The year filled with so much hope will end in 13 days (how apt). I have 30 hours left of work until I put on that sweet out of office and pour myself an extremely large gin. This year has been fucking awful but I am determined to find some glitter in the grey. So here we go.
- I got a girlfriend
- I got a girlfriend who likes sharing out chores and emotional labour
- My family didn’t abandon me when I told them about aforementioned gf
- I had therapy that helped untangle my issues around dependency
- I made real leaps and bounds in my eating disorder recovery
- I bought more shoes so that I don’t only wear one pair of running shoes all day every day
- I decided I liked marmite after 29 years of thinking I hated it
- I started swimming again in rivers, lakes, lidos and swimming pools
- I got a tattoo!!!!!
- I bought a bike, had cycling lessons and didn’t fall off…yet
- I read a shit ton of books. Currently on #60
- I went in a float tank and it kind of felt like I’d taken mushrooms
- I made a real effort to ditch fast fashion and have massively reduced my spending habits
- I gave lots of time to volunteering
- I learnt how to speak French, 100 day streak on Duolingo baby
- I stood up for myself more
- I think I ate peanut butter every day (potentially fake news)
- I climbed a real actual mountain
- I got to live in 2 v.different parts of the city that I love
- I completed an award winning amount of levels on Candy Crush
- I discovered new nice green spaces to explore
- I fell in love with new music, tv, poems and podcasts
- I am the proud owner of a ladder bookshelf
- I finally found out what is wrong with my feet and how to help them
- I stopped wearing make-up and feel liberated by my fresh face
- I did some half arsed calligraphy
- I got paid to do some writing
- I got paid to do a focus group about vaginas
- I proved I’m an adult by buying a sofa on credit
- I managed to keep my job and business despite having 98541 melt downs
- I managed to get some decent dollar into my savings account
- I connected with new and old friends in meaningful ways
- I kept my sanity during a worldwide pandemic yeaah woooo!
Ok that did actually make me feel a little bit better and I highly suggest you give it a go and tell me in the comments if you want but don’t if it’s going to make me feel bad. Just kidding. Sort of.
