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Late 2016 summary journal + life
8 years ago
Greetings my dear stalkers!
I should've done this journal a long time ago, but because of IRL stuff and my general laziness I'm only doing it now.
So yeah, 2016. Let's get the negative stuff out of the way first.
Probably the biggest single thing in 2016, was the passing of my dear Finnish grandfather. You don't really need to know the nitty-gritty of it, but needless to say, that his death completely reset the status-quo we've been living in for a really long time now. There's lots of bureaucracy and other stuff related to death and inheriting things in this country that I need deal with in the coming months. Then there was the whole ordeal of arranging his funeral. Thankfully our family is really small, so it wasn't as big of a deal as I expected. Rarely when I wish for a day to end quickly, but grandpa's funeral day was one of those. The whole funeral went as well as a funeral could, thankfully. Be at peace gramps! ;__;
I've also recently realised that I've become mentally really tired of school in general. The feeling started setting in during January last year, when the initial plans for writing my thesis flopped. I seriously fail to see the damn point of busting my ass with this "oh-so-scientific" thesis process to write a 60 page thing that nobody will care about after it has been completed. It just feels like a thing you have to do just for the sake of doing it. I'm not an academic thus, I'm inherently incompatible with doing something this abstract. I've done a thesis once before, and I'm not going through the bullshit process again. Also, from working in the same field I'm studying, I've become increasingly aware of the fact that I don't actually like this line of work that much and forcing myself to do this would just break my brain eventually. Also, graduating from this school is no guarantee of work anyway, so I'm seriously considering putting my studies on ice.
Now, let's balance out the negativity with more positive thing that happened in 2016!
As usual, I've had a real blast at the furry conventions I was able to attend that year, I met some great people and made new friends. The fact that I got my fursuiting cherry popped this year, is probably one of the highlights of the con-year. I've also spent a lot of quality time with my family and my buddies despite me living so far away from most of my friends. I've had the pleasure of supporting a lot of great artists through commissions and it's also been fun joint-commissioning stuff with my buddies! The received commissions have been such delights to my eyes and I hope that you, as my followers, feel the same.
2016 also gave lots of awesome new games: DOOM, XCOM 1-2, Battlefleet Gothic: Armada, My summer Car (Seriously check this one out) etc. Despite me noticing that I play less games than I used to, the ones I've been playing I've very thoroughly enjoyed. My project cars in the garage have also been coming together really nicely during 2016 and I'm really happy with the work I've put into them.
And now for the big bomb: I've applied to become an airline pilot. A job that I've dreamed about since I was a kit. In late 2016 our national airline advertised its lack of pilots, so I sent them my papers and I'm happy to say that I've passed the initial selection process. It's still too early to break out the champagne though, I've still a medical exmination, Airline interview, Police interview and the psychological tests to pass. Should I be selected for the course, I will have to move far away from my beloved home hamlet, but I've come to the grips with the reality that if I want to fulfill my dreams, I can't keep living in the middle of the forest forever. The training will set me back quite a substantial sum, but the airline guarantees work for those who pass the training, so it's a risk I'm willing to take. The employment prospects to a profession that I'd actually want, are way better than those of my current school. I'll keep you posted on how this goes!
So yeah! 2016, lots of bad, but lots of good too! I can't say that I've particularly liked the year, but I can't say that I completely hate it either.
I'd like to sincerely thank my friends, family and followers for all your support, attention and love. I love ya all! <3
Stay awesome!
I should've done this journal a long time ago, but because of IRL stuff and my general laziness I'm only doing it now.
So yeah, 2016. Let's get the negative stuff out of the way first.
Probably the biggest single thing in 2016, was the passing of my dear Finnish grandfather. You don't really need to know the nitty-gritty of it, but needless to say, that his death completely reset the status-quo we've been living in for a really long time now. There's lots of bureaucracy and other stuff related to death and inheriting things in this country that I need deal with in the coming months. Then there was the whole ordeal of arranging his funeral. Thankfully our family is really small, so it wasn't as big of a deal as I expected. Rarely when I wish for a day to end quickly, but grandpa's funeral day was one of those. The whole funeral went as well as a funeral could, thankfully. Be at peace gramps! ;__;
I've also recently realised that I've become mentally really tired of school in general. The feeling started setting in during January last year, when the initial plans for writing my thesis flopped. I seriously fail to see the damn point of busting my ass with this "oh-so-scientific" thesis process to write a 60 page thing that nobody will care about after it has been completed. It just feels like a thing you have to do just for the sake of doing it. I'm not an academic thus, I'm inherently incompatible with doing something this abstract. I've done a thesis once before, and I'm not going through the bullshit process again. Also, from working in the same field I'm studying, I've become increasingly aware of the fact that I don't actually like this line of work that much and forcing myself to do this would just break my brain eventually. Also, graduating from this school is no guarantee of work anyway, so I'm seriously considering putting my studies on ice.
Now, let's balance out the negativity with more positive thing that happened in 2016!
As usual, I've had a real blast at the furry conventions I was able to attend that year, I met some great people and made new friends. The fact that I got my fursuiting cherry popped this year, is probably one of the highlights of the con-year. I've also spent a lot of quality time with my family and my buddies despite me living so far away from most of my friends. I've had the pleasure of supporting a lot of great artists through commissions and it's also been fun joint-commissioning stuff with my buddies! The received commissions have been such delights to my eyes and I hope that you, as my followers, feel the same.
2016 also gave lots of awesome new games: DOOM, XCOM 1-2, Battlefleet Gothic: Armada, My summer Car (Seriously check this one out) etc. Despite me noticing that I play less games than I used to, the ones I've been playing I've very thoroughly enjoyed. My project cars in the garage have also been coming together really nicely during 2016 and I'm really happy with the work I've put into them.
And now for the big bomb: I've applied to become an airline pilot. A job that I've dreamed about since I was a kit. In late 2016 our national airline advertised its lack of pilots, so I sent them my papers and I'm happy to say that I've passed the initial selection process. It's still too early to break out the champagne though, I've still a medical exmination, Airline interview, Police interview and the psychological tests to pass. Should I be selected for the course, I will have to move far away from my beloved home hamlet, but I've come to the grips with the reality that if I want to fulfill my dreams, I can't keep living in the middle of the forest forever. The training will set me back quite a substantial sum, but the airline guarantees work for those who pass the training, so it's a risk I'm willing to take. The employment prospects to a profession that I'd actually want, are way better than those of my current school. I'll keep you posted on how this goes!
So yeah! 2016, lots of bad, but lots of good too! I can't say that I've particularly liked the year, but I can't say that I completely hate it either.
I'd like to sincerely thank my friends, family and followers for all your support, attention and love. I love ya all! <3
Stay awesome!
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