New Year, Looking Back (Late)
Welp, it's New Year's.
Goodbye, 2010, and hello 2011... albeit a few days late.
This past year was amazing, a year of learning new things and saying goodbye to old ones. I graduated high school and started University, started a new job and went to my first convention; hell, made my first Livejournal post! It seems like 2010 blew by way too quickly; something glimpsed out the car window as you zoom by rather than something immediate. I feel like I've learned more about myself this year than maybe any other year that I can remember, which is amazing. I feel more confident, more outgoing. Of course, I still have no idea who exactly I am, but that's the point of entering the "adult world, isn't it? Starting to figure out who you are and what you want to do with your life.
Of course, 2010 wasn't all sunshine and unicorns; there were definitely hard bits. I've had to say goodbye to friends who've gone away for university, drifted out of contact with others who I just don't see as often, and lost myself in work. I've encountered several personal issues that I've had to work through, and being the kind of person I am (very internal, very much someone who will stew over something that's bugging me for weeks without saying a word), it's been overwhelming sometimes. Still, I have a great network of friends and family who've been incredibly supportive thus far, and even though you might not realize it, Livejournal, you've helped too.
My hopes for 2011? Lots of them, some too personal to post here. But I really want to try and finish Untitled (hah. hah.) and post some more fic - maybe even finish something, LE GASP - and try to be more active in the comms I currently lurk in. I want to be as outgoing as I feel sometimes, both on the interwebz and in real life, so I'm going to try and find opportunities to do so, be they joining more LJ comms, or finding a creative writing group in the city, or joining Winnipeg Parkour (once I've actually gotten fit enough to keep up, haha). I've also got the clichéd resolution to exercise more/eat better in order to lose a bit of weight, but I actually intend to keep it (having parents who are health professionals and one who's a running junkie will help with that) - and although I tell myself it's for my health, there is a tiny part of me that admits it's to help me feel better about myself, too.
So, here's to a new year! Looking ahead, it seems like anything is possible - I look forward to SHENANIGANS with choir and my new band(!), potentially becoming a minor internet celebrity (if I ever actually get around to buying that video camera), and finding more opportunities to find exactly who I am and to be that person.
HAPPY 2011, EVERYONE! <3
Goodbye, 2010, and hello 2011... albeit a few days late.
This past year was amazing, a year of learning new things and saying goodbye to old ones. I graduated high school and started University, started a new job and went to my first convention; hell, made my first Livejournal post! It seems like 2010 blew by way too quickly; something glimpsed out the car window as you zoom by rather than something immediate. I feel like I've learned more about myself this year than maybe any other year that I can remember, which is amazing. I feel more confident, more outgoing. Of course, I still have no idea who exactly I am, but that's the point of entering the "adult world, isn't it? Starting to figure out who you are and what you want to do with your life.
Of course, 2010 wasn't all sunshine and unicorns; there were definitely hard bits. I've had to say goodbye to friends who've gone away for university, drifted out of contact with others who I just don't see as often, and lost myself in work. I've encountered several personal issues that I've had to work through, and being the kind of person I am (very internal, very much someone who will stew over something that's bugging me for weeks without saying a word), it's been overwhelming sometimes. Still, I have a great network of friends and family who've been incredibly supportive thus far, and even though you might not realize it, Livejournal, you've helped too.
My hopes for 2011? Lots of them, some too personal to post here. But I really want to try and finish Untitled (hah. hah.) and post some more fic - maybe even finish something, LE GASP - and try to be more active in the comms I currently lurk in. I want to be as outgoing as I feel sometimes, both on the interwebz and in real life, so I'm going to try and find opportunities to do so, be they joining more LJ comms, or finding a creative writing group in the city, or joining Winnipeg Parkour (once I've actually gotten fit enough to keep up, haha). I've also got the clichéd resolution to exercise more/eat better in order to lose a bit of weight, but I actually intend to keep it (having parents who are health professionals and one who's a running junkie will help with that) - and although I tell myself it's for my health, there is a tiny part of me that admits it's to help me feel better about myself, too.
So, here's to a new year! Looking ahead, it seems like anything is possible - I look forward to SHENANIGANS with choir and my new band(!), potentially becoming a minor internet celebrity (if I ever actually get around to buying that video camera), and finding more opportunities to find exactly who I am and to be that person.
HAPPY 2011, EVERYONE! <3