The author reflects on their goals and resolutions for 2024 and admits to not achieving one of their goals: taking the Oracle Certified Associate Java SE 8 exam.
Reasons for not taking the exam include not studying enough, poor time management, not utilizing available resources, and fear and anxiety.
However, the author did achieve other goals such as creating an e-commerce app, learning React Redux Toolkit, building a Speech-to-Text AI, and obtaining Hubspot certificates.
The author encourages others who also failed to fulfill their goals not to despair and emphasizes that 2025 can still be a year of success.