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The first question of the 2013 Countdown Challenge is:How has your year of 2012 been?

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Looking back, despite my being a human version of Tard the Grumpy Cat, 2012 really has been a fairly-good year.
Academically, I’ve been going back to college after failing out 20 years ago, pursuing a degree which will allow me to get off of 12-hour rotating-shift work and onto a day-shift job, which my wife set as a condition of our staying married (her kids will both be out of the house by June 2015, and she’d then be spending long periods alone with me asleep or off at work- which she’s not willing to do). Started in 2011, actually, but 3 of my 5 required semesters for my Associates degree took place this year – and I have a 3.93 GPA at the moment. Notably, this semester, I was stupid and took 3 courses, with 2 of them being HARD – Java Programming 1, which was difficult but fun, and Applied Calculus 1, which was just hard. I failed calculus twice 20 years ago; I just got my grades back for this semester, getting As in Java 1 and Western Civ 2, and a B in calculus (my first non-A in this pass at college). Since I failed it twice before, getting an 88 this time around? I’m thrilled. An A would have been fantastic, but y’know what? I’m FINE with an 88 in a course that I failed twice before. One more semester and I’ll have my Associates in IT, will likely have at least my A+ certification as well, and be in a much better position to try to move over into my employer’s IT department. More than that, it kicked my desire to continue my education and finish my Bachelors degree into high gear. I wasted several opportunities in the past; while I’m not obsessing over those, I’m also now determined to learn from my mistakes and not waste the opportunities I have now.
In my relationship: well, it’s not great. We’ve been married 4 years, together closing on 8, and while we have a comfortable “roommate” relationship, well, we’re married. There ought to be more, right? I think I’ve figured out at least part of what’s wrong, and am (slowly) working on my side of things. It remains to be seen whether it will rejuvenate our relationship or not, but either way, I’ll be a better man because of it, so it’ll be worth it just for that. And I really think it will make the relationship better, too. Fingers crossed and committed to some hard work.
Part of that will also be fitness related. I spent most of 2012 drifting, more or less, in that respect. My diet’s bad, my exercise habits worse – or maybe the other way ’round, actually. Earlier this month, it was like I woke up – I was suddenly much more motivated to begin working on this and my relationship issues. I haven’t done much, compared to what I need to do, but I’m walking, and have lost a few pounds over the last 2 weeks. Gathered a baseline for some basic strength training as well (bodyweight only, as my work schedule really doesn’t permit me to go to a gym), and while it’s less than spectacular, it’s not quite as hopeless as I’d thought it would be. Giving myself permission to try and not completely succeed? It’s been, liberating, I suppose is the word, and makes me hopeful that I can stick with it better now. That’s a mindset I’ve not had before.
A huge part of it is my pessimism and cynicism. Again, I haven’t changed those qualities in myself yet – but the determination and effort to do so started a few weeks ago, so that’s another good thing about this year. I don’t HAVE to be negative, I don’t HAVE to be grumpy, I don’t HAVE to be pessimistic and cynical, I don’t HAVE to be shy and retiring and lacking in self-confidence and assertiveness. It’s a little ‘Stuart Smalley’, but dog-gone it, I *AM* good enough and smart enough, and people DO like me! Time to accept that I don’t have to be perfect to be “good enough”, to be liked, to be accepted, to be confident!
I’m not confident yet – but I will be. And I’ll succeed. And it started here, this year.
Hi!
My 2012 has been quite eventful: lots of revelations, hurt, near panic attacks and the like. But it also held a lot of love, growth and happiness. A lot has changed and even more will in the next year, but I can finally say that I’m looking forward to it ^_^
Also to add that:
8) I have realised that I am responsible for my journey – and its not those who may make my life miserable by their deeds, harsh words,comments etc – in the end, its all about how I take it and how I choose to persevere and move on.
My year 2012 has been rather unexpected.
1) I joined my new company and seemed to have a lot of support from my superior. After helping to bring all the clients over, I was and still am being sidelined and have been reduced to being literally an office girl. On top of that, I suddenly got appraised that I can’t write well and a whole list which was uncalled for.
2) Its been a year of putting up with the office politics as its not safe to job hop for my kind of job.
