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2024 Review

| Will Bamberg

Perceptive readers will have already noted the publish date. Yes, I’m a year late in writing this year-in-review blog post. I’m blitzing this out on a dreary evening at the beginning 2026. Thankfully, due to my tardiness I have no compunctions about following prior forms.

Goals set in my 2023 review that I DID hit:

  • Create something on 95% of days
  • Dance on 90% of days
  • Record and share 100 more freestyles in 2024
  • Weekly dance classes
  • Publish more essay to /blog

Miscellaneous highlights

  • I read one piece
  • I skied in Colorado at the beginning of the year
  • I continued to dance and freestyle. I recorded 193 more freestyle videos in 2024, almost double my total in 2023
  • My girlfriend and I worked on many creative projects, including decorating our apartment, staining a bookshelf, and making many more glass bead strands
  • I entered my first dance battle (and participated in a total of 6 by the year’s end)
  • I continued to play soccer regularly, in both pickup and rec league play. Ball is life
  • I witnessed the April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse with my family in Austin
  • I visited Utah/Moab/Arches National Park for the first time with my girlfriend
  • I went to vibecamp 3
  • I went to the club alone and with friends, I experimented with fashion and elevated my style
  • Many concerts (odesza, khruangbin, lane 8, fred again, charli xcx, porter robinson, anjunadeep open air, t-pain, caribou)
  • I kept developing my website. I added sidenotes to /blog, redesigned my homepage, created /photoscape, and more
  • I found a great parking garage spot and revived my practice of sunset garage sessions
  • I visited Berlin and Germany for the first time and went to TREEWEEK
  • My sibling and their partner moved to CO nearby; we played many board games
  • I attended a childhood family friend’s wedding
  • I spent thanksgiving with local friends and family
  • I buzzed my hair for the first time at the end of the year
  • I visited my grandparents and immediate and extended family in VA for Christmas
  • I spent NYE in NYC on a solo adventure
  • I wrote a 100+ tweet threadapalooza thread on crafts I’ve known and loved
  • I read 33 books

How did I change?

  • I built on my relationship in year 0.5-1.5 of our post-long distance cohabitation era. It was great to settle into shared rhythm and routine together and keep making our home.
  • I fell more in love with house and hip hop dance, and continued to build my foundation and confidence in freestyle. Attending the weekly hip-hop freestyle session at my local studio was an early inflection point here. Starting to battle was another, as were participating in my first out-of-state battle (Eye-M-Home Jam in LA) and out-of-country freestyle session (in Berlin)
  • I put myself out there, not just in the realm of dance but on the internet. I continued to lean into twitter and tpot. Attending vibecamp and treeweek gave me a chance to meet many mutuals as well as make many new friends.
  • …?

What did I want for 2025?

  • Dance was my clearest goal—I wanted to keep building on my freestyle practice, strengthen my foundation in house and hip hop, and grow as an artist. I wanted to continue battling and dance true to myself.
  • At the turn of the year, I began to accept and face up to some patterns of behavior in my shadow that have been affecting me. I wanted to continue this exploration and grow beyond the version of myself I’ve been in these areas.
  • ?

I’ll close here, as getting this out is my priority. It won’t be perfect a year later. I’ll come back and add anything else I recall.