Heading for the finish line
Dec. 29th, 2017 09:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lathanySo, nearly there. 2017 is almost over and 2018 is just on the other side of the weekend. I'll write in more detail about the past 12 months in my usual end-of-year post, but I think it's fair to say this hasn't been one of my better years and I'll be glad to see it gone.
A couple of evenings back the question arose of which the good years had been. This was a bit of a tricky one for me. I discounted the pre-twin years as I've tended to become happier as I've become older and also for the slightly cheaty reason that I don't have pre-twin LJ entries so it's all a bit difficult to judge. However, the duo's early years were fraught with stress and worries about their health, so nothing before about 2006 is a winner either. Looking back over my LJ, I think that 2012 was the best year with 2014 and 2007 as runners-up (2014 would have taken it, had it not also been the year with the deaths of two friends).
The years could be summarised as this:
2012: Meteor, KrysCon, our twenty year anniversary and Dom’s 40th birthday.
2014: This year seemed to concentrate into small gatherings around shared interest and madness. Roleplaying, Writers' Triangle and Secret World.
2007: Things transformed considerably for me between the start of the year and the end, particularly work-wise. However, it has also been a good year for seeing people I haven't been in touch with for what seems like an age and, above all, I'll remember 2007 for being a fantastic roleplaying year.
Hmm. Not too bad, I feel!
A couple of evenings back the question arose of which the good years had been. This was a bit of a tricky one for me. I discounted the pre-twin years as I've tended to become happier as I've become older and also for the slightly cheaty reason that I don't have pre-twin LJ entries so it's all a bit difficult to judge. However, the duo's early years were fraught with stress and worries about their health, so nothing before about 2006 is a winner either. Looking back over my LJ, I think that 2012 was the best year with 2014 and 2007 as runners-up (2014 would have taken it, had it not also been the year with the deaths of two friends).
The years could be summarised as this:
2012: Meteor, KrysCon, our twenty year anniversary and Dom’s 40th birthday.
2014: This year seemed to concentrate into small gatherings around shared interest and madness. Roleplaying, Writers' Triangle and Secret World.
2007: Things transformed considerably for me between the start of the year and the end, particularly work-wise. However, it has also been a good year for seeing people I haven't been in touch with for what seems like an age and, above all, I'll remember 2007 for being a fantastic roleplaying year.
Hmm. Not too bad, I feel!