3) Nature has helped me to part with an acquaintence who has been making use of me and without me realising, I have been sacrificing alot of my time and mental peace for her. She changed jobs and as she is no longer working in my zone, I feel like a great burden has been lifted off me.
4) I have realised how the business world is and also realised more about myself. Basically alot of self reflection has been done.
5) I failed an exam that I re-sat for and am surprised as I was confident of passing.
6) I have realised the value of getting rid of unwanted thoughts and not imagining too much – which costs me alot of my money.
7) I have realised the value of controlling how much I spend.
Overall I would say 2012 was an okay year. A lot of different ups and downs, but I’m thankful to be alive, healthy, and surrounded by loved ones. Boys and grades have been my main preoccupations this year. Had a steady boyfriend from October of 2011 until the end of April this year. I still haven’t really recovered from that breakup, all of the pain and regrets from the relationship and the breakup continues to weigh heavy on my heart and I can’t seem to forgive myself for it all. So I feel like I’ve dragged a lot of that through 2012. I’ve had a couple random flings here and there with a few boys, but nothing super serious. I really want a boyfriend, but I know I should be enjoying the single life and all of that business.
In terms of grades, I’ve worked my butt off since the end of first semester freshman year of college (finished the semester with a 3.27, it was horrible!) to raise my GPA and do well in college. I’ve done well, raising myself up to a 3.61 by the beginning of my junior year. However, this semester (first semester of my junior year) I REALLY struggled. I started my upper division classes for my major and I had a real rough time. I felt like I was working very hard in some of my classes but not getting any positive results from it. Then there were other classes where I couldn’t motivate myself to work that hard and it reflected in my grades. Now I’m worried I may have failed one of the core classes in my major, I could end up on academic probation, and the GPA that I worked so hard to achieve may be completely swept away. Not only that but due to the major that I’m in, I already have an internship offer and I’m worried that when the firm sees my grades, they may no longer want to keep me with there company and with my new, horrible GPA, none of the other firms would even want to consider me. I will also have a harder time getting into competitive graduate schools if that was the path I wanted to take. I just messed up at the worst possible time for myself and I feel like this semester is going to completely drag me down. I’m worried for my future in 2013.
Sorry for the block of text, I didn’t realize it would be so long!!
2012, I am late to join but I will catch up on answering these countdown questions!
Lets see, 2012 was a year where I lost and found things. Painful chapters in my life as I “grew up”. Just to name a few. I was a workaholic where I had a volatile relationship with my boss. He abused my mentally and tried to tear me down. If I did not meet him, I would not have realize how “strong” i could be, I would not realize how much I could do. I learned that meeting people you clash with will only makes you better. Now I am at a new workplace (my previous job open that opportunity for me) , the workload is a lot but I am happy. I work smart and am slowly letting go of my “work is everything attitude.”. :dance:
I am a recovering addict who took a step in getting help. Became more honest and I am starting to feel in my heart (who knew it could work all this time, having emotions rock.) I am beginning to like the person staring back at me in the mirror and enjoy an occasional laugh by myself. :hug:
Overall 2012 has been a great year as I am learning to be comfortable with me. :love:
I would have to say 2012 hasn’t been a bad year. My daughters have excelled in school. Easter was shared with family and loved ones. Summer was a blast hanging by the river, tanning and swimming as I watched my girls splash around. I was able to allow my oldest daughter to attend 4-H camp for a week which was a wonderful experience for her. We took a family trip to Pigeon Forge for a weekend. My girls got to go to Jacksonville, N.C. to visit their father for a month. Financially, the year was a bit rough but we made it through. Halloween was excellent. The start of the school year has so far been terrific for both of my girls. Thanksgiving was a great time. I can’t believe this year is almost over!
This year has had its ups and downs. I was laid off, I have been in a rocky relationship, I found a great job and working on making my relationship stronger. I am excited about the year to come and am confident that things will be even better.
2012 has been a year of ups and downs. We had some tragedies – lost a beloved pet and my husband’s grandmother at the beginning of the year. My dad spent almost a month in the hospital and my father-in-law underwent heart surgery.
