Exits, Entrances
Dec. 27th, 2008 09:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rhyllThere have been rather a lot of '2008, year in review' posts going around, but when I sat down to try it the whole thing seemed a bit... flat.
The biggest changes have been in the Relationships area, and most of that seems too difficult to write about. Joy and pain and hard work and exploration, and more to come.
This year I've been reminded again and again of how important friends and family are to me. I'm still trying to get the right balance between appreciating everything people bring to my life, and feeling like I don't give enough in return.
Uni work has...well...hmm.... I feel like I've made progress, and that my thesis is coming along reasonably well, but the fact that it still isn't finished is Looming. Apart from that, I enjoyed teaching and lecturing. I think the tutoring went better than the lecturing. I'm also glad that I managed to fit in some 'professional development'-ish stuff, including the recent masterclass and the internship(s) in India (which seem years away, now).
My Greek is getting better, although I don't feel like I've hit any milestones there yet.
My fiction-writing has been slow, but I've written a few things that I feel alright about.
So, in summary...no major achievements, but I don't feel too badly about it all.
I don't have resolutions for next year, but there are a few areas I'd like to work on.
If I don't get my thesis finished, there'd better be a good reason for it.
I want to feel more rooted - the last few months have felt scattered and unsettled, and I haven't felt like my (metaphorical) house is in order.
I need to sort out my anxieties, part of which will involve letting go of the idea of myself as an anxious person.
I want to find fun exercise to do, and grow more things, and spend good time with friends, and practice the accordion. I want to pass my Greek exams, and write more fiction, and maybe try to get more of my thesis published. I want to do more craft.
In the more immediate future - I'm going to Mexico tomorrow! I've been feeling terribly nervous about this the last few days, but after seeing M (the Mexican friend we are travelling with) I'm feeling much better. She seems to have good ideas about keeping us safe while we're there, and I'm quite excited about going to Cuba, and meeting M's family and getting see Mexico. Part of my nervousness has been because Christmas and other bits and pieces have made the last couple of weeks feel very rushed, and I don't really feel like I've done everything I needed to do, or seen everyone I wanted to see. So I'm trying to remember that it's just a short trip, and that it'll be a good adventure.
Sorry for so many words! Thank you for being such lovely people this year! Best wishes for the next year! Exclamation marks! *waves*
The biggest changes have been in the Relationships area, and most of that seems too difficult to write about. Joy and pain and hard work and exploration, and more to come.
This year I've been reminded again and again of how important friends and family are to me. I'm still trying to get the right balance between appreciating everything people bring to my life, and feeling like I don't give enough in return.
Uni work has...well...hmm.... I feel like I've made progress, and that my thesis is coming along reasonably well, but the fact that it still isn't finished is Looming. Apart from that, I enjoyed teaching and lecturing. I think the tutoring went better than the lecturing. I'm also glad that I managed to fit in some 'professional development'-ish stuff, including the recent masterclass and the internship(s) in India (which seem years away, now).
My Greek is getting better, although I don't feel like I've hit any milestones there yet.
My fiction-writing has been slow, but I've written a few things that I feel alright about.
So, in summary...no major achievements, but I don't feel too badly about it all.
I don't have resolutions for next year, but there are a few areas I'd like to work on.
If I don't get my thesis finished, there'd better be a good reason for it.
I want to feel more rooted - the last few months have felt scattered and unsettled, and I haven't felt like my (metaphorical) house is in order.
I need to sort out my anxieties, part of which will involve letting go of the idea of myself as an anxious person.
I want to find fun exercise to do, and grow more things, and spend good time with friends, and practice the accordion. I want to pass my Greek exams, and write more fiction, and maybe try to get more of my thesis published. I want to do more craft.
In the more immediate future - I'm going to Mexico tomorrow! I've been feeling terribly nervous about this the last few days, but after seeing M (the Mexican friend we are travelling with) I'm feeling much better. She seems to have good ideas about keeping us safe while we're there, and I'm quite excited about going to Cuba, and meeting M's family and getting see Mexico. Part of my nervousness has been because Christmas and other bits and pieces have made the last couple of weeks feel very rushed, and I don't really feel like I've done everything I needed to do, or seen everyone I wanted to see. So I'm trying to remember that it's just a short trip, and that it'll be a good adventure.
Sorry for so many words! Thank you for being such lovely people this year! Best wishes for the next year! Exclamation marks! *waves*