text: Stefania Gheorghe + Her Time community
illustration: Larisa Petcut

 

1. What is the thing you are grateful for in 2021?

• I'm most grateful this year for the people I met who helped me get out of my comfort zone, to do things I wouldn't normally do. I am also grateful for the volunteering opportunities I have had this year. – Maria Zugravu
• I am grateful for the year 2021 because it brought me peace, happiness and the desire for development on all levels. It was a year in which I developed much more, I learned to love myself as I am and I opened a small business that brought me happiness. – Andreea Mazilu
• It's hard for me to be grateful for just one thing, but I think the thing that stood out was my personal professional development. – Maria Fatoi
• For me 2021 represented a new beginning in all spheres of my life, and I am very grateful for this. - Daria Dana
• 2021 was a year that challenged me from many points of view. It wasn't necessarily a very happy year, but I am grateful to him because this year I felt more than ever that I have a lot of confidence in myself. I made spontaneous decisions that materialized beautifully, and I think I'm getting closer to a version of myself that I've been working on for a long time. – Stefania Gheorghe
• Even though 2021 was an extremely difficult year and full of many trials, I am grateful for the fact that it gave me the chance to develop, expand my horizons, meet new people who I can say have influenced my life in good also for the fact that it was the year in which I managed to realize most of my aspirations. - Natalia Turcanu
• I am grateful for the support system I had around me, consisting of family, friends and the Her Time community. It was a difficult year where we all had to get used to the new normal and learn to adapt. It is essential to know that you can rely on those around you and that you have a safe space in which to be vulnerable. – Andreea Coscai
• The year 2021 was an amalgam of emotions for me, but despite most of the negative changes and events that took place this year, I can't pretend that it was all bad. So, I am grateful to 2021 because it gave me the opportunity to discover myself more, to work and especially to take care of myself, I am grateful for Her Time, for the wonderful people I met and who they have made me feel appreciated, for the opportunities they have given me and continue to give me, and I am grateful to all the people in my life, from my family, to my puppy, to my friends who make me i laugh every day even when smiling is the last thing i want to do. – Andreea Decean
• I am grateful that I was able to get into the college I wanted, move to a new city, and have the same great friends. – Paola Bîra
• I met a lot of new people who helped me develop both personally and professionally. – Alice the Stoic
• In a year full of changes and tumultuous times, I am grateful for the community I am a part of, from family to friends and the Her Time community. I am also grateful for the opportunities I have been able to enjoy despite the current situation. – Alyssa Ungureanu
• I am grateful first of all for my health. In such a tumultuous year in terms of world health, keeping myself and my family safe was a priority. I'm also grateful for the relationships I've formed this year, the extraordinary people I've met who I can say have changed my life for the better, and the opportunities I've been given. – Maria Bogdan
• Îmi sunt recunoscătoare mie că am reușit să realizez tot ce mi-am propus din punct de vedere profesional în 2021. Realizez că pe lângă munca grea, am avut și noroc – it’s not all about hustle 🙂 – Daria Manea
• The year 2021 was a year that gave me more time to discover myself and spend unique moments with my family. – Alice Elena
• I am grateful for the professional achievements of 2021 - Diana Marina
• The thing I'm thankful for in 2021 and every year of my life, are the people who are dear to my heart. I am happy and grateful for my family and grateful for the handful of people I consider my second family. – Elisabeth Varvaroi
• I am grateful, first of all, for the people around me, family, friends, because they helped me stay afloat. I am grateful for the opportunities this year has brought, for HerTime and all the opportunities to develop my passions and areas of interest. I am grateful because I learned more about myself and because I got through the hardest moments - Irina Voiculescu
• I am grateful for the people I have managed to surround myself with and who have been by my side both in good times and in bad times, but also for the fact that I have fulfilled my goals this year. – Andrada Sima
• The opportunities it gave me. – Bianca Dima
• I am grateful to 2021 for teaching me to have the courage to take steps towards personal development. I put myself outside my comfort zone to grow, spent time with people who really help me discover myself, got involved in projects and volunteering, and learned to see failure as part of the journey of self-discovery . I am grateful for the evolution. - Ana Chitic
• The year 2021 has been an… interesting one and there are a lot of things I am grateful for. Being together with my family and becoming mentally stronger would be tied for first place. – Sorana Bucșeneanu
• The fact that I met people who changed my life and made me see my true potential. – Viorica Ciolan
  The most wonderful thing that happened to me was the fact that I got to know myself, and I am extremely grateful this year that it "forced" and "helped" me to love myself. Of course, also for the fact that I met wonderful people. – Csereș Karina Nicoleta

