At the time of writing this, I have just over forty five minutes before I leave Twitter and Facebook indefinitely. Which means I have to sum up my year in a short space of time. To be fair, it’s not been what I expected and not very “eventful”, per se. The first half saw me break up with my long term girlfriend (can you call eight months long term?) and find someone really special, which unfortunately didn’t work out. I spent the second half getting over that and while it was very hard on me, emotionally, I managed to get through it and keep a friend I thought I’d lost forever. In a way, it was quite a sad year in that it was defined by those two relationships or that I let them define the year but some great things came out of 2011. I managed to complete my first solo album Addicted, meet some fantastic people and attempt at getting my foot in the door. I also managed to get through my first full year of university without dropping out, which is always good. So yeah, definitely a mixed twelve months.
Some things I’ve learnt/am learning to take with me into 2012:
- I’m worth more than I know
- I need to think less and do more; act more on impulse or “gut feeling”
- Express my opinions more
- I need to save up for a musical instrument of some sort
- I don’t need to let a relationship define who I am
- I should read more
- I should engage with others more
I will try and make a conscious effort to make all these things happen and turn these “resolutions”, if you will, into actions. My first main action is removing the connection I have from social networking altogether. This might sound counter-productive being a musician but I’ve made sure to leave things in place where I won’t NEED to be ingrained into something I don’t need to invest so much time into. I’ll still be blogging and using the internet but I won’t let it become a “second life” or the main life I lead. I want to be able to experience 2012 in the real world, with real people and not have to share it electronically in the ways I have.
I suppose I’m covering old ground from my previous post(s) so I’ll leave it there. It’s currently 11:28pm on 31st January 2011 and I am wishing everyone who is into 2012 already a very happy and prosperous new year and to everyone who hasn’t reached it yet the same. A massive thank you to everyone who has made Twitter and Facebook a great experience for me and I hope to hear from you very soon. Feel free to leave your email address in a comment if you want to stay in touch, else just subscribe to the blog and keep a look out for my life updates (if I can be bothered; I can be lazy like that sometimes).
And don’t forget: Be inspired!
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