Ending of 2014

[Ed Elric]

I was just reflecting on the year of 2014 and I wanted to create some questions to see how far you guys have came this year. [Please feel free to add more questions--these were just on the top of my head]

1. So what are your last minute goals for the year 2014?

2. Maybe if you're having a hard time thinking of goal/objectives think of what you may have accomplished this year.

3. What are your best memories of 2014?

4. What are your worst memories of 2014?

5. What have you learned in 2014?

6. Did you make friends? lose friends?

7. Have you felt this year has been a successful one? why or why not

8. What would you do differently, if you could?

9. Any new life advice?

10. Was the year of 2014 as you were expecting?


GO!!

(i'll add mine later)

 

[ribbit]

staying out of jail

going back to college

fooling around with my ex

stay away from negative people

new friends yay

this year was awful and okay at the same time

stay away from my ex

eat potatoes

i like potatoes

 

[Six]

1. So what are your last minute goals for the year 2014? I don't really... set too many goals for myself. Not on a yearly basis anyway.

2. Maybe if you're having a hard time thinking of goal/objectives think of what you may have accomplished this year. I think I reached some sort of "goal" when it comes to creating graphics, I have my website semi set up for it as well now, too.

3. What are your best memories of 2014? Ugh... tough one. I guess getting our new kittens. It was heartbreaking losing our old two cats, but at least I'm not without a cat, I have a great bond with 99% of cats and I'd hate to live without a critter.

4. What are your worst memories of 2014? Losing our two cats. Sisters. They were 15 years old. We had to put my baby to sleep in March, and then my mother's cat went in April... They would've turned 16 on May 11th. Rest is peace little ones. ♥

5. What have you learned in 2014? Just because people make something sound good it doesn't mean it's right.

6. Did you make friends? lose friends? I guess you win some, and you lose some. I'm pretty close knitted with the friends I do have, and I'm one of those people that doesn't just call someone I know a friend, so the group I had I still have, and I'm thankful for that. Losing friends, eh, I don't think that's happened for a good few years now, but I guess mainly because the people I hang around with aren't 5 years old in their minds.

7. Have you felt this year has been a successful one? why or why not. Meh. I find this hard to answer because this year has had so many ups and downs for me. I guess I should count my blessings, and just say it was an alright year... Things could be a lot worse as of right now, but putting a pet to rest is a miserable thing to do. So eh, conflicted feelings.

8. What would you do differently, if you could? I wouldn't. Who I am is who I am, there have been things that happened this year I just had no control over, so I couldn't have done them differently. I've always been an outspoken person, considerate, sure, but I don't like sugarcoating things, and I guess that's why there's not much I can think of that I would do differently... if any at all.

9. Any new life advice? No... I'm horrible at these.

10. Was the year of 2014 as you were expecting? Nah, I'dve loved to have our old cats around still. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't trade in the two we have now, but I miss them a lot. As far as personal life goes, no as well. It was a pretty shitty year in THAT sense.

 

[Ed Elric]

1. Eat a whole box of pizza, while drinking champagne. [On a serious note, I don't have goals to accomplish within my time frame]
2. Being more independent by moving in with my boyfriend
3. First time at Six Flags.
4. Failing my college class [rough time]
5. I'm an asshole.
6. Lost my family (LOL me have friends?)
7.Yes and no. I have had regrets, but learned from them.
8. Nothing, everything falls into place eventually.
9. Be yourself and do whatever.
10. haha hell no!!! crazy shit lol. xD

 

[Dionysos]

1. So what are your last minute goals for the year 2014?
I haven’t got any goals for the rest of 2014. There’s not long left in the year. There are some personal things I’d like to do, and feel that I need to do, but when it comes to it I know it to be silly. My mind is a bit unhinged and conflicted as of late, though fear not for my sanity as it happens to all humans during various moments of their lives.

2. Maybe if you're having a hard time thinking of goal/objectives think of what you may have accomplished this year.
This is worryingly difficult to answer. I sometimes feel as if I’ve achieved nothing of worth at all this year, but I must have. I didn’t really have set goals at the outset of the year though, so I guess I have nothing specific to match the end result with.