2. What do you want to achieve or what are your plans for 2022?

• My plans for 2022 are still not very clear, but I want to continue to be involved in the community, discussions and personal development. – Maria Zugravu
• I hope that 2022 will be a good, prosperous year. Currently for 2022 I want to get my bachelor's degree and enter the desired master's degree. – Andreea Mazilu
• My achievements for next year would be to finish my master's degree, to get more involved in civil society in Romania and last but not least, to get my driver's license haha. – Maria Fatoi
• I want to be able to accomplish all my goals and travel as much as possible. - Daria Dana
• For 2022, I want not to lose my motivation, to keep my head on my shoulders, to enter the college I want and... To let him surprise me. If I can add the driver's license here, I'm not complaining! – Stefania Gheorghe
• For 2022, the only things I want are to get into the college I've been dreaming of for two years now and to be able to travel as far as the eye can see. - Natalia Turcanu
• In 2022, I want to be more patient, be more present in the moment and celebrate every success, no matter how small it seems. I hope, at the same time, to continue to grow our community and reach as many young people as possible with development opportunities. – Andreea Coscai
• 2022 awaits me with many challenges, to be honest. Next year includes high school and college for me, so I definitely plan to finish high school and go to college *hopefully in Rotterdam*. And on a personal level I hope to develop as much as possible, maybe even on a professional level, 2022 will mean an evolution for me and, because it couldn't be otherwise, to enjoy in the summer with all my friends the fact that we managed to finish another chapter in our lives. – Andreea Decean
• I want to get more involved and say "yes" to more opportunities so that I can develop personally and professionally. – Paola Bîra
• I wish I could step out of my comfort zone more and spend more time taking care of my mental health. – Alice the Stoic
• I want in 2022 to set goals to help me navigate the new year:
  spiritual development (yoga, meditation, books on personal development, journaling);
  expanding my knowledge in the field of global conflicts, geopolitics, international relations;
  active participation with and for the community (I want to continue volunteer work and help the community in as many ways as possible);
  my involvement in various projects related to the sphere of leadership, diplomacy, debate; My greatest desire remains to continue my studies in an international environment. – Alyssa Ungureanu
• In 2022 I want to learn to prioritize myself. To know the word "No" and discover myself better and better. I think that in 2021 I let myself be taken over by too many external factors and I want to learn to rebuild my way. At the same time, this year I want to develop even more and get to go abroad for an exchange of experiences. – Maria Bogdan
• I don't know yet – it's ok to not know and it's ok to not have a plan right now. - Daria Manea
• I will let 2022 surprise me. However, I want to successfully finish my master's studies, being an interesting challenge for the coming year. – Alice Elena
• In 2022 I would like to have more time for my hobbies. - Diana Marina
• For 2022 I want to be able to find work in the field I studied. I have developed such a passion for it and I would be very happy to be able to continue practicing after I finish college. But more than anything, I want in 2022 to be happy and healthy, and to be able to share beautiful moments with my loved ones. – Elisabeth Varvaroi
• I want to continue the activities started in 2021, do more research on the faculty, try to step out of my comfort zone every now and then, let go of perfectionism and hopefully get my driver's license - Irina Voiculescu
• I want to focus more on my mental health in the coming year and be able to continue to achieve my goals, especially going to law school. – Andrada Sima
• I want to focus more on my mental health. – Bianca Dima
• In the year 2022, I want to learn to live every moment with passion, not to let time pass me by and realize that I have lost it, and at the same time, I want to learn to make decisions according to my passions and not according to society's pattern. - Ana Chitic
• I think the pandemic has taught us that life can take many unexpected turns, so I try to be flexible about my plans. But the overall goals are to travel more than in 2020 and 2021, meet new people, and continue working on Her Time projects that I care deeply about. – Sorana Bucșeneanu
• I don't usually like to make plans, but more to see where the things I start go, but I would like to be able to make a positive impact on those around me in the future through all the things I do I will do them next year. – Viorica Ciolan
• To thrive and have a long lasting relationship. I want to make my dreams come true and enjoy them. I would like to allow myself to live every moment and not miss any opportunity. In 2021 I calculated time enormously, and now I feel it's time to feel it pass and enjoy it. – Csereș Karina Nicoleta

