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Happy New Year to my Roses and Thorns! Have a healthy and prosperous New Year! Thanks for making Sandrarose.com your blog home in 2025.

In 2023, I listed the 10 People & Things to Leave Behind in 2022. I hit the nail on the head with most of my list!

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Topping my list of people to leave behind in 2022 was Beyoncé. In 2024, Beyoncé confirmed she was pulling back from public life. She also explained why she stopped making music videos.

No. 2 on my list to leave behind in 2022 was the term “Woke.” Unfortunately, liberals brought their wokeness into 2023 and 2024, where it died a slow death. Americans drove a nail in Woke’s coffin in the 2024 presidential elections.

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COVID was No. 3 on the list to leave behind in 2022. RIP to the biggest psyop (psychological operation) in world history.

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Disgraced actor Will Smith was No. 4 on the list to leave behind in 2022 for his slap seen around the world.

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No 5. to leave behind in 2022 was Cardi B. But Cardi’s fans refused to cooperate. So I will add her to my list of people to leave behind in 2025.

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Singer and Instagram model Monica Arnold was No. 6 on my list of people to leave behind in 2022. But she roared back from obscurity and went on a successful “The Boys Is Mine” tour with singer Brandy in 2025.

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Kim Kardashian was No. 7 on the list to leave behind in 2022. But like Monica, she refused to stay put in 2022.

The Manosphere was No. 8 on my list to leave behind in 2022. I wrote, “It’s time to say goodbye to the manosphere. Nothing good comes from an ideology that promotes toxic male misogyny.” But I admit that I was wrong about the manosphere. Your auntie browses the manosphere daily because that’s where weak men gather to reveal their secrets and their fear of women.

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Sean Combs was No. 9 on my list of people to leave behind in 2022. Karma finally caught up to him in 2025.

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Dr. Fauci completed my list of people to leave behind in 2022 for orchestrating the 2019 COVID psyop. He officially retired on January 1, 2023.

Below is my list of 10 People & Things To Leave Behind in 2025.

10. Chicago (the murder rate, not the city)
9. Cardi B
8. Jay-Z
7. Megan Thee Stallion
6. The terms “cook”, “cooked” and “cooking”
5. Gaming (you men are too grown to play children’s games)
4. Kim Kardashian
3. Minnesota (the massive fraud, not the state)
2. “Leslie” and “Eva” (annoying characters on Beyond the Gates)
1. AI

Share your list in the comments. Your list might make my 2027 New Year post!

FYI: 90% of you want to leave Trump in 2025. But you’ll have to wait until another president is elected in 2028.