We can't do great things - only small things with great love.
I just wanted to put out there, to whoever might be still listening or reading, that I'm having the time of my life. It's not an extremely eventful life, nor am I getting a lot of stories (let alone stories that could pass for good, much to the chagrin of my friends), but I am in the best place I have ever been.
Let's get things rolling with the fact that I am living with a girlfriend whom I love and am in love with - all things that, a year ago, when we started dating, I assumed could happen, but probably wouldn't anytime soon. We work extremely well together, even though we are both crazy in different, sometimes opposite ways. BUT, we talk when things are not smooth, and we make them smooth. We forgive, we move on, and we joke about it. I don't think I could want to be with anybody else at the moment.
I have mellowed out considerably (due to my desire to save money and living with aforementioned mellow girlfriend), in terms of going out. It's different, but I'm ok with it for now. I know there will be a time in the future when I will have very little time to do anything quiet and for myself, so I am not cursing my state or wishing for something different, I am peacefully enjoying the lazy days between the few workdays I have.
So with these mellow, homebody-esque patterns forming, I decided not to do what I have done my entire life in the event I've had day(s) off: play video games, watch tv, or troll the internet for games or sexual gratification. With my newfound time, I decided to instead CREATE. In the past few months I've started working harder at drumline and, more importantly, drumset. I've learned how to make beer and how to screen print t-shirts, so the old ex-mas present stress is nill (spoiler alert).
I've been riding a bike in addition to recently working out a few times a week with free weights and excercises found online. And while I don't notice any physical difference yet, I do feel a little better about myself and my body.
I feel like I've become more outwardly confident and have slowly been able to handle confrontational situations more constructively and with less regret than ever before.
I have felt more politically informed than ever, reading the daily newses , in addition to reading for fun, eventual job promotion, and curiosity. My next plan is to learn french.
All in all, it's been an incredible year, and I am in a place I never thought possible and, until recently, only daydreamed about. I am infinitely excited about my future plans and schemes, and I feel embiggened with an unbelievable possibility and potential to help create a brighter, happier world, however far my influence reaches.
Let's get things rolling with the fact that I am living with a girlfriend whom I love and am in love with - all things that, a year ago, when we started dating, I assumed could happen, but probably wouldn't anytime soon. We work extremely well together, even though we are both crazy in different, sometimes opposite ways. BUT, we talk when things are not smooth, and we make them smooth. We forgive, we move on, and we joke about it. I don't think I could want to be with anybody else at the moment.
I have mellowed out considerably (due to my desire to save money and living with aforementioned mellow girlfriend), in terms of going out. It's different, but I'm ok with it for now. I know there will be a time in the future when I will have very little time to do anything quiet and for myself, so I am not cursing my state or wishing for something different, I am peacefully enjoying the lazy days between the few workdays I have.
So with these mellow, homebody-esque patterns forming, I decided not to do what I have done my entire life in the event I've had day(s) off: play video games, watch tv, or troll the internet for games or sexual gratification. With my newfound time, I decided to instead CREATE. In the past few months I've started working harder at drumline and, more importantly, drumset. I've learned how to make beer and how to screen print t-shirts, so the old ex-mas present stress is nill (spoiler alert).
I've been riding a bike in addition to recently working out a few times a week with free weights and excercises found online. And while I don't notice any physical difference yet, I do feel a little better about myself and my body.
I feel like I've become more outwardly confident and have slowly been able to handle confrontational situations more constructively and with less regret than ever before.
I have felt more politically informed than ever, reading the daily newses , in addition to reading for fun, eventual job promotion, and curiosity. My next plan is to learn french.
All in all, it's been an incredible year, and I am in a place I never thought possible and, until recently, only daydreamed about. I am infinitely excited about my future plans and schemes, and I feel embiggened with an unbelievable possibility and potential to help create a brighter, happier world, however far my influence reaches.