3. Is there a piece of advice you want to pass on to the Her Time community?

• The advice I would pass on to everyone, which even I wish I had listened to earlier, is: if you want to do something (it doesn't matter what), create a new passion or have a certain life, just make it happen, the only person stopping you from achieving what you want is you. Once you believe in yourself and what you want a little, you really start to achieve something with your life. That, and if it seems difficult at first... don't be put off! After all, everyone started somewhere, and if it doesn't work, at least you know you tried and you won't be left with the regret or thought that you never did it. – Maria Zugravu
• Thank you to the Her Time community for welcoming me with open arms and I hope we are successful in everything we do. Don't forget: we are gorgeous and we will manage to do as many beautiful things as possible! – Mazilu Andreea
• I have the feeling that whatever I say would sound extremely generic and clichéd, but one piece of advice that I would also like to follow would be to learn to be more anchored in the present and not to overthink everything. – Maria Fatoi
• I'm so glad I had the opportunity to join this absolutely wonderful team, and my only advice to the Her Time community would be to continue to be as amazing, supportive, and warm as ever. ? - Daria Dana
• All I want to convey is limited to a series of thanks for the way I was received and to ... listen to "I am woman" in the morning before starting your work. We are women, we are fearless! – Stefania Gheorghe
• I think the best advice I can give is the quote that has been my mantra this year and it goes like this: "You can keep going long after you think you can't". - Natalia Turcanu
• In the coming year, let's be braver together. We often doubt ourselves and how capable we are of achieving what we want. How invincible would we feel if we recognized all the qualities we already have? Ourselves, without anyone else's validation. So be brave. And start working towards your dream with that first step. Trust me, you won't regret it! – Andreea Coscai
  I was trying to think of what a 16-year-old Andreea would have wanted to hear as advice, and because I can't limit myself to giving you just one piece of advice, I'll leave you with two of my favorite quotes that, if I had I heard it about 2 years ago, I think it would have created a different perspective not only on the world in general, but also on myself. Peggy Carter had said in the series of the same name "I know my value, anyone else's opinion doesn't really matter." and to conclude “Learn to say f* you to the world every once in a while. You have every right to. Just stop thinking, worrying, looking over your shoulder, stop it and just do.” – Andreea Decean
• Be you, always!! – Paola Bîra
• Take risks so you don't regret lost chances later. Be persistent, fight for what you want and don't get discouraged when certain things don't go exactly as you planned. – Alice the Stoic
• Rather than advice, I'd like to encourage the Her Time community to keep up the great work in all departments and continue to promote our values through their actions! – Alyssa Ungureanu
• Sfatul meu este pur și simplu să te bucuri de fiecare moment, gust, aromă, simț, îmbrățișare și zâmbet pe furiș care îți apar în cale. Fiecare decizie și acțiune cu care interacționezi te modelează! Depinde de modul în care privești situația dacă vrei să ai o perspectivă bună sau nu 🙂 – Maria Bogdan
• Stop idolizing hustle culture – 'rise, glow and shine' over 'rise, grind and overwork' and you can still succeed. - Daria Manea
  Girls, be confident! God has a well laid out plan for each of us, so let life surprise you! ? – Alice Elena
  Set high goals and work towards that! Dare to dream big! - Diana Marina
• The best advice I can give the Her Time community is to keep doing what we've been doing. Let's continue to inspire ourselves and those around us, let's be strong and smart and not forget how much we can achieve with self-confidence - Elisabeth Varvaroi
• I think something that has had a big impact on me this year is realizing that nothing is the worst thing that can happen to me. My advice is, therefore, to take everything as a more or less pleasant experience that will pass and not feed the negative emotions more than they deserve. I also leave you with two quotes from The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown: "Self-worth - this absolute secret that gives us access to love and integration - exists within our story"; “cultivating self-love and self-acceptance is not optional. They are not something we can practice in our free time, but absolute priorities" - Irina Voiculescu
• The advice I want to pass on is to dare to be unique and to follow your dream, whatever it may be, but also to take advantage of every opportunity that comes your way, and if sometimes you feel overwhelmed , remember, all things happen for a purpose. – Andrada Sima
• Even if it sounds cliché already, I would encourage people in the Her Time community to believe in their dreams and do everything to make them come true because it really is possible with a lot of hard work and confidence. I think the key is to always have faith in your own strength and to have the courage not to let yourself be beaten when obstacles arise. – Sorana Bucșeneanu
• During high school I always felt lonely. I have never felt a feeling of having a community close to me, where I know I can develop. However, a few months ago when I joined this community, I realized it was what I was looking for. I have met so many wonderful people so far that I think I could always rely on. My advice to those in the community would be to stay as good as you are and never be afraid to reach your potential! – Viorica Ciolan
• My advice is to learn and realize that YOU ARE PERFECT. You are a part of the Universe, and the Universe is perfect. Everything that happens around and inside you is for your good :). – Csereș Karina Nicoleta