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Writing this as the clock counts down.
I hadn't considered doing some kind of year-end review, but I kind of felt the need to since 2013 ended up being... rather interesting. I had the first part of the year going pretty dang well. I was finally getting over a bit of depression I'd been suffering the year before, I was getting my story ready to publish, I got my cat Pepper, I had a new story in the works - it was good times.
Until the second half of the year decided it wanted to go down hill in the most ironic ways possible. Getting sick on the trip, getting monumentally depressed when I got home, getting mostly over the depression only to get an infection and the worst pain I'd ever felt. My word, life, what were you trying to do to me? :S
I think the biggest kick in the gut was the rather cliche but no less potent realization of not being where I want to be in my life, which I know most of us go through at some point in our lives. But while the emotional aspect of it I could have done without, I can't say it...
Oh... Happy New Year!!!! :D
Anyways, what I was going to say was that going through that bit of a crisis has made me a lot more appreciative of time and not wasting it if I can. I've gotten quite a lot done because of it. The only problem was the emotional part of it that really kicked my butt, but which I've since gotten control over, and which should start to get better once the days grow longer later in the year. And now that I have a book published - even though it's self-published - I still feel more on my way to being where I want to be in life. Both doing what I can to get my book noticed - as well as working on my next book and getting other stories ready to be written - has given me a heck of a lot more to do, making me feel a lot more accomplished, which has also gone a long way in helping me feel more uplifted and closer to at least some of my goals.
So my goals for this year are pretty simple and pretty obvious: get my book noticed, get another book out there, and get another book written. Oh, and try to avoid a repeat of the second half of last year, if possible :/ I'm not merely ready for my life to move forward, it needs to move forward. And I'm really hoping that 2014 is the year I see this happening.
I hadn't considered doing some kind of year-end review, but I kind of felt the need to since 2013 ended up being... rather interesting. I had the first part of the year going pretty dang well. I was finally getting over a bit of depression I'd been suffering the year before, I was getting my story ready to publish, I got my cat Pepper, I had a new story in the works - it was good times.
Until the second half of the year decided it wanted to go down hill in the most ironic ways possible. Getting sick on the trip, getting monumentally depressed when I got home, getting mostly over the depression only to get an infection and the worst pain I'd ever felt. My word, life, what were you trying to do to me? :S
I think the biggest kick in the gut was the rather cliche but no less potent realization of not being where I want to be in my life, which I know most of us go through at some point in our lives. But while the emotional aspect of it I could have done without, I can't say it...
Oh... Happy New Year!!!! :D
Anyways, what I was going to say was that going through that bit of a crisis has made me a lot more appreciative of time and not wasting it if I can. I've gotten quite a lot done because of it. The only problem was the emotional part of it that really kicked my butt, but which I've since gotten control over, and which should start to get better once the days grow longer later in the year. And now that I have a book published - even though it's self-published - I still feel more on my way to being where I want to be in life. Both doing what I can to get my book noticed - as well as working on my next book and getting other stories ready to be written - has given me a heck of a lot more to do, making me feel a lot more accomplished, which has also gone a long way in helping me feel more uplifted and closer to at least some of my goals.
So my goals for this year are pretty simple and pretty obvious: get my book noticed, get another book out there, and get another book written. Oh, and try to avoid a repeat of the second half of last year, if possible :/ I'm not merely ready for my life to move forward, it needs to move forward. And I'm really hoping that 2014 is the year I see this happening.
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Date: 2014-01-01 07:24 am (UTC)From:I hope you get all the things you are hoping for above. "HUGS"
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Date: 2014-01-01 09:42 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2014-01-01 10:00 pm (UTC)From:Happy New Year!