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Post by Fozzie Bear on Dec 31, 2020 14:28:17 GMT -5
Instead of waiting for a new year to work on myself, I decided to just do it in 2020. A summary:
Wrote four episodes of my seven-episode TV series and wrote a movie.
Went vegan in late 2019 and have held fast. In the last few years, I let myself go; went from a consistently 125 lb skinny person to a 150 lb skinny fat person with more than 20 percent body fat. I've maintained around 125-130 lbs and am now less than 15 percent body fat. Spoiler'd pics below for reference (early 2019 in first photo, a week or so ago in the second photo. inb4 "clean your mirror." Similarly...
Instead of waiting for a new year to work on myself, I decided to just do it in 2020. A summary:
Wrote four episodes of my seven-episode TV series and wrote a movie.
Went vegan in late 2019 and have held fast. In the last few years, I let myself go; went from a consistently 125 lb skinny person to a 150 lb skinny fat person with more than 20 percent body fat. I've maintained around 125-130 lbs and am now less than 15 percent body fat. Spoiler'd pics below for reference (early 2019 in first photo, a week or so ago in the second photo. inb4 "clean your mirror." Similarly...
Maintained a regular exercise routine of walking, Ring Fit Adventure'ing, and jumping rope for the better part of the year.
Explored other new hobbies and interests I'd prefer not to discuss until they materialize.
Bought a house.
Gained a new member of the family in the form of a rescue dog, straight from the abandoned street.
Rediscovered my love for video gaming.
Joined a new company for a job I actually like.
2020 sucked overall, but it might be the best year for my personal development yet.
Awesome job, dude! Especially yay on the vegan part, but hey, I'm a biased vegoon myself
What's your TV series about?
I'm going to come back to this thread in a few days once I've got my 2020 reflections & 2021 aspirations (I like using that word better than "Resolutions") down.
Considering you've found the need to respond to my threads as if you are threatened by me I offer you some peace my confused counterpart. May you find peace in your restless soul.
snowman
Bleary-Eyed Bonnawook Goblin Faced Love God
11 years ago today, my wife and I stayed in a fancy hotel somewhere on the relative outskirts of Atlanta, that fanciest shiz I could afford that was still right near the MARTA line. I had told her about her christmas present a few weeks in advance: a trip to atlanta to watch the tennessee vols bowl game. It's what every girl wants, even if it means they have to leave their family early on NYE to fly into the best* airport in america! to watch football! not just any football, the tennesse vols baby!
we weren't married at the time, had both been out of college for about a year, and were living with our respective parents and trying to weather the shizty job market. We were there to see Lane Kiffin coach the Tennessee Vols for the last time against Virginia Tech in the chik fil a bowl at the georgia dome. this was a fun-time NYE party event and we were meeting some other college friends from throughout tennessee and the surrounding areas, but really just a chance for a horny 20something college couple escape their families, meet up in a hotel in the exotic city of atlanta, and get down to business. the first night, business meant the lovey dovey shiz. the second day, business started early with mimosas in the lobby and preparation for meeting our friends and going to the vols game. There were lots of other tennessee fans in our hotel, and we spent the morning eating a fancy, full breakfast before we started on our mission: the chik fil a bowl in downtown Atlanta.
We cabbed it from the hotel to the MARTA station (walkable for sure, but I'm a gentleman trying to impress his lady, at that point in my life). hopped on a train with a bunch of other orange clad people for downtown atlanta. We met up with a bunch of our friends and went to the (shizty) SEC pregame stuff at some (CNN?) convention center right near the georgia dome. We did the silly stuff you do at a conference championship game: threw some footballs, ran some drills, ate mall food court style food, paid way to much for cheap beer, etc. Found a liquor store and filled up our flasks for the game, and went and sat in the nosebleeds I could afford (ya know, after paying for flights and hotels and all that "cheap" beer at the CNN center). Anyways, the game was fun, even though we lost (duh) but we had a great time with our friend(s) (only one stay thr whole game - 3 left at halftime to go to a bar).
