Well, nearly all 365 (and 1/4) days of 2014 have passed, and that means... RESOLUTIONS. -gasp- I have an overarching one this year, which is simply to be more consistent. Those who know me probably also know that I am notoriously flaky. The only thing I've ever really stuck with is Aikido (a super cool super awesome Japanese martial art) which I've been doing for 8.5 years and counting. Other than that, I tend to get bored once the novelty of things wear off and disappear into the horizon, never to be seen or heard from again. Hopefully, this blog will show my ability to stick to this resolution instead of the total opposite /: AH WELL...
The end of the year is also a time of reflection, and I can safely say that while I don't regret 2014, I never want to repeat it. EVER. LIKE, NEVER. Even more times than Taylor Swift sang/said it. Seriously. There were so many trying moments this year, and I shed lots of tears and made a ton of angry dragon noises. Even so, I think I did what I could under the circumstances, hence the "no regrets" bit of the statement. I won't say I did my best, because I genuinely never know how people can say that. Hindsight is 20/20, after all, and I can probably be declared legally blind in terms of my "in-the-moment vision". There's always the "I could've started earlier" or "I could've been more productive" or the "I should have done more", even if you spent months in several libraries and Starbucks/Coffee Bean branches drinking endless cups of tea and chocolate for hours on end as you tried so hard to cram everything in. So how do people say they've tried their best? Perhaps I've just never reached that point? Either way, I'm proud of my efforts, though I'm also disappointed as I don't think I'll have all that much to show for them.
2014 has also been kind to me, in that the people around me have stayed and supported me. The friends I made, be it 1 or 5 or 10 years ago all offered what they could in terms of encouragement and even physical notes. SO TOUCHING OMG -insert crying emoji here- and I had so many study buddies, HTHT buddies and crying buddies it's actually pretty funny. There were people who were in more than one category, of course, but the point is that I HAVE FRIENDS. WHO ARE LIKE FAMILY. MY FRENMILY? (TvT) <3 These people should honestly get awards for existing, because their lives are like giant beams of sunlight minus the glare, but with all the warmth and fuzziness attached. You know who you are. I LUBB CHOO MANY MANY.
I'm not sure what 2015 will bring but I'm 99% sure that with the aforementioned individuals (plus my real family, of course), I'll be able to get through it just fine.
PS. The 1% is any apocalyptic event. In those instances just die la. That, or the rapture. Does that count as apocalyptic? Dunno. But same same la. So bring on 2015, and bring on the twenties, hahahaha
On a random side note, I'm so amused by how this is both my first post (ever) and also my last (for the year).
HAPPY (ANG MOH) NEW YEAR EVERYONE! ;D
Signing off with sunshine, sparkles and sakura petals,
Andrea(;
