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2016 Introspective
9 years ago
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This is the journal header. Nothing to see here, get to reading the actual journal yah goof!
So last year I did a retrospective of the year gone, and looked mostly at the things that happened around me or concerned me. This time around I'd like to look inwards, to myself. What did I do in 2016? What did I improve about myself? What mistakes did I make? What can I do to improve myself as a person going forwards?
I've been wanting to get this out there the last few days, need to let it out before I feel I can fully close off 2016.
Blimey what a turbulent year. Despite this being an introspective on myself it's hard to talk about yourself with some of the things going on in the world (so i'll likely touch on that). Said events aside however I've certainly made my fair share of mistakes this year.
Biggest of which was infringing my own values on how to carry oneself and engage with others, even if it was only once. Now I doubt people that have been pissed off by me this past year (intentional or not, though I don't deliberately piss people off) will be reading this bar one. And they might dispute that, but I've only infringed my own values once this whole year. Thankfully the individuals involved were willing to allow me to set things straight and let bygones be bygones (kudos to those two <3).
The other times I've pissed people off...well, I was being perfectly reasonable. Would you call telling people to calm down and take a step back being unreasonable? No I don't think so, but as I've said in the past you can't say anything these days without triggering someone, regardless of how innocuous. One instance was someone insulting an entire comment thread and then blocking me after calling them out on it xD And this is a big artist mind, lots of followers. Just wish they could see how much of an arse he is, but hey ho. I said I can be amicable and reasonable, but I can still be vindictive >;3
That aside there is always room to improve oneself. Regardless of who it might piss off I won't stop expressing my points of view where it's appropriate, only now I won't fall into the easy trap of being an ass while doing it (plenty of people do :P). I plan to rigidly stick to my own values regarding discourse and interaction with others, and if they fly off the hook it'll be their issue.
In terms of my professional skillset there is plenty to expand upon with my job. Being a Web Designer allows for plenty of skills to develop, and lots of knowledge to learn! The best part is the skillset is transferable to sooooo many types of companies, because who doesn't have a website these days? Those things need maintaining, and like anything they can always been improved as well ;3
Outside of professional stuff, I would like to start drawing again this year. I've been doing it here and there but it's mostly dropped off my list of past times recently (and by recently I mean months and months). Alongside that returning to the gym! I had a good rhythm going for a while, since September even but that too dropped off late November. Now the gluttony that is the Xmas season over and done with it's time to work off this Winter weight...not that I really put any on but you get the idea. Maybe this year I can work up some muscle, not much but enough where I feel confident I could kick someone's ass. Again not like I plan on doing so I'm a devout pacifist. I digress.
Phew, boy do I feel better getting that out. Don't care if anyone read this one or not, call it one last brain dump of the year. NOW I can let 2017 into my life like a puppy coming in from the rain~
Happy New Year peeps and peepettes and anyone who doesn't conform to a binary peep designation :D
Peace out. Take care of yourselves <3 
Rarely do I do something like this
http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.co.....mentid=1037634