After the game, my wife (then gf) and BFF are wandering through downtown atlanta, looking for a place to wet our whistles, and we see a big crowd standing outside on a patio. We wander over and start chatting, and realize its the smoking patio for the Widespread Panic show at Phillips Arena and it was setbreak. So we step on the patio and grab a cigarette from a couple of spreadheads and share what's left of our whiskey in the flask with em. They all go inside, and one comes out with his 3 buddies tickets, and we make out way into the panic show. My wife is secretly ecstatic, because her christmas gift for me was a trip to ATL for the WSP show, but she didn't buy the tickets because I bought the bowl game tickets first. So we get in there, middle bowl, pretty great seats overall. Got to see the countdown and whole third set.
I don't know that I would necessarily call it a lesson, but this year I learned a lot about grace. COVID turned the world upside-down, but that shake-up resulted in a major positive course-correction for me. It got me out of my long-term dead-end job, which in turn ironically allowed me to pay off all my private loans and most of my credit cards due to the severance and boosted unemployment. I then landed a great job in the field I wanted to go into, which also came with a pay bump. I'll be making my last CC payment next month. I'm now in the best financial and professional position of my adult life, and I literally didn't have to work for it. Quite the opposite, in fact. This led to mixed emotions though, considering that in the end I'm benefitting from a situation that has caused so much intractable pain. I see friends and family who are hit hard by COVID in one way or another I feel guilty. Like a war profiteer. I'm not a huge believer in the idea that people cosmically deserve either good or bad though - I try to learn and move forward in either instance - so the end takeaway for me is one of deep gratitude, and to pay the blessing forward when I can. I am greatly thankful for this bit of grace, and am better for it. I'm a different person than I was when I entered this year.
Oh and we got a dog. I love that pup so so so so much.
As far as changes go, this year showed me that quarantining didn't really change my life a whole lot (other than seeing my family), and that makes me sad. My closest friends live the furthest away (with one exception, and he's a homebody), and hanging out with friends honestly just isn't something I get the opportunity to do often. This is no bueno so though I don't do resolutions, I do plan on getting out more in 2021. I try peering through the looking glass and just see months on end of me with my face glued to a screen for nearly all of my free time, and it's not healthy. I stopped going to the gym in 2020 also, so that's something I really need to get back into into it so my continued descent into human sludge doesn't turn into a long-term residency. I'm incredibly sedentary these days, which doesn't pair well with my newfound love of baking (something else I discovered this year). Really hoping to get back into a routine when COVID settles down.
Looking into 2021, I'm apprehensive, and probably will be until my loved ones get a vaccine. I'm extremely lucky that my family has remained healthy and haven't been entirely cavalier about COVID precautions, but my grandparents still go out more than just about anyone else I know, and my aunt (who they live with) works part time in an indoor flea market. I worry terribly about all of them, esp knowing that I haven't been able to spend any real quality time with them in almost a year. So until we're vaccinated, I'm just crossing my fingers and hoping to make it through. Otherwise, 2021 should bring good changes. A return to some degree of normality. A return to Bonnaroo. My mom's marriage (she got engaged on Christmas and I'm so excited!). The continual shedding of habits, beliefs, and relationships that no longer resonate with me. Growth. Brownies.
this is like the 3rd time I've worn a nice shirt all year idk just feels right.
Ive had a phenomenal year, and have kind of struggled with accepting that in the face of everyone struggling this year.
The strongest I felt that was earlier this month and just like man, I can't believe how lucky I am everything worked out and how well everything is going.
and then later that night I went to get the mail and fell in the mud in front of some random people in my neighborhood, fucked my knee up real bad and then just gave them the thumbs up and walked away fully embarrassed being reminded that life comes at you fast.
definitely going into the next year with a certain level of personal optimism I don't usually have.
hoping for quick access to vaccine, concerts again, and hope to continue (and increase) my newfound feeling of donating to causes I've picked up through quarantine
Post by piggy pablo on Dec 31, 2020 20:45:25 GMT -5
I resolved in early 2020 to finally start working in earnest on my music festival podcast/YT channel/etc. I constructed a weekly schedule of lineup reviews, local concert reviews for festival staple type acts, and even recorded a couple lineup reviews for Roo and Lockn. Then.. you know.
