Thoughts on Memes
Go into your archives and look at your first post of each month. Choose the last sentence of each entry and post it next to the correct month. That's your Year in Review.
January: OK, off to be a lost boy. There will be pictures in a week or so, I promise.
February: I mean it is completely reasonable to ask someone to get a second estimate right? And it is foolish to only get one right?
March: It certainly could be (and has been) a lot worse than exercise.
April: OK, off to the gym for my run!
May: That is, until badnoutyway started some mud wrestling. The pictures show what followed.
June: See you West coasters in a couple weeks!
July: Yay for science!
August: I'm one block from BART, and one block from the bus that goes directly to work. I win.
September: Anyway, here are some pics of the apartment.
October: Only got 2 hours of sleep though 'cause I was woken up all night long by sick kids. Ughh. Anyway, the 4 hour nap today alleviated some of that.
November: It's just felt especially difficult this past month or so. I'm looking forward to the holidays and spending some time with the people in my life who I feel really connected to.
December: I'm totally going to save the whales.
It was actually really interesting looking back at my journal and realizing just how much has changed this past year. I've gone from living in Poughkeepsie and being in school to living in San Fran and working a crazy job. I also feel like my general contentment in life has slowly gone down this past year. I think it's loneliness. I mean, I'm pretty much positive it's loneliness. It's really hard for me to not think of myself as weak for having a hard time moving away from everyone who was close to me in my life. Then I think about that statement and realize that it's not weak at all, it's totally to be expected.
I'm home on Long Island right now and checking out grad school tomorrow. I've been trying to not feel like I'm running back to New York next year, but maybe I am, and I'm ok with that. I did, and am doing, something that I need to do out there in California. I'm looking forward to living with those I'm close to next year though, and in a place that feels more like home. I'm just going to make sure to not focus on the future too much and instead make sure that I enjoy where I am in life right now.
January: OK, off to be a lost boy. There will be pictures in a week or so, I promise.
February: I mean it is completely reasonable to ask someone to get a second estimate right? And it is foolish to only get one right?
March: It certainly could be (and has been) a lot worse than exercise.
April: OK, off to the gym for my run!
May: That is, until badnoutyway started some mud wrestling. The pictures show what followed.
June: See you West coasters in a couple weeks!
July: Yay for science!
August: I'm one block from BART, and one block from the bus that goes directly to work. I win.
September: Anyway, here are some pics of the apartment.
October: Only got 2 hours of sleep though 'cause I was woken up all night long by sick kids. Ughh. Anyway, the 4 hour nap today alleviated some of that.
November: It's just felt especially difficult this past month or so. I'm looking forward to the holidays and spending some time with the people in my life who I feel really connected to.
December: I'm totally going to save the whales.
It was actually really interesting looking back at my journal and realizing just how much has changed this past year. I've gone from living in Poughkeepsie and being in school to living in San Fran and working a crazy job. I also feel like my general contentment in life has slowly gone down this past year. I think it's loneliness. I mean, I'm pretty much positive it's loneliness. It's really hard for me to not think of myself as weak for having a hard time moving away from everyone who was close to me in my life. Then I think about that statement and realize that it's not weak at all, it's totally to be expected.
I'm home on Long Island right now and checking out grad school tomorrow. I've been trying to not feel like I'm running back to New York next year, but maybe I am, and I'm ok with that. I did, and am doing, something that I need to do out there in California. I'm looking forward to living with those I'm close to next year though, and in a place that feels more like home. I'm just going to make sure to not focus on the future too much and instead make sure that I enjoy where I am in life right now.