But the good, in my opinion, far outweigh the bad. We moved to a new city, have excelled in our careers, spent a lot of time with family and enjoyed as much of the summer as we could. We are also expecting our first child, due in April. I can’t wait to see what 2013 brings! :)
Mixed I suppose. Like most years. Some definite highs and 2 distinct lows. I had 2 people leave the organisation saying they are unable to work with me.(one whom had been a friend, so that hurt.)
This also happened in 2011 (1 person) and in 2010 (6 people), Sounds bad doesn’t it? However there are difficult circumstances involved and it IS linked to my role and responsibilities in trying to unravel and solve a very toxic organisational situation, I can say though that it has been quite harrowing and emotionally exhausting. And the right outcomes in the end.
I always try to learn from every situation and to see if there is anything I could do better in the future. Obviously I am one of the individuals in this situation and want to be clear on my role and behaviour and on continuously improving who I am and what I do.
So that’s work.
Personally, I have a difficult relationship with a manipulative elderly mother who is slowly dying from lung disease, 7 siblings spread over the country with whom I am friendly but not extremely close, a handful of friends I catch up with once or twice a year, a husband and 3 teenage children who communicate in grunts and not much else. When I look back I realise that my overwhelming feelings about the year are stress, loneliness and isolation. And tiredness – don’t forget the tiredness!
Do I want things to be different next year – You bet! How? Well I suppose that’s what the next few posts are to going to help me work out but I feel interpersonal relationships will definitely need some attention. Diet, exercise and a new career direction will feature too. That’s probably enough for a start. Overall goal: to be the best person I can be.
2012 has been a year of slow progress, but progress nonetheless. Slow progress but the year has gone by so fast!!
This year I have revised my financial mindset and behaviour, to some success and refocused on my health. I’m nearing completion of a complete career change that has involved 6-7 years of returning to Uni, selling my house to fund it all, numerous setbacks etc etc. Finally, i have been accepted this year on to the final stage of qualification. So the end is in sight, and i’m VERY pleased about that! Though its not really the end, just another beginning!
I have to say, it’s been tough going. You know when you wonder why you ever started all this?!! Yea, there have been many times. When I decided to do this, I lost a lot of my friends, who didn’t understand why I would give up everything like that. I guess for me it would have been on my bucket list to do, or I would have always been wondering and wishing! Not true friends I guess, but it still hurts to realise that. And its a LONELY path to follow!
Another major achievement in 2012 has been to visit Thailand and Laos – 2 places that i’d heard about. I guess I have a soft spot for Asia generally, though I had never been! Sailing up the Mekong on a barge, what an experience! Vietnam and Burma next I hope.
2012 also saw me re-prioritise my life somewhat, by joining a local gym and going twice a week, every week. I’d like to go more, at least once more per week, but i’ve allowed work to control my life too much this year again. In terms of prioritys, I see my family alll getting older, slowing down. It comes to us all, one day, so it has helped me to see what and who really matters in life.
So there I have the beginnings of my list of goals for 2013 as well! Goodbye to 2012, its been amazing, but I know 2013 is really going to take off!
2012 is my homeless year. Around mid January my brother and I decided to leave home because my family was about to be evicted from our apartment. Our mom was slowly recovering from events that has caused her to become manic depressant so the apartment knew from a family center that they couldn’t kick her or my dad our right away or it could trigger a relapse, however my brother and I decided to pack our things and prepare for the worst. He stayed with friends while I started to stay at one night shelters. It was a real eye opening experience because it hit me that I was homeless and there wasn’t much I could do except continue calling to make sure my name was on a list for a youth shelter.
After a month of calling and switch between home and shelter (i did so to make sure I din’t stay accustomed to one place or another) I finally got accepted, along with my brother to the youth shelter the same day. We stayed there, met people and learn to adapt to our situation. I had met someone there who really influenced me but unfortunately got intimate with while I was in a long distance relationship. Even then I found it had inflicted negatively because this person had issues they weren’t willing to deal with and i tried my hardest to reach them though he wouldn’t accept it. I finally had to let it go by the time I moved into a transtional house in April.
I had been working hard to make sure I get a room at a transtional house within the system and after a few months I succeeded. My brother continued to stay in the shelter for the four months he was allowed to and moved in with his friends again. I was able to have a more stable living place meet new people who’ve been through what I’ve been through and started to feel connected. I still stayed in touch with my family as we develoepd the habit of eating out together as a family. I had a lot of good and bad tmes at the transitonal house, had my heart broken by the person at the shelter, started going to therapy and became more social.
