Caption: Ayesha Ehris Salazar 
Layout: Angelique Inlong

For a moment, let the moments created in 2024 play inside your head. It wasn’t perfect, was it? But despite the doubts and fears it brought, here’s the truth you might have not told yourself enough: you did your best, you were learning. You still are.

Look how far you’ve come. You might feel like you should’ve done more, reached higher, been better. But now, let us tell you this: What we see is someone who didn’t give up even in the days they never thought they could survive.

As the clock strikes at twelve, may you let go of the weight of expectations that never truly belonged to you. Leave behind the self-doubt, the “what-ifs,” and the “should-haves.” This year whispers promises of better days, lighter moments, and new beginnings, and may you walk into it with a lighter heart. This year doesn’t demand perfection from you. It doesn’t require you to have it all figured out. Instead, it offers you a gift: a chance to begin again.

PaScians, may 2025 treat you kindly. May it meet you with open arms, with opportunities to laugh, to heal, to explore. And may you meet it with the quiet confidence of someone who knows they’ve already done their best—and will continue to do so.