"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live."
There is joy in the little things. This post is a homage to the goodness of 2016, the little things that helped push things forward for me when all the bad things happened.
January started with some really tough decisions. I was working in London doing freelance design work and getting paid a fair bit but the commuting was killing me, so I had to make a decision. The balance of leaving everything behind to start over again in London just didn't make sense anymore. The positive was I started journaling, making notes on how I felt and it made the decisions so much easier. I don't think I could be without the Hobonichi.
Looking for work became very bleak and I did an internship which reinforced my plans to not move to London because using the tube all the time and being alone so often felt like a breaking point. When I got back I became so unwell and had to take time out. I kind of lost direction for a while and only recently have I realised I don't need direction. I've made some pretty cool stuff with crafts and even my very first self-built PC.
I decided at the later end of 2016 that there was one person I could always rely on to make me truly happy and that was me. I spent so much time in 2015 worrying who liked me and what I was missing out on, in 2016 I embraced the art of just being by myself. Lonely at times but totally wonderful for focussing on new hobbies and the old ones too!
I want 2017 to be about growing who I am. Working on being back to the fit and hopeful person I was in 2010. My hopes are to read more and to take more photos, to leave behind selfies and social networks that make me feel hopeless or ironically lonelier.
Viva la 2017!
Quote by J K Rowling
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