3. What are your best memories of 2014?
My sister gave birth and I now have a niece. I’m an uncle for the first time, and that is quite good.
I also went to Sorrento in Italy briefly and saw Paestum, Pompeii, Herculaneum, Naples, etc. That was good.

4. What are your worst memories of 2014?
Other than becoming an uncle 2014 is a year I’ll be very glad to leave behind. Family illnesses, personal health concerns, personal career and lifestyle concerns, but worst of all my closest friend dying have all made it quite a difficult year. On top of that there are a lot of people (while I may not have known them well, I knew of them anyway) that have also died young. There has been so much sad news circulating this year that I cannot begin to comprehend everything that has happened. Not a good year.

5. What have you learned in 2014?
There is no rhyme nor reason in life. We’re on a big rock floating around a ball of fire. Many things happen. It is, however, a beautiful world if we allow ourselves to look in the right places, but a horrible and grotesque hell if we stumble into the wrong places. But we all knew that anyway. We can make a better world if we try not to contribute to that hell, but many people seem to forget that part. I’ve learned, again, not to take anything for granted anymore. Things can change at any moment.

6. Did you make friends? lose friends?
Not counting death, I’ve not lost friends as such, but I suppose I’m more distant from the people I still consider my friends. I get on as well as I did with my friends but I don’t socialise as much now, and that is a concern. I never did socialise to any extreme extent, but now I’m really not doing much there. I can go months without seeing the friends who are closest to me, and outside of that I only have work colleagues who are mostly older people (like mostly in their 50s). I get on well with said older people, and have better conversations with them than I would with many young or young’ish people, but it still isn’t the same and understandably does not do much for my self-esteem at times.

7. Have you felt this year has been a successful one? why or why not
I wouldn’t be able to claim it has been successful. Last year was a different story entirely and was quite a wonderful year for me, but this year has been a bit of a non-year. I’ve found myself in a rut with the same job, and although I like it, the job is changing and there is no way I can improve my skills or get a proper career with the job I’m currently doing. It’s time to go, yet I also feel trapped. My day has yet to come, but I’ll fight harder now to reach it.

8. What would you do differently, if you could?
I would have spent more time with my friends. Due to conflicting work schedules and many silly reasons I have not spent as much time as I would have wished with them. Now my surviving friends mainly have other circles (they always have had to an extent, healthily), and I’m left with nothing. That’s my own fault, and I’ll come to terms with that.

I also should have listened to my parents’ advice and joined some sort of social group to meet more people and broaden my own friendship circles. But I didn't, and so that's that. I just felt a bit silly signing up for one, and the prospect still fills me with dread, but I’m not getting any younger either.

What happened happened though. It's what I do now which should matter more.

9. Any new life advice?
Life can very easily slip away. Grab any opportunities when they come, socially speaking, or create new opportunities for yourself. If you want to do something, do it. I’ve rarely followed that advice, and I’ve been a fool for it. Now for the sake of my sanity and my future (whatever form that will take), I need to. I’m sure I’ve said that before once, but this year with everything that has happened I more seriously mean it. If not now then it'll be never.

10. Was the year of 2014 as you were expecting?
Not at all. It was a year of shocks and surprises of both a bad and a good nature. Mostly bad, but one fantastic thing with my niece, and some good places that I've visited and decent films that I've seen in the year, etc.

So goodbye and toodles, 2014! Mayhaps 2015 will be a more pleasant circuit around our big ball of life-giving fire.

 

[Ed Elric]

3. What are your best memories of 2014? Ugh... tough one. I guess getting our new kittens. It was heartbreaking losing our old two cats, but at least I'm not without a cat, I have a great bond with 99% of cats and I'd hate to live without a critter.

4. What are your worst memories of 2014? Losing our two cats. Sisters. They were 15 years old. We had to put my baby to sleep in March, and then my mother's cat went in April... They would've turned 16 on May 11th. Rest is peace little ones. ♥


7. Have you felt this year has been a successful one? why or why not. Meh. I find this hard to answer because this year has had so many ups and downs for me. I guess I should count my blessings, and just say it was an alright year... Things could be a lot worse as of right now, but putting a pet to rest is a miserable thing to do. So eh, conflicted feelings.

