2018 Year in review
Oh What a year 2018 was! Hard one to sum up... lots of changes and new beginnings or ends to previous things. Maybe it was a year of tieing up ends / finishing things that once were my 20s.
here we go.... in no specific order: The highlights / significant moments of 2018.
2018:
- Started the year on a debauchery event in Deerhurst report having stupid fun.
- Best Friend's bachelor party
- Best Friends Wedding!! Where I got to be in the wedding party for the first time AND Wear a smashing Suit! Loved it! It was a fantastic wedding filled with loved ones and celebration of each other.
- Trip to Cuba as my first romantic getaway/winter escape with Mila in Feb and it was totally worth every penny.
- finished (mostly) decorating the house... got carpet, desk chair, and vinyl player/stand.
- Got hired to do a series of photographs for Vaughan! the highest paying commission I have done to date, doing exactly what I want.
- took a big risk - let go of something to create change. Ended a year-long relationship with Mila.
- applied to teachers college (again) which this time didn't pan out - However, took another big risk in an attempt to create change and left Vistek, my job of 1 year and 8 months. Leaving me with lots of open space to create change in September.
- Started something very new with Damian where he showed loyalty and true love.
- Got My First piercing (other than my ears) Got my septum pierced.
- New endings as Nocturne my favorite club in Toronto, the last of the Queen West alternative scene closed.
- Went on two more excellent trips: Out to the East coast and visited Damian's grandparents and New Orleans to visit Christine
- Found out I can't cliff jump
- went on the CN tower Edge walk
- Pulled off another great Halloween costume and great Christmas card.
- Started a few new jobs... temporary and random.. we will see how they evolve.
- went to my favorite restaurant of all time. Antler, for my birthday
- Threw myself what I thought was a cute theme party, a hard rock tea party.
- Started shooting a new art project (wow finally)
Was an emotional year, ended so many things haha and only slept with two people this year - record low lol - It seems to be a year full of symbolic changes at now both of my best friends are married (they both got married this year) I take it as the true end to what I felt I knew about myself in the 20s. I am starting to learn the new Amanda in her 30s and what this might mean for my life. I learned so much about love this year.. more than I have ever learned! and that is so wonderful for this year.
2019 - I want to focus on accomplishing a few new things on my bucket list and having some memorable fun. The odd years have always been about fun. I am in a spot where I also need to find myself something to focus my career and create path and meaning to my life again. However, these "fun" adventures I like to go on in the odd years tend to re-focus me and help tune my life compass to where I need to be going next.