How is it the end of November already? How is it the end of NaBloPoMo again? I am always a little surprised when we finally make it to the last day of the month, but friends, we made it. YOU made it.
We had a record-breaking number of participants this year (38 people signed up!), and I am once again in awe that new people have found our community and decided to join for this blogging challenge this month. You guys never disappoint! I was blown away by your consistency and great blog topics this month.
I also certainly understand that the more people participate, the more overwhelming it becomes to write daily AND keep up with everyone. I hope you all gave yourself some grace and didn’t feel like you had to read and comment on everyone’s blog and on every single post. We should all realize that this was not humanly possible (but I will definitely have some blogs to catch up on in December). It’s all good. The most important part is that you flexed your writing muscle and connected with others in the process. I sincerely hope that this happened for all of you.
A big shoutout to our support squad, everyone who didn’t officially participate but who supported us with thoughtful comments and encouragement! You’re a big and essential part of our blog community and hopefully, you had some fun having your RSS reader or inbox full of extra posts this month!
As a small token of my appreciation for showing up and crushing this year’s NaBloPoMo, I am hosting a little giveaway again this year.
A little giveaway
Just tell me in the comments: what was your favorite thing about NaBloPoMo this year?
I’ll be sending a gift card (Starbucks or Amazon, your choice) to one of this year’s participants. You have time to comment until December 7th, and I will use a random number generator to select the winner.
Before I go, here’s a list of my November blog posts, in case you missed some and want to check them out.
1: NaBloPoMo 2025 – The Five Things Edition
2: 2025 Weekly Run Down 44/52 – Road Trip
3: Five things about me
4: Five reasons to vote
5: Halloween 2025
6: Thursday Coffee Chat
7: Five things that are saving my life right now
8: Five foods I buy & eat every week
9: 2025 Weekly Run Down 45/52 – Countdown to Turkey Burn
10: Five questions: How often do you…?
11: Five quick takes
12: Five random things I thought about recently
13: The 10th annual Secret SANta Swap 2025
14: Five Things Friday Vol. 120
15: Ask San Anything Vol. 9
16: 2025 Weekly Run Down 46/52 – Keeping all the balls in the air (not literally)
17: Five small, inexpensive things that make my life better
18: Five iPhone apps you might find useful
19: Wednesday Coffee Chat
20: Five things I knew but got reconfirmed this year
21: Five Happy Things
22: Recipe | Thick and creamy winter vegetable stew
23: 2025 Weekly Run Down 47/52 – Countdown to Turkey Burn & Death by Tens
24: Ask San Anything Vol. 10
25: Five things I bought at Costco
26: Demerits & Gold Stars
27: Currently | November
28: Five Things Friday Vol. 121
29: Five things on my Christmas wishlist
30: ‘Tis the end of NaBloPoMo 2025
Until next year, friends! I hope you keep writing and connecting with this community! I’ve been so thoroughly impressed this year by your commitment and dedication, and I have very much enjoyed being back to blogging and connecting with you more often! I hope you feel the same.
Thank you, as always, for blogging, reading, commenting, and connecting.
You make this blogging thing a little more fun every year, and I appreciate all of you!
I am doing NaBloPoMo this month. 30 blog posts in 30 days. Come join me. #nablopomo2025
Links to the Participants List.
Michelle G.
November 30, 2025 at 5:19 pmSan, thank you so much for hosting NaBloPoMo! This was my first time trying it, and it was so interesting to write and post every day. I’ve always posted 3 or 4 times a month, which makes each post carry a lot of weight, and sometimes it’s mentally hard to hit the publish button. But posting every day made them feel less important. Write, hit publish, and move on to the next one. I rather liked that feeling!
San
December 5, 2025 at 3:37 pmI am so happy you joined this year, Michelle!
stacey
November 30, 2025 at 6:25 pmThanks so much for hosting NaBloPoMo 2025! I’ve been banging away each year all by myself, so it was such a joy to find you all, and how you support each other. I was so surprised & pleased to find actual comments on my blog (which I don’t think i’ve had since 2008). So much appreciation to everyone who took the time to not only write, but also read. San you have created such a lovely group here and I’ve been honored to be a part of it this year!
San
December 5, 2025 at 3:37 pmThanks so much for joining this year, Stacey. I am so glad you found our group!
Melissa
November 30, 2025 at 6:28 pmThanks, San, for hosting again this year, and well done on posting every day and cheering everyone on.
San
December 5, 2025 at 3:38 pmThanks Melissa, I am so glad you were part of it again this year.
Martha
November 30, 2025 at 6:38 pmYou rock San. Thank you for everything!
San
December 5, 2025 at 3:38 pmThank you Martha. I am so glad you were part of it this year!
NGS
November 30, 2025 at 6:57 pmI love discovering new blogs every NaBloPoMo! You’re a real rock star for keeping this going through the years! I didn’t blog daily this year, but I made it a goal to comment on at least five blogs every day and I did it!
San
December 5, 2025 at 3:38 pmThanks so much for being such an awesome cheerleader, Engie! <3
J
November 30, 2025 at 7:47 pmThank you San, as always. No gift card for me, thank you, but I really enjoyed posting every day and trying to comment, but yeah…life got hard some days.