Oh my goodness, Kira I'm crying for you I had gotten a cat at the local animal shelter and I moved out I wasn't able to provide enough to take care of him, so my sister adopted him thankfully. My heart broke having to leave him behind he was like, my child.I still have some pictures of him and I miss him dearly.

As far as putting an animal down-- DO NOT GET ME STARTED ON THE WATERWORKS. ugh brings back so many bad memories... I had a dog who (we couldn't figure out why until we took her to the doctors--by then it was too late) but apparently she had some sort of heart dysfunction (she would hypervenilate, foam at the mouth and could not walk at all. she would pee herself all the time.) I felt so bad because there was nothing we can physically or medically do to help her heal herself... we did the humane thing and put her down. The most loving dog ever dude. I miss her so much.

3. What are your best memories of 2014?
My sister gave birth and I now have a niece. I’m an uncle for the first time, and that is quite good.
I also went to Sorrento in Italy briefly and saw Paestum, Pompeii, Herculaneum, Naples, etc. That was good.

Congrats! Must be really exciting to have a niece! and I'm so jealous that you got to see all that I wanna go. xD

4. What are your worst memories of 2014?
Other than becoming an uncle 2014 is a year I’ll be very glad to leave behind. Family illnesses, personal health concerns, personal career and lifestyle concerns, but worst of all my closest friend dying have all made it quite a difficult year. On top of that there are a lot of people (while I may not have known them well, I knew of them anyway) that have also died young. There has been so much sad news circulating this year that I cannot begin to comprehend everything that has happened. Not a good year.

I can completely agree on this ... my family and I, we all have some sort of health issues and it's not something we should be proud of..
Losing loved ones.. even those you may not have known them to well is a very traumatizing thing to go through.. it'll take time to heal for sure so keep hanging in there bud!

7. Have you felt this year has been a successful one? why or why not
I wouldn’t be able to claim it has been successful. Last year was a different story entirely and was quite a wonderful year for me, but this year has been a bit of a non-year. I’ve found myself in a rut with the same job, and although I like it, the job is changing and there is no way I can improve my skills or get a proper career with the job I’m currently doing. It’s time to go, yet I also feel trapped. My day has yet to come, but I’ll fight harder now to reach it.

I wouldn't say i'm in the same boat as you, but I can for sure relate to this 100%. There will be a shinning light that will guide you onto a fulfilling career... even if it takes you a while, you can get there. I had hated my previous job.. and (although its been tough without adequate income) I feel so less trapped and stressed. I thought i was going to be there forever

9. Any new life advice?
Life can very easily slip away. Grab any opportunities when they come, socially speaking, or create new opportunities for yourself. If you want to do something, do it. I’ve rarely followed that advice, and I’ve been a fool for it. Now for the sake of my sanity and my future (whatever form that will take), I need to. I’m sure I’ve said that before once, but this year with everything that has happened I more seriously mean it. If not now then it'll be never.


So goodbye and toodles, 2014! Mayhaps 2015 will be a more pleasant circuit around our big ball of life-giving fire.

Very well said! It had brought a smile to my face reading that because its so true!

That's the spirit, you got 2015!

 

[Jack's Smirking Revenge]

1. So what are your last minute goals for the year 2014?
I don't think I have anything in particular. There's a couple of films that I want to watch before the year is out, and I'd really like to finish reading the book I'm on at the moment. I don't have much of it left so it's quite a realistic goal.

2. Maybe if you're having a hard time thinking of goal/objectives think of what you may have accomplished this year.
I've learned a lot about managing my finances which I'm trying to put into practice. I've (hopefully) gotten a couple of steps closer to really getting a career in the film production industry; I've worked on a few bits and made a bit of money out of it. I've also learned more about getting better control of my diabetes after attending a course on it. I've realised just how bad my previous education on it has been.

