Review and reflection.
Dec. 31st, 2014 01:26 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lollypoxThis has been a strange year.
I don't make resolutions and I don't waste time on regrets. However, I like to reflect on the year, or a concept, or make some kind of plot about the next year.
2014
Opened quietly, and I was up to my elbows in projects everywhere. I overcommitted myself in the late winter and early spring.
My job overcommitted me heavily, after I'd lodged a protest about that very thing during 2013.
I branched out, seeking a new event in a state I'd never been to, visiting cities I'd never seen, and spending some one on one time with my mother.
Speaking of one-on-one time, I started seeking time like this with my friends more often, rather than the huge "EVERYONE AT ONCE" experience of big parties.
I was on-task for many of my events this year, and since some of them won't be repeated again, that was really nice.
I got more business for my side business, which was also nice.
I had a series of roommates, though I will miss the Matched Set the most. Best roommates ever; paid rent on time, didn't bring too much stuff, liked their space and decorated it heavily, had an awesome pet, loved to discuss fanfiction with me, and were generally fun to be around. They also knew how to keep to themselves.
One of my roommates has been out of work and unable to pay rent. On the other hand she contributes heavily to my sanity and helps with the house and yard work. While this does not erase her debt to me, it does decrease it quite a lot.
The other current roommate has some of the hallmarks of a good roommate and some of the hallmarks of a bad one. We'll see how that works out.
Of course, the big news in my year are the two wonderful lovers I've welcomed back into my life, and their influence is all over my world. We chose our path carefully this time and what we are building is stable, sane, and sustainable. It is also filled with love, affection, respect, adoration, and intense chemistry.
It is their influence that brings me to contemplate the word "Joy" for the season.
2015 is crowding into place. It is eager to meet me and has tons of stuff for me. I can almost picture it behind the door, dancing in place, wearing a huge backpack bulging with random shapes.
The big news for the new year is that this is the year that my husband returns to me. This is the year that I can perhaps stop treading water and start to swim again. This is the year when I can start to plan my life and my future again, with him.
This is the year when I will be in charge of things that I set in motion years ago. This is the year when I get to share my vision, so I had better be clear and focused on that.
This is the year when everything will change, and while change is scary, it's something I'm reasonably good at.
So my plans for the year include:
Finding my husband a new job (or helping him regain his previous one.)
Seeking out more side business
Intense quality time with my beautiful lovers
Intense quality time with my husband upon his return
Negotiating what the hell to do with all of that when he's back home
Attending events and promoting my own events
More singing
More dancing
Tune the piano and encourage my husband to play for me
Settling debts
Learning more about myself.
These aren't things I 'resolve' to do. These are actual plans.
My future's so bright, I have to wear shades!
I don't make resolutions and I don't waste time on regrets. However, I like to reflect on the year, or a concept, or make some kind of plot about the next year.
2014
Opened quietly, and I was up to my elbows in projects everywhere. I overcommitted myself in the late winter and early spring.
My job overcommitted me heavily, after I'd lodged a protest about that very thing during 2013.
I branched out, seeking a new event in a state I'd never been to, visiting cities I'd never seen, and spending some one on one time with my mother.
Speaking of one-on-one time, I started seeking time like this with my friends more often, rather than the huge "EVERYONE AT ONCE" experience of big parties.
I was on-task for many of my events this year, and since some of them won't be repeated again, that was really nice.
I got more business for my side business, which was also nice.
I had a series of roommates, though I will miss the Matched Set the most. Best roommates ever; paid rent on time, didn't bring too much stuff, liked their space and decorated it heavily, had an awesome pet, loved to discuss fanfiction with me, and were generally fun to be around. They also knew how to keep to themselves.
One of my roommates has been out of work and unable to pay rent. On the other hand she contributes heavily to my sanity and helps with the house and yard work. While this does not erase her debt to me, it does decrease it quite a lot.
The other current roommate has some of the hallmarks of a good roommate and some of the hallmarks of a bad one. We'll see how that works out.
Of course, the big news in my year are the two wonderful lovers I've welcomed back into my life, and their influence is all over my world. We chose our path carefully this time and what we are building is stable, sane, and sustainable. It is also filled with love, affection, respect, adoration, and intense chemistry.
It is their influence that brings me to contemplate the word "Joy" for the season.
2015 is crowding into place. It is eager to meet me and has tons of stuff for me. I can almost picture it behind the door, dancing in place, wearing a huge backpack bulging with random shapes.
The big news for the new year is that this is the year that my husband returns to me. This is the year that I can perhaps stop treading water and start to swim again. This is the year when I can start to plan my life and my future again, with him.
This is the year when I will be in charge of things that I set in motion years ago. This is the year when I get to share my vision, so I had better be clear and focused on that.
This is the year when everything will change, and while change is scary, it's something I'm reasonably good at.
So my plans for the year include:
Finding my husband a new job (or helping him regain his previous one.)
Seeking out more side business
Intense quality time with my beautiful lovers
Intense quality time with my husband upon his return
Negotiating what the hell to do with all of that when he's back home
Attending events and promoting my own events
More singing
More dancing
Tune the piano and encourage my husband to play for me
Settling debts
Learning more about myself.
These aren't things I 'resolve' to do. These are actual plans.
My future's so bright, I have to wear shades!
