it's the end of the year as we know it

I suppose I ought to write an end of the year post, yes?

2016 wasn't particularly shitty to me, personally, until about halfway through the year. Then it's just kind of got progressively worse and I hope 2017 is an improvement because fuck this noise. I am so done. ( Read more... )

That said, there have been some good things that have happened this year!

I joined the comics group and I made some new friends! Who I would like to continue being friends with, even though I haven't seen them much through the year and now not for two months! I set up a table to use as a desk in the living room and that worked well! I got rid of a bunch of books I don't want any more, and am planning on getting rid of more, along with some other stuff! I've done a lot of tidying and cleaning in the house! I have, in general, felt way less anxious and shitty this year than I did for the previous two years! I did a lot of drawing for two months straight! (I actually did a lot of drawing all year - I'm onto my third sketchbook for this year, which is unheard of).

I failed miserably on my new year's resolution, though. Apparently it was to play my guitar more and, while I've thought about it a lot, I probably haven't touched it since January. I haven't really done anything musical this year, and that makes me kind of sad. But, as I've said in previous posts, it's kind of hard to get settled doing much when I could be interrupted at any moment.

I don't have any resolutions for next year. I just want it to be better than this one was. I know it won't be, in some ways, for a swathe of people I know, but I'm sometimes hopelessly optimistic.