did this year is: Writin' more stuff that's different than what I used to write 'bout. I've written 26 Shady Oaks Stories since August! (a couple of them are unfinished, but I'll finish them sometime. Also Shady Oaks is a show I want in the future).

My favorite song right now is: Man, that's hard... um, probably either Ievan Polkka (Miku Hatsune version) or Mask by Dream.

This year, I was inspired by: Probably Dream. He does storytelling through music, and I want to do the same.

I've been priortizing my: Mind. My mind is better than it was this time last year.

Something brave I did this year was: I asked my maybe-bf for his phone number and email at different times.

Something I like about myself right now is: I'm really good at singing "Heat Waves" by Glass Animals.

A choice I made this year was: I asked my parents if I could dye my hair, and surprisingly, they said I could! (Only if I didn't do any electric colors and no cotton candy colors. I haven't done it yet, but I'll let y'all know when I do.)

 

I'll finish this later, my timer's goin off.

submitted by Thunder, age 16, Lightnin' City
(December 12, 2024 - 12:47 pm)

Look Back 

Current CB name:Sinusoidal Polyglot

My favorite memories from this year are: visiting my grandmother in NYC for her birthday

Something I'm proud of that I did this year is:creating my own micronation

My favorite song right now is:Una Notte A Napoli by Pink Martini (but my favourite piece is Chopin's Waltz No. 7, which I can play!)

This year, I was inspired by: the Resilience of the Chinese Juniper and the lifecycle of the coyote bush.

I've been prioritizing my (choose one and delete the other two): mind

Something brave I did this year was: buying swiss francs at a local bank to back my micronational currency

Something I like about myself right now is: that I'm still a classical music fanatic

A choice I made this year was: To learn a bunch of chopin pieces

I stepped out of my comfort zone this year when I: Started hiking! (I started on Black Friday to get away from the in-your-face American capitalism)

I was kind to myself this year by:I don't know

Anything else?: No

Look Forward

Something I can't do now that I want to be able to do this time next year is: Start building trade for my micronation and economy

In 2025, I hope to practice self love by: Giving myself time to read and enjoy myself, and hiking more

Something brave I plan to do next year is: Hiking more difficult trails

Some goals I have for 2025 are: I don't have set specific goals, more of a yearly "theme" which I think will be year of productivity

I hope to accomplish these goals by: Again, no set goals

In 2025, I want to be: A piano player, micronation prime minister, physicist, and card magician.

Anything else?:

submitted by Sinusoidal
(December 12, 2024 - 12:49 pm)
Look Back 
Current CB name:InkTea
My favorite memories from this year are:One hangout I had with my gf and a confession stream a VTuber did.
Something I'm proud of that I did this year is:My digital art
My favorite song right now is:Taking What's not Yours by TV girl.
This year, I was inspired by:Ellis Knight(VA) and Simz (artist)
I've been prioritizing my (choose one and delete the other two):, body,
Something brave I did this year was:Tell my parents I'm genderfluid.
Something I like about myself right now is:My singing voice.
A choice I made this year was: Wore very extravagent outfits alot.
I stepped out of my comfort zone this year when I: Started talking to my family more.
I was kind to myself this year by:Having a better sleep schedule.
Anything else?::D
Look Forward
Something I can't do now that I want to be able to do this time next year is: Be more regularly active.
In 2025, I hope to practice self love by:Taking care of my skin more.
Something brave I plan to do next year is:Start drawing my emotions.
Some goals I have for 2025 are:Start a comic and make a head piece for a cosplay.
I hope to accomplish these goals by:Next December
This year, I hope to inspire others to:Wear what they enjoy wearing.
Something hard I will do next year is: Try to be open to those around me.
I hope to do something kind next year by:Being more considering of other feelings.
This year will finally be the year I:Gain my parents full trust.
In 2025, I want to be: Confident
Anything else?::)
submitted by InkTea
(December 12, 2024 - 1:50 pm)

Ok, I'm gonna finish this now (my timer was goin' off the first time I wrote this so I didn't get to finish it).

I stepped out of my comfort zone this year when I: started watchin' diffeent content creators.

I was kind to myself this year when I: Looked at a song I wrote and said "that's not bad".

Anythin' else?: Not really.

Look Forward

Somethin' I can't do now that I want to be able to do by this time next year is: make my own clothes.

In 2025, I hope to practice self-love by: not being so harsh on my stories and drawin's.

Somethin' brave I plan to do next year is: Maybe get a small actin' role in somethin'.

Some goals I have for 2025 are: To have more subs, to do an animation for a song ("Paranoid" by Dream), and maybe go to Vidcon or somethin' and meet some of my fave content creators.

I hope to accomplish these goals by: By New Year's Eve next year.

This year, I hope to inspire others to: Follow their dreams.

Somethin' hard I will do next year is: Maybe get a job.

I hope to do somethin' kind next year by: Helping someone with work.

This year will finally be the year I: Get an actual boyfriend.

In 2025, I want to be: A famous content creator.

Anythin' Else?: I don't know. I hope I get an iPad this next year or somethin' like that.

submitted by Thunder, age 16, Lightnin' City
(December 17, 2024 - 1:53 pm)