What’s more I actually had a thanksgiving dinner! It was the first time I’ve had one in ten years, because y mom was working but it felt great. I was with my friends at the house, had turkey, pumpkin pie, and at my request Red Velvet Cake. it was a great day because after we topped it off by watching 007 Skyfall with friends.
The year has been intense but it has gotten better and I can’t help but feel grateful for what has happened. I’ve changed in so many ways and had opportunities I’d never though could happen
Tough year! But I’m glad it’s getting better. I pray that 2013 will be a better one for you and your family.
2012 was a turning point for me as my life took a 360 turn. I left my corporate job in late 2011 and I greeted 2012 jobless but with a positive attitude that everything would turn out fine. And it did. And more.
It was a year of growth in ways I never thought I would.
It was a year of reinforcing bonds with family especially with my son who was a bit neglected when I was still working. It’s really hard balancing work and mommy duties and I salute women who can do both.
It was a year of discovery. I learned new concepts on peaceful parenting from a couple of Facebook and Google Plus groups which I joined this year. They are all about taking it slow, being present and being simple. These are concepts that I am learning and trying to adapt in my own family.
its good that you’ve been through a lot. I hope that you can get the job you want and continue to grow
Hi Bryan,
Thank you for the kind words. I forgot to mention, I did found work midway thru the year and it’s a work-from-home job so I’m good. It doesn’t pay as much but it allows me to see my son grow. And we are able to do more things together now so I’m happy. My husband still has his regular job so we’re still good. =)
Good x
It’s been eventful:
I got a new, more interesting job that pays more and is
Closer to home
I did a half marathon
I went to Germany
My friend from Germany visited me
I did 8 weeks of The Artist’s Way
I did the paleo diet for about a month
I met some great people at work
I met some great people on a meditation and a
Psychology course
I found a great therapist
I started decorating my home
I’ve had a great idea for a novel
I did a 10k in under 1 hour
My parenting has improved somewhat
My relationship with my mum has improved somewhat
I did a physio course of 10 weeks but didn’t do the
Home exercises
My grandad died and I missed his funeral
My cat died
My relationship with my ex is still uncertain and difficult
I’ve grown further apart from my extended family
I turned 30 in 2012.
I had my worse performance in my job in 2012.
I got into India’s top 3rd Business School.
I suffered from unbearable pain from a girl whom I loved more than my life.
I gained 10 Kgs of weight due to acute depression.
I started on alcohol to kill my depression.
I lost my mind and now I am unable to concentrate on my studies.
Last but not the least , I lost my self , by loving someone whom I should’t have. I am not the same man.
2012 started off terrible beginning with last half of 2011. However by the end of January early February 2012, I fell in love with my neighbor who I didn’t know at the time was the one leaving a rose or some type of sentiment at my door. Until we were doing laundry (apartment setting) we actually really met officially and when Jeff found out after checking from people who knew and know me my age is exactly what I said. Jeff is 13 years younger, however, we hit it off much to both of our surprise. We have been together since. The joke is the Woman rocking the cradle :dance: :angel: We did see each other daily before we knew each other, didn’t give it another thought. For our 1 year coming up we are taking a long awaited vacation to Hawaii. Since we both work and enjoy people, there is 10 couples going including us. My whole point is just because someone is alot older or younger than you, the right person may just be that person and it doesn’t matter what others say or not say, smartypants remarks, those are the people just laugh to yourself and bet he or she isn’t this happy. I have had a pretty good year after meeting and being with Jeff.
For the first time in my life, I have been at funeral twice and seen someone dead. Once in January, my fiancé’s grandfather, and second time in February, my own paternal uncle who died in a tragic car accident. March saw new job opportunity. April and May were plain struggling of relationship with the person I love getting physically violent. June was reconnecting with my eldest uncle for the first time in my life. July saw me move back to my old organization with a promotion. August was the month of tears, breakup, patching and also a short trip to EU. September, October & November were again the months with my relationship roller-coaster sometimes travelling in happy zone and sometimes in such conflicting zones that it was maddening. December – the person I love the most and who is my world is breaking free and leaving. :(
Overall 2012 has been a very good year for me. Like any year, it has some ups and downs, but I think the ups more than balance out the downs. I think I’ve done a good job continuing to grow this year and am looking forward to this challenge helping me continue in that direction.
