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old year out , new year in
2 years ago
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well just skimming the entries for the past 12 months.
what a roller-coaster its been.
- we had to move into a new rental
(real-estate of the old place were super scumbags, nearly ended up in a total disaster due to flooding of the week of the move)
- neighbours dogs murdered my pheasants and that was a whole thing to get sorted out , not even the direct neighbours i might ad ones 2 doors up.
- we fortified the coop and hav been running our chickens ever since.
- got covid 4 times. got other snot germs a number of times too , haven't had so much as a cold in years prior to getting the first round of covid.
- an unrelated self mishap resulted in finding out i'v got Hypertension and was probably days away from real emergency, i had been feeling off for weeks but put if off to a panic attack , it was only after having to go to the er for a crafting related stab wound that we realised the blood pressure was TOO DAMN HIGH!
- we both picked up new and better jobs, in my case its funny to me that im doing what I did for my first job, in the same street a my first job more than 15 years ago now but with a different store/ owner. since working in the ne store i've also encountered several customers and sales reps from the original store some recognize me , some dont but that was such a long time ago now.
- i got my self the stuff to weld and wanted to learn how, but that's goin on next year's agenda.
- our car died and we had to get a new one.
- we hit a kangaroo in the new car and insurance did NOT cover it, so now its got miss matched parts.
- both our mothers continue to be gargantuan pains in the asses.
well thats pritty much it for 2023.
all of these things , even the most recent ones seem so long ago now
what goals did a set myself? and did I achieve them
learn welding - didn't get to it
improve my anatomy
and soft tissue representation in my art - i tihnk i've made considerable improvements this year!
foster better health choices - i kind of had to cut back on the caffeine, and we did try to cut soda out as much as possible so yeah?
save more money - we made a start ...
so closing out 2023 , we had some very rough patches and at times our finances were looking very grim.
but we came out on top in the end.
made a new friend who i really gell with and i'm very thankful for that the kind of friend that just becomes part of the tribe and feels like they've always belonged.
so now on to the next 12 months.
2024 , what will it hold?
no idea, but heres my short list of goals.
- learn to weld.
- spend more time working on my stories as well as my art, stories got left to the wayside this year and i want to do more on my written work and collaborations in the new year.
- continue to improve my art , work on some more dynamic poses as well as anatomy.
- keep learning stuff that will help my help my customers at the pet shop.
I want to set up a planted aquarium and go all in with C02 and the fancy stuff, learn more about aquatic plants.
learn more about chichlids and other types of fish.
- get some serious money saved away , start thinking about that house deposit.
- continue to improve healthy lifestyle choices i would like to be just a little more fit.
and ending this thing with my little self empowerment witchy hoogy boogy stuff.
that my energies are my own and that no one can take , or use whats mine without my consent.
and warding off the gross and weird pregnancy juju that our parents and grandparents keep insisting on.
a childless house hold this shall remain.
and yeah that's it for me mostly.
so lets see what 2024 will bring us.
what a roller-coaster its been.
- we had to move into a new rental
(real-estate of the old place were super scumbags, nearly ended up in a total disaster due to flooding of the week of the move)
- neighbours dogs murdered my pheasants and that was a whole thing to get sorted out , not even the direct neighbours i might ad ones 2 doors up.
- we fortified the coop and hav been running our chickens ever since.
- got covid 4 times. got other snot germs a number of times too , haven't had so much as a cold in years prior to getting the first round of covid.
- an unrelated self mishap resulted in finding out i'v got Hypertension and was probably days away from real emergency, i had been feeling off for weeks but put if off to a panic attack , it was only after having to go to the er for a crafting related stab wound that we realised the blood pressure was TOO DAMN HIGH!
- we both picked up new and better jobs, in my case its funny to me that im doing what I did for my first job, in the same street a my first job more than 15 years ago now but with a different store/ owner. since working in the ne store i've also encountered several customers and sales reps from the original store some recognize me , some dont but that was such a long time ago now.
- i got my self the stuff to weld and wanted to learn how, but that's goin on next year's agenda.
- our car died and we had to get a new one.
- we hit a kangaroo in the new car and insurance did NOT cover it, so now its got miss matched parts.
- both our mothers continue to be gargantuan pains in the asses.
well thats pritty much it for 2023.
all of these things , even the most recent ones seem so long ago now
what goals did a set myself? and did I achieve them
learn welding - didn't get to it
improve my anatomy
and soft tissue representation in my art - i tihnk i've made considerable improvements this year!
foster better health choices - i kind of had to cut back on the caffeine, and we did try to cut soda out as much as possible so yeah?
save more money - we made a start ...
so closing out 2023 , we had some very rough patches and at times our finances were looking very grim.
but we came out on top in the end.
made a new friend who i really gell with and i'm very thankful for that the kind of friend that just becomes part of the tribe and feels like they've always belonged.
so now on to the next 12 months.
2024 , what will it hold?
no idea, but heres my short list of goals.
- learn to weld.
- spend more time working on my stories as well as my art, stories got left to the wayside this year and i want to do more on my written work and collaborations in the new year.
- continue to improve my art , work on some more dynamic poses as well as anatomy.
- keep learning stuff that will help my help my customers at the pet shop.
I want to set up a planted aquarium and go all in with C02 and the fancy stuff, learn more about aquatic plants.
learn more about chichlids and other types of fish.
- get some serious money saved away , start thinking about that house deposit.
- continue to improve healthy lifestyle choices i would like to be just a little more fit.
and ending this thing with my little self empowerment witchy hoogy boogy stuff.
that my energies are my own and that no one can take , or use whats mine without my consent.
and warding off the gross and weird pregnancy juju that our parents and grandparents keep insisting on.
a childless house hold this shall remain.
and yeah that's it for me mostly.
so lets see what 2024 will bring us.
Soren
~synthsoren
Good luck with the new year. I'd do something similar but I'd just get melodramatic.
Soren
~synthsoren
In fact I probably will. This new account needs a journal
