Hope for a better future

As you know, these last few days have been very strange in my country. I don't want to get my hopes up because I've been living on hope for years, but everything feels very strange. At the same time, I feel that my plans for this year are on hold for the moment but not completely canceled... This year, I really want to move forward and have a stability similar to what I had in 2020/2022. Those years were very precious to me because, for the first time in my life, I had financial stability.

And it's not easy to plan for the future without knowing what lies ahead, because in this country you don't know what to expect, what problems might arise, or whether you'll ever manage to achieve at least one of your goals. Right now, more than ever, we don't know what will happen.

As for these last few days, everything has been disturbingly quiet, but our minds have been quite affected. We can't hear any loud noises because we immediately think the worst. I still remember that night every day as if I had lived through it several times. It was really very traumatic. Businesses around here have slowly reopened and are operating with more flexible hours each day. Classes start next week, and we can only wait and see if the school year will continue as normal.

It's very strange to think that just a week ago it was New Year's Eve, and we were sharing and eating delicious food together as a family, without imagining that three days later we would be terrified, ha ha ha... Now I remember some of the things I did out of nervousness that night, and I laugh at myself, but living through it was no laughing matter.

The next few weeks will be decisive, although I feel that everything will remain the same. I don't really want to say too much because I live in fear, since there is no freedom of expression.