My 2012 was not very eventful. My grandmother passed away in the beginning of the year who was the light of my life. The rest of the year flew by with nothing much in between. My daughter turned two and I have been so wanting to work, either set up my own knitwear business or start writing freelance for a living , but haven’t managed to achieve much in either of these. So a very so so year for me.Now I wonder why did i let time just fly by me so easily. I hope the next year is not the same as this. I am hoping to change my life for the better. Not earning has really got me frustrated and dissatisfied with life.
It has been a year of change for me. Moving to a new state. Having a child. A year where I felt more in control of the choices I was making.
2012 was a year full of new experience and adventures…most of them having a positive impact on my life.
I started a new job in Dec 2011 but the ‘real job activities’ didn’t start until 2012. It’s a fun and challenging work team and environment. As I enter the last 7-10 years of work, I consider myself fortunate to being working at the company.
My children are doing well. My daughter started her final year in a Nursing degree program. She’s going to be a great nurse. It’s been her passion since she was a young child. My son started law school at Northwestern, just getting into the school was an accomplishment
I traveled to Istanbul to meet my son. I was in Bulgaria on business and he was spending 3 months traveling through Europe before starting law school. He was misty eyed as we parted…me for the States and him for Croatia. I treasure our relationship and continued closeness.
I traveled with my Dave, my partner, to Peru and Ecuador. We hiked the Inca Trail in Peru It was a tough 4 days but we loved every minute. Ecuador was incredibly beautiful. I would recommend it to anyone who loves to travel and experience different cultures.
My parents and my siblings families are healthy. We continue sharing the holidays together. I hope these traditions continue with my children and their cousins as they begin having families of their own.
I am happy, feel incredibly lucky and try to take nothing and no one for granted. Here is to a good 2013.
it is really a year of change but a little. I have start to have a life handbook. It help me to improve my life and it keep me to keep ask what I want and know what I do. Second, I make a bucket list for myself and it wonderful I have make such a wonderful year. There is such a wonderful thing I have archive. More about my family, I build a better relationship with them. I paid a wonderful day and pretty enjoy all wonderful thing in my life. In short, it is pretty good. Leny
My 2012 was quite successful.
I had it well planned from 2011. So almost everything went as planned by God’s grace.
There were some downs and ups though.
Well my lower point was a disappointment i had from my bankers.
They looked down upon me when I wanted to open a Corporate account for my NGO.
The manager’s irritating remark was “such a young boy like you” can’t own such an account in our bank for your NGO.
It took me two days of counseling and encouragements from my advisers to get over it. But all is well now.
This isn’t been the greatest of years. A job that was frustrating, living in a place I am not thrilled about, relationships that aren’t what I expected.
With all that, though, I am still thankful to God for the blessing I have. I have money to pay my bills, I am nearly done graduating from colllege, I have my health, I have a roof over my head and a bed to sleep in. These are things many people dont have. God is good !! :heart:
2012 is the worse time of my life. It has completely left me devasted and I find life completely meaningless. The constant thought of ending my life is playing in my head. I am wondering why is it that today is not the end of the world.
Over all it was great year. There were trails and area’s but they all build character and life changing things. Lots of trips to leadership conferences. :dance: a great man that supports me in anything and everything I choose to do.. :D :clap:
Not so great..life lessons about learning
how to deal with loss
2012 has been refreshing year for me, from the second half onwards. The first half of the year was basically chasing health and, focusing mainly on my day work.
From May onwards, there were many changes
→ I delivered two major projects on one year and took up a new project in which I have no experience in, hence greater learning curve for me at work.
→ I resumed my running routine, and \added skipping and sit-ups for the rainy days. I took up yoga again after a year’s hiatus, and learned to relax, meditate and sit straight, improved my body posture
→ I started taking up tuition assignments, got proud of my students’ results, and moved on to accepting new assignments for the next year after repeated requests from my students. I realized I love teaching, guiding / mentoring children.