3. What are your best memories of 2014?
Going away to Majorca for the week with my girlfriend was great. I hadn't had a holiday since I was 18 and it was a very relaxing week away for the both of us. We've also had a few other things we've done together like going to Parklife in the Summer, and we've both met the others parents this year. I recently had an amazing few days in Poland filming a Harry Potter-themed live-action role play.

4. What are your worst memories of 2014?
Nothing sticks out, I've had a decent year I think. I've struggled financially at times which obviously wasn't much fun, but other than that I don't think it's been a bad year.

5. What have you learned in 2014?
Better ways of managing my money, and better management of my diabetes.

6. Did you make friends? lose friends?
I've recently started a new job so I'm currently in the process of making new friends I suppose. I've met quite a lot of new people and I'm in varying degrees of contact with them. One of my best friends moved down to London recently so I'll see a lot less of him, so I suppose that's like losing a friend to an extent. It'll be weird because I've known him since we started uni, and we moved down to Manchester together along with a few others, and I've also worked with him for the last three years.

7. Have you felt this year has been a successful one? why or why not
I think in a small manner yes. I haven't quite gotten to where I want to be in my career, but I think I'm getting closer so that's a degree of success.

8. What would you do differently, if you could?
I think knowing what I know now about managing my money would have helped through the year, and the same goes for what I know now about my diabetes. Hindsight is a wonderful thing.

9. Any new life advice?
I don't think so, I haven't really learned anything new like that.

10. Was the year of 2014 as you were expecting?
I honestly can't remember what I was expecting, I don't think I had any expectations really. I had hoped to have earned a little more from doing film work, but I don't think I really expected it. I've still worked on a lot and made some new contacts and built my profile more, so we'll see where that goes.

 

[Mitsuki]

1. So what are your last minute goals for the year 2014?

Try not to think too much and just have some good fun with my family. Relax a bit more, smile and laugh a lot more. Simple, really.

2. Maybe if you're having a hard time thinking of goal/objectives think of what you may have accomplished this year.

Hmm, I'm not sure. I guess I tried out new things, learned a bit more about little things that may or may not matter later down the road, who knows.

3. What are your best memories of 2014?

Honestly, the moments that I managed to make my kids smile and shriek with laughter. Nothing can top that.

4. What are your worst memories of 2014?

Meh, quite a bit recently. October was easily the worst month for me. Too many things happened at once and it became harder to breathe each week. Things have wind down now, but a lot of my outlook on things have changed since. Something inside snapped, but it's for the best.

5. What have you learned in 2014?

A lot of my reflections are family-related. Hmm, let me ponder more about this one.

6. Did you make friends? lose friends?

I'm where I want to be. I have few people I'd call friends (work place included), and while we're not super close friends, the way we interact and the goofiness (or seriousness) applied in each stories we happen to share with one another, I'd consider that a good friendship. You just know without actually saying it so. It really isn't always about how much we measure the friendship, but the simple fact of knowing it's there despite changes, people moving / transferring in other stores...I've come to realized it's the time spent and how much impact you make towards one another, even if it isn't always on a daily basis - it's still a token of friendship that I can appreciate. I can honestly look back and say, "Yeah, I'm glad I met this person and got to know her a little bit." People have their own definition and I respect that.

I didn't lose friends, no.

7. Have you felt this year has been a successful one? why or why not

Success is hard to define. I guess it's how we look at it, but I can definitely say I've experienced the good and bad, just like every year before that, and just like I'll continue to do so next year and the year after.

8. What would you do differently, if you could?

Kinda like Pooley, I wish I could've started budgeting a lot sooner. In just three months, I was surprised how quickly things add up when managing our savings.

9. Any new life advice?

I don't really like giving life advice, because we're from all walks of life. It just wouldn't click with many.

10. Was the year of 2014 as you were expecting?

Few surprises here and there, some heartbreaking moments with family stuff. I wasn't expecting those, I guess. I really didn't know what I was expecting. I knew we would face some hard times, but when it comes down to it, 2014 wasn't my best year.