1. My wife
2. Having a sprained ankle and flying to my best friend’s birthday party
3. My best friend breaking HIS ankle during his party
4. Going to FSU’s homecoming and seeing all these dope ass Black people be successful
5. Spraining my ankle in three places
6. A text message from my brother letting me know how much he loves me
7. Going to South Africa with my wife and best friends
8. Finding an appreciation for Beyoncé
9. Getting 4.0 all year for school
10. The conversations that I have with my mentees
11. Re-reading the Alchemist
12. Supporting my friends’ businesses and ideas
13. Being a good friend and brother
14. Seeing my family after 5 years
15. Drinking Amarula
16. Learning the history of South Africa
17. Blessing the bottle with my staff
18. Forgiving myself
19. Loving myself
20. Taking chances
21. Sending out 52 cards to people that I care about
22. Missing the toilet seat while doing a #2 in a public restroom in London
23. Watching season 3 of Greenleaf (Basie crazy)
24. God’s guidance
25. Earning doctoral candidate status
26. My new barber
27. Calling to support Cyntoia Brown and her bid for clemency
28. Writing my senator to share my concerns about the job he’s doing
29. Educating myself and others on voting
30. Turning 30
2018, it’s been real and thank you for the experience. Here’s to 2019!
