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The good side about journaling less is that when the end of the year rolls around, you have fewer entries to skim through. The best reason for keeping a Livejournal (or any journal) is to get a sense of what your live was like in the past year. What did you deem worthy of recording? What crazy misadventures took place?
In the Major Win column: I spent a life affirming week in San Francisco. I paid off my student loans and became an entirely debt free human. I rocked my fifth year at Fantasia in Montreal. On the other end of that, one old college friend died too young due to illness, and one took his own life. One semi-romantic friendship crashed and burned hard in the beginning of the year.
The majoity of my life, according to my journal, involves work, gaming, discussions about therapy, and parties/clubbing. Let's break some of that down.
Gaming: I tend to lose a lot of one off games and small tournaments. When I go to the big two day events, I kick ass. I wrapped up running a game mid year, but still play in a few games.
Parties and clubbing and social things: If parties were games, I'd be kicking lots of ass. Twelve awesome parties to three awful parties. Fifteen awesome club nights to four awful club nights. When a night goes south it really goes south, but those are definitely the exception.
Relationships: One semi-relationship crashed and burned. I met several new girls, none of which panned out, some of whom are still loosely in my life. A string of dating girls from outside "my world" left me decidedly underwhelmed. All that aside, I'm very content to be alone right now. At least, for another month!
Work can be stressful, and returning to work seems to trigger bad moods swings in me. Is this a function of the job itself, or something else? It's worth looking into in 2012.
My head: Much progress has been made in being cool with who I am. Certain situations still trigger old memories or prompt me to load up "Old Chris". Sadly, SpinJam is still one of them. There were attempts to delve into what I am looking for in a relationships, and how it reflects on me. Information was uncovered, but progress is slow. That and family dynamics will be the focus of 2012. Summer Wildfire was a bit rocky, but I left it on a good note. Autumn Wildfire was even better and ended on a higher note. Wildfire isn't just for learning how to spin, it's for learning how my social skills are growing as well.
What does that boil down to? 2011 was a year of growth and discovery, occasionally painful but ultimately rewarding. The good far outweighed the bad. It was a year of progress, and I look back on it fondly. Now, it's time to send it off in a grand manner and look forward to more Awesomeness in... THE FUTURE!
In the Major Win column: I spent a life affirming week in San Francisco. I paid off my student loans and became an entirely debt free human. I rocked my fifth year at Fantasia in Montreal. On the other end of that, one old college friend died too young due to illness, and one took his own life. One semi-romantic friendship crashed and burned hard in the beginning of the year.
The majoity of my life, according to my journal, involves work, gaming, discussions about therapy, and parties/clubbing. Let's break some of that down.
Gaming: I tend to lose a lot of one off games and small tournaments. When I go to the big two day events, I kick ass. I wrapped up running a game mid year, but still play in a few games.
Parties and clubbing and social things: If parties were games, I'd be kicking lots of ass. Twelve awesome parties to three awful parties. Fifteen awesome club nights to four awful club nights. When a night goes south it really goes south, but those are definitely the exception.
Relationships: One semi-relationship crashed and burned. I met several new girls, none of which panned out, some of whom are still loosely in my life. A string of dating girls from outside "my world" left me decidedly underwhelmed. All that aside, I'm very content to be alone right now. At least, for another month!
Work can be stressful, and returning to work seems to trigger bad moods swings in me. Is this a function of the job itself, or something else? It's worth looking into in 2012.
My head: Much progress has been made in being cool with who I am. Certain situations still trigger old memories or prompt me to load up "Old Chris". Sadly, SpinJam is still one of them. There were attempts to delve into what I am looking for in a relationships, and how it reflects on me. Information was uncovered, but progress is slow. That and family dynamics will be the focus of 2012. Summer Wildfire was a bit rocky, but I left it on a good note. Autumn Wildfire was even better and ended on a higher note. Wildfire isn't just for learning how to spin, it's for learning how my social skills are growing as well.
What does that boil down to? 2011 was a year of growth and discovery, occasionally painful but ultimately rewarding. The good far outweighed the bad. It was a year of progress, and I look back on it fondly. Now, it's time to send it off in a grand manner and look forward to more Awesomeness in... THE FUTURE!
