(2025 Highlight Reel Series) If you could give yourself a trophy for surviving this year...
Over the course of the month, I'll be posting questions - some fun, some reflective, some silly, some deep - looking back on this year, and taking us into 2026 with our heads held high.
Let’s jump right in with the first one.
If you could give yourself a trophy for surviving this year, what would it be for?
This can be serious or funny. Gifs and images are welcome.

@Heather225
probably surviving😄😄
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@daydreammemories we are here:
@curiousbookishness
awww this is so cute😂 and so relatable!
@Heather225
The Beat-down-then-peace-then-repeat award.
Trophy for having emerged....from a caterpillar to a butterfly.
@Creamyyy you definitely deserve that award 💖💖
@Heather225
🏆 Quiet perseverance
*high fives* 😊 and *hugs* ❤️
@SparkyGizmo 
@curiousbookishness
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I would give myself a trophy for " overcoming the toughest days of my life " .
@Admirablerainbow2825 here you go 💖💖

@Heather225 Great initiative! I would give myself overcoming gluttony trophy!
@Heather225 if I could give myself a trophy for surviving this year, it would be for resisting all the moments I thought I couldn’t fight much longer or I kept dragging myself down. This trophy is for keep being a dreamer and hope and know that things have their timing and will happen if we put the right energy into it, even if sometimes it gets hard.
@Heather225 Surviving my second to last semester in undergrad!
Hopefully surviving the worst semester in 25 years of teaching. @Heather225
I want to reward myself for going back to studying and enjoying every class and learning experience as if it were the first time.