nye2017
so i didn’t accomplish all of my goals for this year, but i’m happy with what i did. it was not a great year for the country as a whole, but personally it was a banner year after a few that were not so great. highlights include going to queer camp, getting a new tattoo, and returning to Scotland.
i started this year solidly in recovery mode, and i can honestly say that i have made it back to (mostly) fully functional and happy. i feel pretty good about the work i have done, the space i am in, and what’s up ahead. it is so good to feel this way again.
the best ways i have cared for myself this year included travel, reading, and working hard to finish school. i am incredibly privileged to get to visit other places in the world, to learn from them, and to get outside of myself in that way. i am incredibly privileged to have access to books that are fun, teach me things, and keep me growing. in this spirit, here is my year in books and cities:
2017 in Cities
Los Angeles/Redondo Beach, CA
Vancouver, BC, Canada
London, England
Edinburgh, Scotland
Inverness, Scotland
Portree, Isle of Skye, Scotland
(And numerous Scottish towns in between)
Sacramento, CA
Salt Lake City, UT
Tombstone, AZ
Silver City, NM
Austin, TX
New York, NY
2017 in Books
Outlander - Diana Gabaldon
Dragonfly In Amber - Diana Gabaldon
Voyager - Diana Gabaldon
Drums of Autumn - Diana Gabaldon
The Fiery Cross - Diana Gabaldon
A Breath of Snow and Ashes - Diana Gabaldon
An Echo in the Bone - Diana Gabaldon
Written in My Own Heart’s Blood - Diana Gabaldon
Kindred - Octavia Butler
Parable of the Sower - Octavia Butler
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone - JK Rowling
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - JK Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - JK Rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - JK Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - JK Rowling
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - JK Rowling
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - JK Rowling
A Ring of Endless Light - Madeleine L’Engle
A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L’Engle
A Wind in the Door - Madeleine L’Engle
A Swiftly Tilting Planet - Madeleine L’Engle
Many Waters - Madeleine L’Engle
Between the World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates
Time Lord Fairy Tales
The Fifth Season - NK Jemisin
The Obelisk Gate - NK Jemisin
The Stone Sky - NK Jemisin
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here are my goals for next year.
graduate again
launch a private practice
leave the country (to visit, not move...yet)
get a tattoo
lose 20lbs
join a soccer team
finish writing my book
read one book per month (for fun) - all new books written by queer/trans or POCs
write a thesis
create one piece of art per month
visit the family
finish knitting a harry potter sweater
i learned this last year that a lot of what i accomplished wasn’t quite as measurable as the goals that i had made for myself, so in that spirit, here are some general things i’d like to accomplish this year as well:
love well and as much as possible
learn always
stop being an awkward mess
spend more time with hella queer people
play more video games
chill the fuck out
here's to 2018!
