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Jan. 2nd, 2006 07:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elfsI wanted to write something this clear, but Shaterri beat me to it, saying in part that "it's societally-designated recap-and-reflection time again. I really do enjoy the opportunity, too -- a year is just about the right span of time to look at what's been going on and figure out what's desired."
Like Shaterri, I enjoy doing this even when I'm not happy with the news. Let's face it: In terms of accomplishments, 2005 was a crappy year. I got only one truly important thing done, and that was gaining custody of my child. I kept my job but then I didn't expect to lose it. I posted 37,000 words this year, falling short of my resolved 50,000. I didn't finish a novel, nor did I finish any of the Journal Entries series that I really meant to get involved in, such as Kaede & Eshi, Madships, or The Reservationists. I published the second Aimee' novel, but I had finished it in 2004. I didn't write any programs. Although I finished the spoken part of my Japanese courses, I have not had the wherewithall to start the written part, and I still have trouble with the vocabulary for the spoken component. The garden in my backyard continues its slow decline. I finished none of the software programs I started last year, because they all felt too much like work. And let's not talk about my love life; it's in tatters, mostly because the stress and schedule of other things never gave me the free time to indulge. Omaha and I had enough trouble finding time for one another! I started an exercise routine and fell out of it; I did manage to bicycle to work ocassionally, but not enough to make a difference. I started a policy of cooking one new recipe a week and by the end of the year was desperately trying to scrounge common meals out of the kitchen. About the only thing to be proud of there is that I never descended to buying fast food. Even in the mere consumption of media I didn't accomplish a whole lot: I read only 14 books and watched three TV series (Rome, Ghost In The Shell: Standalone Complex, and Honey & Clover). Only my music collection grew by any appreciable size, and only because I decided to explore "progressive metal" as a genre, discovering Ayreon, Flowing Tears, and Entwine.
Bleah. A record of incompletes. If this were school, I'd be repeating the grade.
Like Shaterri, I enjoy doing this even when I'm not happy with the news. Let's face it: In terms of accomplishments, 2005 was a crappy year. I got only one truly important thing done, and that was gaining custody of my child. I kept my job but then I didn't expect to lose it. I posted 37,000 words this year, falling short of my resolved 50,000. I didn't finish a novel, nor did I finish any of the Journal Entries series that I really meant to get involved in, such as Kaede & Eshi, Madships, or The Reservationists. I published the second Aimee' novel, but I had finished it in 2004. I didn't write any programs. Although I finished the spoken part of my Japanese courses, I have not had the wherewithall to start the written part, and I still have trouble with the vocabulary for the spoken component. The garden in my backyard continues its slow decline. I finished none of the software programs I started last year, because they all felt too much like work. And let's not talk about my love life; it's in tatters, mostly because the stress and schedule of other things never gave me the free time to indulge. Omaha and I had enough trouble finding time for one another! I started an exercise routine and fell out of it; I did manage to bicycle to work ocassionally, but not enough to make a difference. I started a policy of cooking one new recipe a week and by the end of the year was desperately trying to scrounge common meals out of the kitchen. About the only thing to be proud of there is that I never descended to buying fast food. Even in the mere consumption of media I didn't accomplish a whole lot: I read only 14 books and watched three TV series (Rome, Ghost In The Shell: Standalone Complex, and Honey & Clover). Only my music collection grew by any appreciable size, and only because I decided to explore "progressive metal" as a genre, discovering Ayreon, Flowing Tears, and Entwine.
Bleah. A record of incompletes. If this were school, I'd be repeating the grade.