So I think 2021 could be the year where it really happens? Still in limbo to a great degree that makes me feel uneasy, but I'll have the opportunity to either ease into it and/or have a bunch of festivals to talk about all at once. Either way, I think this is the year. I've been trying to conceptualize this thing since around 2015, but I'm a bit of a depressive and a procrastinator, so I joined Inforoo and did like 500 festival drafts instead.
I don’t have a huge write up but I felt very much in control and understanding of my emotions going into 2020 and it’s only gotten stronger. I feel extremely blessed that the people I care most about aren’t idiots and in large were successful in 2020. I wouldn’t do it again but I’m better for going through it
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Mannnn my buddy is in town and he had way too high of expectations for NYE. He tried on like 6 different outfits, kept asking about this girl we know who had soft invited us to someone’s apartment party that she didn’t even know, and kept trying to get us to do a snap of us partying. I feel bad but like, it’s still a pandemic lol.
I made a big decision this year, in large part due to this predicament we all currently find ourselves in. I decided life was too damn short and not to waste a minute of it doing something I no longer love. I still enjoy parts of my job, but corporate greed has slowly eroded my overall personal satisfaction for the career I chose 40 years ago. So I am taking early retirement. Tomorrow is my last day. The sheer irony that I have been seriously exposed to COVID on my last week of work is not lost on me I assure you.
As far as plans, I want to travel and go to every music festival out there. And yes, I know, bad timing. But I think my skill set is better served trying to help us get out of this mess. So as an immunizer, I plan on offering my services to give the COVID shots full time until we start seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Then I will be free to do whatever the hell I want to.
Jaz, Dad Dog I can relate. I spent 12+ years in the banking industry and left after feeling like it was a dead end; just another cog in the wheel. Found a small company in beverage development that happened to be located 2 miles from my home, cold applied, and got hired without any industry knowledge. That was January 2019. I now hit my two year anniversary on Tuesday. I report directly to the CFO as the company’s only analyst, and work directly with the leadership team. I now run major projects, am involved in major decisions and am actually able use my abilities. I’ve been lucky that 2020 has been a great year for my company. We have been expanding and hiring like crazy and have a ton of projects in the pipeline.I’ve been able to pay off all my debt minus the mortgage, save extra money, buy risky stocks, etc. All while I’m getting paid well and getting bonuses, I know that some of that money, however minuscule, comes from someone that is truly desperate and struggling and is using alcohol to cope.
Relatedly, I’ve largely stopped drinking in 2020. I was really only drinking a couple drinks on a couple nights a week and then for rare social things (or work, part of the job) but with lockdowns and limited movements i don’t go to the liquor store and no longer grab free beverages from work. Largely a bi-product of circumstance but one I will probably be more mindful of in the future.
I also wore a fitness tracker (and used a smart scale) for all of 2020, and tried to eat a little less fast food and I’ve naturally gotten down to my target weight of 150.
I’ve always been a reader, but I had really been lazy about it over the last few years but quarantine really pushed me back. I’ve checked a lot of books off my reading list and added even more for 2021.
On the family front, I have a very small family but I’ve been lucky to have no immediate family get sick or have job security issues and everyone takes covid seriously and follows all precautions. My dad retired in December and my mom retires in May. Here’s hoping they can remain safe until they are vaccinated.
piggy pablo, I’ve started prepping for my long planned basement refinishing project. Along with that project comes some long term ideas I’ve had about YT content so getting the basement work started lays the groundwork for a lot of personal pet projects and self learning.
Ultimately, 2020 was a year of success and personal growth. I’ve kindled some new fires, rekindled some old, and finally acknowledged that some fires could use a lot less oxygen.
For 2021, let’s hope we can have some live music soon and Bonnaroo in September.
Add me to the list of people who realized they hated their jobs and switched careers this year.
In February I'm returning to school to become a Veterinary Nurse. It's a 1.5 year long program, and I've already started my work placement in a vet clinic. So hopefully by mid-2022 I'll be working as a full-time, paid vet nurse.