San
December 5, 2025 at 3:39 pmSo happy you participated again, Julie!
Sam
November 30, 2025 at 8:05 pmThank you so much for hosting! It was such a treat to find so many new blogs this year.
San
December 5, 2025 at 3:39 pmSo happy you joined us this year, Sam! It’s been great getting to know you.
Ernie
November 30, 2025 at 8:08 pmThanks San for your energy and your commitment to keeping NaBloPoMo going. My favorite part was discovering new blogs that I had never read before – I enjoyed them so much. I also enjoyed reading comments on my blog and others.
San
December 5, 2025 at 3:39 pmThanks for being part of it again this year, Ernie!
Rachel
November 30, 2025 at 9:20 pmThank you for hosting San! I have really enjoyed reading your posts this year and hearing more from you! I don’t need a gift card, I just wanted to say thanks!
San
December 5, 2025 at 3:40 pmThanks sweet friend <3
Tierney
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 pmThank you for hosting. It was the kick in the pants I needed to get back on track. Admittedly, it’s hard to add reading/commenting on top of the daily blogging, but I did find new-to-me blogs that I really liked. Also, thanks for doing this during a hard time of furloughs and job travails!
San
December 5, 2025 at 3:40 pmHooray! I am so glad you joined again this year, Tierney!
Tobia | craftaliciousme
December 1, 2025 at 1:04 amThank you San. For making this community happen with your powering through with NaBloPoMo every year and gather so many people. I am beyond blown away with the many new members this years.
My favorite thing this year: That I forced myself to make time for creativity in a period of time where I just wanted to crawl into bed or morph into the couch. And the second best thing is finding so many new blogs to read and people to get to know.
San
December 5, 2025 at 3:40 pmYou did amazing, my friend, as always such a pleasure to have you along for the ride!
Nicole MacPherson
December 1, 2025 at 4:57 amI’m so proud of you, San – you had such a rough year and here you are, rallying the troops and getting the community going! Great job, my friend. xo
San
December 5, 2025 at 3:41 pmThanks for your support always, Nicole!
Elisabeth
December 1, 2025 at 5:57 amGreat work, my friend.
I did not participate this year AND I was basically a horrible commenter (I only focussed on blogs I already read that were participating). Just not enough hours in the day.
But what a delightful time for our blogging community and I cannot thank you enough to being a networker extraordinaire!
San
December 5, 2025 at 3:41 pmThanks so much, Elisabeth for reading and always supporting everyone!
Allison McCaskill
December 1, 2025 at 3:40 pmThank-you for corralling us all in one place – it gets really confusing otherwise. My favourite thing was that I hardly ever felt like I had to think hard for a post, and only had one or two days when I really phoned it in. November is a tough month, but I think this helps my mood from sinking too low.
San
December 5, 2025 at 3:42 pmThanks for being a part of it again this year, Allison!
Lisa
December 1, 2025 at 6:24 pmThank you for hosting. I’d not heard of NaBloPoMo before reading about it on a blog I follow. I did comment when I could. Some WordPress blogs require a sign-in, and since I have a deleted account associated with my email, I can’t sign-in. So, I visited many more blogs than those where I commented!
San
December 5, 2025 at 3:42 pmSo happy you joined us this year, Lisa.
Suzanne
December 2, 2025 at 5:32 amSan, I think I found a BUNCH of my current favorite bloggers through your NaBloPoMo efforts a few years ago, so I owe you A LOT. I think my favorite thing about NaBloPoMo has been getting regular and consistent posts from bloggers I love. The worst part about being a member of such a great blogging community is WAITING FOR THE NEXT POST, and with NaBloPoMo, there is a surplus! I am looking forward to catching up on a lot of posts over the coming days.
Thank you so much for leading the way yet again, and making it so easy and fun to connect with current and new members of this fabulous community!
San
December 5, 2025 at 3:42 pmThanks Suzanne, this means a lot. I know we have such an awesome group here, don’t we?
Steve
December 2, 2025 at 9:33 amThank you again for keeping NaBloPoMo going! I only made it most of the way though the month this year before other commitments took me off track but maybe the nagging feeling on unfinished threads I started will bug me to keep going a little longer :)
It was, as always, great to see everyone’s thoughts and get to meet a few new people and to have fun writing a bit more in my own sadly neglected blog too again. It made me stop to reflect a bit on what’s going on in my life and chaotic thoughts to write a few of them down along the way.
San
December 5, 2025 at 3:43 pmThanks for joining again, Steve. I loved that you showed up in my feed again.
coco
December 2, 2025 at 11:50 pmThanks for hosting again San this year. I had fun posting daily. I enjoyed learning about daily happenings/thoughts of my fellow blogger friends.
San
December 5, 2025 at 3:43 pmThanks Coco, so glad you joined again this year.
Stephany
December 6, 2025 at 3:00 pmHooray! I’m so glad I participated this year – it was a great time and I loved that there were so many new participants. It was great seeing some new faces!
Anne
December 25, 2025 at 7:41 amSan, you are a force. What a lovely month this was, reading old favorites and new-to-me blogs and failing miserably at the comment-and-support side of things. Thank you – again, always – for building and sustaining this community. <3