→ I noticed that while I love spending time with myself, I also feel recharged when I meet people. I reconnected with some old friends while meeting new friends
→ I made it a point to call home every week and catch up with my family.
→ I improved my communication and practised assertiveness at work
→ I travelled to four more new locations in Asia; Batam, Krabi, Genting and Hong Kong.
→ I realized how much I have been sleepwalking and started working onto my goals
→ I created a blog to share my thoughts and an online blogshop on the side which I have been harping on the past few years – finally got down to actually doing it.
2012 was also the year when I lost my beloved grandmother and aunt. Life is really unpredictable. Cherish your loved ones now. Realize their importance in your life and the treasured moments you share each day. I make it a point to break away from my gadgets and look at my surroundings when I am travelling to work now.
This year, I also reached some deep insights about myself, sought valuable feedbacks from my friends and worked on to better myself as a person.
There are so many wonderful memories gained this year, ones that I will treasure forever.
The 12 things that stand out to me are as follows:
*I love that my family have grown much closer, I hope the new year holds just as many great times shared with them all. I am so grateful for all of the happiness and joy that came into our lives.
I love that I have grown into a confident woman with a vision, through meeting optimistic people that have believed in me and taught me ways to build my self esteem, I have came so far and will go a lot further in 2013.
*I love that this year, I got to travel heaps with family and friends. Especially with my Nanna, we went all over the country side exploring for the perfect photo for her Instagram page! I love that I have gotten to see so much of Australia this year and I am looking forward to seeing more in the new year!
*I love that I got a new little buddy to add to my collection of pets– Jezebel Mac, she is a lovely little feline companion. I’m also blessed because all of my pets stayed healthy and happy.
I love that I have managed to stand up and face all of my greatest fears this year. Including talking to the most confronting intimidating people in the room, jumping off bridges, jumping out of planes, doing the things that scare me and fronting up with joy and confidence even when I am going crazy on the inside. I no longer let fear drive my life and am going to have fun walking strait over and past any sense of fear in the new year.
*I love that as of this year, I am debt free! I own every single one of my belongings, my car, furniture and all of my equipment! Best feeling ever! I get to start the year with pride knowing I finally did it!
*I love that I have had the most amazing of jobs. I have been given so many opportunities, I’ve curated shows, met hundreds of great people, installed numerous works, learned so much from people, traveled all around the country side doing projects and learning the skills to develop myself both as artist and a curator.
* I love that I have some of the most caring, kind hearted fun loving friends and family that I can be myself around.
*I love that they are all genuine and can laugh with me about the silliest of things. I am so lucky to have the support and encouragement of all of these wonderful people.
*One of the biggest reasons why I love 2012 is due to the fact that I spent it being free to imagine, being free to express my opinion, being free to be spontaneous, being free to dream, being free to love, dance, laugh and play, being free to choose to be around wonderful people and being free to discover the beauty in nature.
*Another thing I have truly treasured during 2012 is my perfect health. I have had a clean bill of health that has allowed me to explore and have the most enjoyable of journeys to the fullest. I am so grateful that I have my legs that carry me on endless trails and adventures, I have my eyes to see all of the incredible beauties this world has to offer, I have ears that hear even the smallest of sounds not to mention the communication of stories between people. I have perfect strait teeth that do their job well and look pretty in the mean time ;) I have a lungs that breath properly, beautiful skin, a body that is running pain free with plenty of energy, a brain to dream up incredible ideas, plans, possibilities and a heart that beats in my chest. :heart:
*I love that 2012 has taught me most of all how to love. I have been given so much fantastic advice about being the best, most positive person I can me and I have a new outlook on life. Thanks to 2012 treating me so well, 2013 is going to be the best year of my life so far.
*One more just for good measure, 2012 saw my first exhibition of my own paintings. I loved that I had the time off to be myself, to be passionate about what I love. This was one of my biggest fears and goals, to show my work and now I have that under my belt, I’m only going to get stronger and have many more exhibitions in the new year! I learned the about how to believe in myself and also have figured out exactly what style I painter I am and know that it is what I am going to do. For 2013, I will be working on becoming a full time self sufficient artist and will have my paintings sent to galleries all around Australia. :dance: :dance:
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