Personal Year-In-Review for 2003
Dec. 31st, 2003 08:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kybearfuzzWell, I’m sitting here watching TV and getting bored. My cold seems to have given up on me and I’m feeling a lot better now. Still don’t feel like getting out. As I’ve been reading the end year recaps by many a friend, so I figure that I may do a little of it myself.
Well, this year started out with my hitting the 30th birthday mark. As a result of hitting this “milestone” year, I decided to get a real life and come out of that cramped closet of mine. It’s hard to leave something that has been a comfort zone for so long, but I weighed the pros as being more than the cons.
Slow process at first, but I don’t regret it for a moment. I’ve dated only eight guys this year, only regretted two of them, and the other six were incredibly sweet guys, some of whom are still friends of mine. Being out brought something else to the table that I also don’t regret – sex. No graphic details, but I finally discovered what it felt like to be intimately close to someone.
Being out also had positive effects on my personality. I’ve been more open, instead of more guarded. I’ve learned to appreciate other people and have found many new friends that I wouldn’t have found otherwise. I also became more adventurous and finally took my first official vacation out west to Arizona to visit a buddy of mine from high school. I got to see the beautiful landscapes and mountain ranges, as well as the Grand Canyon. I definitely need to do that again before my buddy graduates from U of A.
Work has changed for me as well. I’m now a trained international inspector and left US soil for the first time. I’ve been to England and Italy, all on my lonesome, which was both scary and exciting at the same time. Being in other cultures was a learning experience and I expect another trip will present itself to me in the near future. Not sure where I’ll end up this time, but I have high hopes.
In the grand scheme of life, I only had a few down points this year. The death of my grandmother, my last living grandparent, is the worst I had to experience. She lived a very full life, passing at 91. This was also the year of the Iraqi War, which I don’t totally agree with, and blame greatly on the current president and his self-indulging policies. I’ll definitely be voting this year coming.
Well, that’s my year in review. Lots of doors opening and I can’t wait to see what else will appear in the coming year. Hope everyone has a Happy New Year!
Well, this year started out with my hitting the 30th birthday mark. As a result of hitting this “milestone” year, I decided to get a real life and come out of that cramped closet of mine. It’s hard to leave something that has been a comfort zone for so long, but I weighed the pros as being more than the cons.
Slow process at first, but I don’t regret it for a moment. I’ve dated only eight guys this year, only regretted two of them, and the other six were incredibly sweet guys, some of whom are still friends of mine. Being out brought something else to the table that I also don’t regret – sex. No graphic details, but I finally discovered what it felt like to be intimately close to someone.
Being out also had positive effects on my personality. I’ve been more open, instead of more guarded. I’ve learned to appreciate other people and have found many new friends that I wouldn’t have found otherwise. I also became more adventurous and finally took my first official vacation out west to Arizona to visit a buddy of mine from high school. I got to see the beautiful landscapes and mountain ranges, as well as the Grand Canyon. I definitely need to do that again before my buddy graduates from U of A.
Work has changed for me as well. I’m now a trained international inspector and left US soil for the first time. I’ve been to England and Italy, all on my lonesome, which was both scary and exciting at the same time. Being in other cultures was a learning experience and I expect another trip will present itself to me in the near future. Not sure where I’ll end up this time, but I have high hopes.
In the grand scheme of life, I only had a few down points this year. The death of my grandmother, my last living grandparent, is the worst I had to experience. She lived a very full life, passing at 91. This was also the year of the Iraqi War, which I don’t totally agree with, and blame greatly on the current president and his self-indulging policies. I’ll definitely be voting this year coming.
Well, that’s my year in review. Lots of doors opening and I can’t wait to see what else will appear in the coming year. Hope everyone has a Happy New Year!
