I can’t believe the year is already coming to an end! Last year, I wrote a post as the year ended and enjoyed the reflection that came with it, so this year I thought I’d do something similiar and came up with this.
Adulting. Ahhhhhh, this one gets me. with My move to richmond came renting my first place, organizing bills for the first time and additional adult tasks that I had yet to have to deal with. So that has been quite the experience.
BListers. this is nothing new but the pain never lessens.
Copenhagen. I was lucky enough to have made it to cph twice this year, once in February and then again in september. my first visit, i was there for about 24 hours (including transit time to the airport and sleep so really I only got to experience the city for a few hours). my second visit doubled as a farewell tour, so i was able to both see old friends and meet new friends.
Daddy or pas. anthony and sylvain will understand (I miss you both, I look forward to playing it again when we see each other next)
Evaluating relationships. So much happened this year that made me question the value of certain relationships in my life. Therapy was attended (big up betterhelp) and problems were worked through. This is your reminder to put yourself first and not let people disrespect you.
Falling off a ledge in svalbard. Does anything else need to be said? Thankful I didn’t get hurt and always have this funny memory to look back on.
Grinding. (geez, this is getting challenging…and I still have so many letters left) kinda cheesy, but since comng back to the states i’ve been busyyyyyyy. my first month was spent visiting friends, finding work, packing up my life to move to Va, and then driving cross country. And then since october i’ve been working hard (but enjoying every minute of it!!)
Health insurance. just today, I finalyyyyyyy got myself set up to enroll in a health care plan (soooo overwhelming for me) because open enrollment closng soon (and everyone I know telling me i need to enroll) pushed me to do it. I’m torn between wanting to have to use t so my money doesn’t go to waster and also not needing to have to use it at all so. don’t have to pay anything else additionally. why does universal health care not exist in this country??!
Introductions. Proud of myself for this one; a simple concept but overlooked on how challenging it can be. so much of solo traveling in introducing yourself to people in order to make friends. My move to richmond has been chock full of introductions in all contexts. The one I’m most proud of is introducing myself to a random mom I bought shelves from on fb marketplace. That connection led to random babysitting jobs and just a nice connection to have in the city (big up jenny)
Jokes. need I say more? I am hilarious and love to share my humor with everyone. lol.
Karaoke. i feel like the beginning of september is just a blur of singing and subsequently losing my voice.
Learning. I do this every year bit I need a word for ‘L’ so here we are. i learned many things on how to properly adult, I continued to learn french and I’m hopiNg to have more dIscipline next year to keep expanding my french knowledge.
Moving. this is something I knew was coming all year and it was stress inducing but it’s been fulfilling so far (thankfully)
New blog theme. in the spirit of the new year, I’ve picked a new theme for the blog. hoping it will motivate me to blog more.
Opportune? Overwhelming? First letter I’ve had to look up a word for, and I still have X & Z…*gulp* Opportune because of the way things worked out since returning to the states but overwhelming at the same time because adult life is utterly ridiculous.
Parking ticket. this is your reminder to read signs and make sure you understand what they mean. and what day of the week it is. to make matters worse/more annoying (?), I got the ticket while Hanging out with friends to distract myself from my dog having been put down that same night(!!!)
Quiet. lame word choice but honestly, this past year I realized how much. value being able to sit in silence. I used to be the person that always had to have some kind of background noise to do things, whether it was tv or music, but guess i’ve outgrown that part of myself a little (don’t get me wrong, i still love listening to music but I’ don’t feel like I always I’ve realized I don’t always need it)
Reading. Honestly, this isn’t anything new but I am always happy to be able to get to knock some books off the tbr.
Strep throat. that was juSt suchhhhhh a fin addition to my cross country road trip.
TAttoos. This year I got eight tattoos, bringing me up to 15 collectively….wooooooooo!
Unsureness. an essential part of my existence is questioning everything, full stop.
Volunteering. moving to richmond has provided me with so many volunteering opportunities. i’ve had a blast at each one and have been able to realize how much I enjoy spending my time helping people.
West virginia. Had to find a way to use w but what better way than reliving my time in wv at the friendly reunion. Three days of adult summer camp vibes with a whole bunch of people whose original common link was just knowing one guy (not in a culty way though)
Xenacious. just learned this word today; filled witha yearning for change. I went to bed last night with thoughts of moving to scotland flooding my mind so I think this word applies to me.
Youtube. it’s official (has been for months actually), I’m a youtube fan. it started with beta squad, which got me into sidemen, which has me doing a weekly youtube catch-up.
Zoe. this is jsut a shout out to darlene, the car that I used while I was in France…I miss her on occasion. (she was a renault zoe)
wow, I can’t believe I actually did that, thanks for reading if you made it this far. all the best going into the new year! ❤ below are some random outtakes from this year.
Tash the Traveler 