2012 was an interesting year.

At the tail end of 2011 I had vague plans to maybe go on a working holiday to Canada in 2012. But I also kind of fell in love with a girl from New Zealand. Then in January she unexpectedly had to return to New Zealand, so that was pretty much a massive bummer. But on the plus side, having met her was a pretty important thing to have happened to me.

Anyway, after having one last coffee with her at the end of January, I kind of drifted along in a weird daze for a while. Applied for my Canadian visa, got it.

I went to Vienna with a guy from work in May, which was pretty awesome. He dragged me to the graves of Strauss, and Beethoven and Brahms, and so forth.

Got promoted at work to senior advisor, after having done basically the job of a senior advisor for over six months. No pay rise obviously. Fucking Glasgow lowest-bidder financial outsourcing bullshit.

After that. It was a matter of waiting for my friend's wedding plans in to fall into place. He was getting married in Georgia, USA, so I would use this is a springboard to get to Canada to save money.

July rolled around and I quit my job, got on a plane to Reykjavik, stayed there for a couple days, then onward to New York, stayed a couple days, then on to Atlanta for the wedding. Fun times with awesome people out in the middle of nowhere. Then stayed with friend's family in Atlanta itself for a week, then flew on to Seattle, stayed there for five days. Took a trip to Mt. Rainier, which is FUCKING RIDICULOUSLY HUGE.

Then, a train to Vancouver, and I lived in Burnaby for a couple months, got a job in a phone/game console/laptop repair shop, working for a crazy delusional, but reasonably nice pothead. Then moved to the most boring neighbourhood in all of Vancouver, Marpole.

Then got a job as a ski lift operator at Cypress Mountain, which I now do, but it's a two hour commute each way, so as soon as my lease ends I am fucking out of here.

Still in love with that girl, who I might never see again, which fucking sucks. And I miss my friends and family. But overall, things are more interesting than they were in Glasgow.

As for 2013, I hope to finish up the ski season, then go on another lengthy trip across the continent, and then maybe just go home for the second half of the year, learn to drive, and look into options for 2014, maybe New Zealand, maybe Canada again, maybe something else entirely. Woo!

I never really had a set in stone 2012 resolution. Although I think my main goals were to study hard to get out of this country and continue somewhere else. I've achieved that and got the grades to leave this summer.
I suppose I failed sorta on the whole start a band front. Well, I mean I did join a band but we didn't get as far as we hoped. Did a few gigs here and there but never got into any routine with maybe practice once every 2 weeks. This coming year hoping to rectify that and starting by recording a few demos later this month. Really excited for a make or break year.

I've got on a terrible way of living the past year or so too. Booze and drugs have been probably the two most prominent things of the last year and two things that I want to cut out of this year. I was at one point smoking pot at least twice a week, that im changing. For 2013 i'm going off ALL drugs for good. It's not going to be easy. I'm cutting down on my booze intake. I've been drinking way too much and although it brings about good times, i'm going to try and have the same amount of fun without getting plastered every Friday/Saturday night.
Final resolution is to take the plunge on a chick i've always liked. I've been hooking up with random chicks over the past 6 months since my now-ex girlfriend left for University. I'm a sucker for relationships and need to get that part back and hopefully with this girl i've liked for a long, long time.

I'm 18 now and the thought of turning 19 is quite scary despite only being one year older, it just sounds like a lot more responsibility. Here's to 2013, let's hope it's a good one!

My goal for 2012 was to get my dancer's body back and I did :) So my goal for 2013 is to practice my flexibility and technique with my dancing. I've kind of lost my touch, especially with all the holiday eating, but a boy will be getting it back, you better believe that.

Another thing I accomplished was a healthy reunion with my whole family and reconciliation with my mother. My father is still totally out of the picture, but I'm ok with that.

I'm also mentally more stable and healthier than ever! I no longer suffer from depression nor need medication for anxiety and for my now used-to-be insomniac phases...totally gone. Matter of fact, I'm shamefully falling asleep too early now lol

I managed to take a lot of happy pictures of myself this year. I also noticed that in pictures that people take of me, I am smiling a whole lot more. I'm just a happier person in general.

My love life finally rocks too ;)

For 2013, I hope to continue all of this, and be more involved in the RP sections of this forums, because that's what I enjoy.

More importantly, I hope to open up more to world and show my talent, because I am far too shy and I need to prove that I too can be a cool banana in my very own way lol :P

Edited by user 03 January 2013 02:19:02(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Oh no :( I'm so sorry to hear that. This kind of thing is so unfortunate and difficult to deal with, and I can't imagine how hard it must be to deal with all of that, to make matter worse in a short spaced amount of time. Believe it or not, you are very loved here and you bring a lot of smiles and laughter to people on this forum and that's important to us here. Even with what you've been through, you still manage to have such a bright spirit here on the forums. I know deep down that reflect the person you are as well, keep that in thought, and I know things will get better for you! Stay strong my friend!

So....we're on February now. How did everyone do with their New Year's resolutions throughout January?

Personally for me I have had: Zero cigarettes, zero units of alcohol and zero meat. I think that counts as 100% success. Only 11 more to go.