A Belated Goodbye to 2011

I’ve been a bit slow putting together a new year’s post. I read the one for 2010 and thought I’d put together a similar list of things that I did in 2011. I found it hard to do the year justice I guess. But here for your enjoyment are some of the events of last year.

• Graduated from university
• Been on stage to receive a bouquet for a play I directed
• Went to a steampunk party
• Lay by the fire at Kynance Cove as the sun set
• Pole-danced to Queen
• Worked full-time like a real person
• Visited St Michael’s Mount
• Been on a Carnival Float
• Bought a new harp
• Had work Published in a Zine
• Travelled to Holland
• Been the best dressed pirate in town
• Been cast in a lead role
• Won a karaoke contest
• Rode on the Waltzer at the fair
• Had no memory of how I cut my knee after a night out
• Been the voice of an evil robot
• Followed a cat through Trebah gardens
• Sat in the library eating pizza and writing essays until early hours
• Made and modelled a poetry skirt
• Joined a choir 
• Successfully completed No Shave November
• Handed in two dissertations
• Cried to say goodbye to people I love
• Been on a radio show
• Seen a stage musical with puppets
• Celebrated Norway Day at the Norway Inn with a crowd of Norwegians

I suppose this is also the place to set down my resolutions.I'm not always a huge fan of big life changes as revolutions so instead I go for a few smaller things and hope one of them sticks so I can pat myself on the back.  Last year's were somewhat successful, so the aims for 2012 are:

• To write regularly
• To work hard to stay in touch with everyone who is important to me
• Find a job
• Try and make good use of my time (This means both being productive and making time to do things I genuinely enjoy rather than procrastinating indefinitely)
• Practice the harp more regularly

    



2011 was quite a big year for me and has brought a lot of changes. The end of uni has meant no longer being able to easily meet up with people who I'd grown used to spending the majority of my time with and in some cases living under the same roof. Thinking back over last year has meant I've been doing a lot reflecting. So here's my slightly late welcoming of 2012. Cheers to it being a good year. It's got some big boots to fill.