And if I hate it, or I don't succeed, I can always go back to marketing. But 2020 made me realize that I only liked marketing because I was working in events (which is what I went to school for and always wanted to do). But when you take away the shiny exterior of events, at its core - I hated my job. So I decided to take the plunge and do something about it.
I made a big decision this year, in large part due to this predicament we all currently find ourselves in. I decided life was too damn short and not to waste a minute of it doing something I no longer love. I still enjoy parts of my job, but corporate greed has slowly eroded my overall personal satisfaction for the career I chose 40 years ago. So I am taking early retirement. Tomorrow is my last day. The sheer irony that I have been seriously exposed to COVID on my last week of work is not lost on me I assure you.
As far as plans, I want to travel and go to every music festival out there. And yes, I know, bad timing. But I think my skill set is better served trying to help us get out of this mess. So as an immunizer, I plan on offering my services to give the COVID shots full time until we start seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Then I will be free to do whatever the hell I want to.
YES YES YES! That is so exciting! They really don't deserve you. Kudos to you for taking inventory of what's important and letting that guide you. You're gonna have so much fun.
I made a big decision this year, in large part due to this predicament we all currently find ourselves in. I decided life was too damn short and not to waste a minute of it doing something I no longer love. I still enjoy parts of my job, but corporate greed has slowly eroded my overall personal satisfaction for the career I chose 40 years ago. So I am taking early retirement. Tomorrow is my last day. The sheer irony that I have been seriously exposed to COVID on my last week of work is not lost on me I assure you.
As far as plans, I want to travel and go to every music festival out there. And yes, I know, bad timing. But I think my skill set is better served trying to help us get out of this mess. So as an immunizer, I plan on offering my services to give the COVID shots full time until we start seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Then I will be free to do whatever the hell I want to.
YES YES YES! That is so exciting! They really don't deserve you. Kudos to you for taking inventory of what's important and letting that guide you. You're gonna have so much fun.
I just got tired of being a glorified "legal" Oxy pusher and number cruncher. I've watched people slowly descend into that dark hole, knowing I was complicit. It's time to do something else.
I hope everyone had a great, safe NYE. I made some pizzas with my kids, played some "just dance" on the Xbox kinect, played same halo with the older kid after the young one went to bed. Danced to Rio by duran duran at midnight (my yearly tradition) with my family. Watched our crazy neighbors shoot off fireworks (it's Arizona, you can buy mortars at Kroger). Then lay on the floor and snuggled and listened to widespread panic and talked about growing up and NYE past with my daughter who was so excited to be awake at 1am, even if she were only slightly awake; me too, if we're being honest. I haven't been awake that late since last Bonnaroo probably.
I echo a lot of sentiments here: my wife and I realized that a lot of our life is built on momentum, particularly in our careers. 2020 gave us a minute to slow down and get some perspective on our direction, life goals, family goals, and overall desires for the future. Dunno yet what that means in real-terms, but both of us really enjoyed spending as much time as we did with the kids, even if being a surrogate third grade teacher was new territory and my overall work productivity suffered. For 2021, we as a family are aspiring (I like that better too!) to spend time doing things that bring us joy, and working to maintain that joy in the things we do. Life is short (so fucking trite) but 2020 helped us slow down enough to refocus on what we actually want, rather than what we're doing because of momentum. I know that's abstract (and super privileged) but for concrete example: I'm not ready to give up on science, but I've been looking at how to use my coding and math/analytic skills for stuff that I care about - climate change work with sunrise and some local progressive political groups.
Sometimes life feels like a runaway bike down a hilly mountainside, and you spend so much time trying to keep it in control and not to fall off or crash disasterously that you miss out on the fact that you're on a mountain and the clouds are pretty and oh look was that a lizard? (Arizona y'all). 2020 applied the brakes for me so I could kinda see that stuff. I'm slightly-hungover-sappy so sorry if I'm rambling or just a privileged jerk store, but I hope 2021 works out better for everyone here, and I hope that you can live a life you love.
