2016
People keep bitching about what a terrible year 2016 has been, and it annoys me. 2016 has been an amazing year for me personally. It's been challenging, fun, memorable, and an absolute adventure.
If 2015 was the year I made things happen, then 2016 was the year I let things happen. I learnt to take control, and now I'm learning to let go and go with the flow - in a healthy way.
I moved to Japan
I kept my freelance business going
I got an annual passport for Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea
I went apartment hunting and ended up buying a house
I signed up for and sat the JLPT (N2)
I'm slowly learning to live by myself
I've taken lots of pictures
I have met a lot of new people
I have plans for fun projects for 2017
My future is still a little up in the air. I have an appointment with an immigration lawyer in January. I have a work contract, so I should be able to stay in Japan for at least another year, but hopefully longer. I'll know more next year!
Happy New Year! Thank you all for sticking with me even though I've mostly been MIA this year. I hope we can all keep in touch in 2017 too.
I'll end this final post of 2016 with a collection of my favourite pictures from 2016. It's been an eventful year. One for the books. Definitely one I'll remember for ever.
Let's start with December and go back in time.
If 2015 was the year I made things happen, then 2016 was the year I let things happen. I learnt to take control, and now I'm learning to let go and go with the flow - in a healthy way.
I moved to Japan
I kept my freelance business going
I got an annual passport for Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea
I went apartment hunting and ended up buying a house
I signed up for and sat the JLPT (N2)
I'm slowly learning to live by myself
I've taken lots of pictures
I have met a lot of new people
I have plans for fun projects for 2017
My future is still a little up in the air. I have an appointment with an immigration lawyer in January. I have a work contract, so I should be able to stay in Japan for at least another year, but hopefully longer. I'll know more next year!
Happy New Year! Thank you all for sticking with me even though I've mostly been MIA this year. I hope we can all keep in touch in 2017 too.
I'll end this final post of 2016 with a collection of my favourite pictures from 2016. It's been an eventful year. One for the books. Definitely one I'll remember for ever.
Let's start with December and go back in time.