Where did the year go?
Dec. 9th, 2025 02:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fauxfoxI honestly do not know where this year has gone. I have spent most of it either in medical distress or recuperating/treating medical distress.
However it looks like I have blown my 2025 reading goal of 25 books out of the water. I am now at 52 books and I am rotating between four others currently. My new goal is 60 by the end of the month. I have had so much of the past year where all I could do is lie or sit quietly and just read. It has been a comfort to me. I've also gotten much more into audiobooks. Hoopla is a fantastic app and has so many great ebooks and audiobooks.
I decided at the end of November that I would try to paint everyday in December. Not everything has to be perfect and finished, just the sitting down at my desk and picking up a paint brush and just making something, big or small, it doesn't matter. Just the ACT of practicing. So far it is day 9 and I have managed to paint everyday.
It also feels weird to not participate in holidaywishes. I wish so much that I could participate and make some wishes happen, but wisdom tells me I made the correct decision not to. But still, it feels very strange after 4 years now? Five? I do miss the community though, and I mean the people. It feels amazing to be able to give to people. I hope that I'll be able to participate next year.
It is a very hard to not have family to celebrate with, or it's very least spend time with. I am completely no contact with my entire blood family and while this is the best thing for my mental health, sometimes it's just very difficult. I do have amazing found family that I love and care for very much. Unfortunately, almost none are local.
I would not normally post my wishlist again, since I already did it in a previous post. But I still have not been able to start back doing gig work and everything is very, very tight. So I'm going to plop the link to my wish list below, do not feel obligated!
Anyway, my wishlist is here
I'm off to paint a bit.
However it looks like I have blown my 2025 reading goal of 25 books out of the water. I am now at 52 books and I am rotating between four others currently. My new goal is 60 by the end of the month. I have had so much of the past year where all I could do is lie or sit quietly and just read. It has been a comfort to me. I've also gotten much more into audiobooks. Hoopla is a fantastic app and has so many great ebooks and audiobooks.
I decided at the end of November that I would try to paint everyday in December. Not everything has to be perfect and finished, just the sitting down at my desk and picking up a paint brush and just making something, big or small, it doesn't matter. Just the ACT of practicing. So far it is day 9 and I have managed to paint everyday.
It also feels weird to not participate in holidaywishes. I wish so much that I could participate and make some wishes happen, but wisdom tells me I made the correct decision not to. But still, it feels very strange after 4 years now? Five? I do miss the community though, and I mean the people. It feels amazing to be able to give to people. I hope that I'll be able to participate next year.
It is a very hard to not have family to celebrate with, or it's very least spend time with. I am completely no contact with my entire blood family and while this is the best thing for my mental health, sometimes it's just very difficult. I do have amazing found family that I love and care for very much. Unfortunately, almost none are local.
I would not normally post my wishlist again, since I already did it in a previous post. But I still have not been able to start back doing gig work and everything is very, very tight. So I'm going to plop the link to my wish list below, do not feel obligated!
Anyway, my wishlist is here
I'm off to paint a bit.
