A New Year's Resolution Of Sorts

I'm regularly referred to as "the saddest person I know" by friends, family and the other people who know me. This year I thought I might try to remedy that, for the last few days I've been reading articles about simple ways to make yourself happier. Some of the things that appear in these articles simply aren't currently possible for me, others I don't have the time, drive or financial means to do and some would simply take too much effort, however, something that has appeared in most of these, and also seems to be something fairly simple for me and not particularly time consuming, is making time every day to write in a diary, journal, blog etc. or to simply spend some time writing down your thoughts, feelings and ideas. I don't know whether or not this is going to genuinely help, or even if I'm going to be able to find the time, or the inspiration, to write something every single day, but I'm going to give it a go. Hopefully the act of simply getting things off my chest, and out into the ether, will be somewhat cathartic and help me to become a little bit happier and maybe even allow me to achieve some of the other suggestions that regularly appear in the articles, for example gaining a more regular sleep pattern that allows me to get a full 8 hours a night.

2018: A Brand New Year

It’s new years day and we’re a little over an hour into 2018, or at least here in the UK we are. 2017 wasn’t an easy year for me, I’m not going to go into detail and I’m not going to make out that I’ve had the worst year in the world, there’s certainly plenty of people who’ve had it much worse than me. That said 2015, 2016 and 2017 have essentially been the 3 worst years of my life, I’ve lost more than I ever thought possible, a large amount of the blame for that lies on my own shoulders and I’ve not dealt with it very well at all. It’s been a dark period for me, but I’m trying to learn from my mistakes and I’m really hoping that this year I’ll start to see some light come back into my life.

Life, Family & Change

So Christmas is over and the new year is still a couple of days away, its a time of reflection and of anticipation.

A lot has changed for me over the last 12 months, largely for the better. I have a house I share with my partner, thanks to family, friends and charity shops it is fully furnished and a really great place to be. I have a job that enables me to pay my share, something very important to me. I have an extended family who are really great people and it makes me happy to be around them.

Life for me is currently in a good place, I have a lot to be thankful for and I am extremely grateful for the things I've got. But that doesn't mean I wont be looking to change things in the coming year, the only way to get what you want is to go out and work to get it.