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So 2021/So 2022

 So 2021.



Nope, I am not even going to bother reviewing my year. I have been luckier than others that I did not suffer too much. The so-called lost years of my youth helped build up my resilience of living without many things. That resilience kicked in. My social life is pretty quiet these days, so even lockdowns did not impact me that much. I missed being able to wander down to the local and have pint and blether. Missed being able to go to the odd gig as well. None of that was something to get upset about and rage on the internet. Rage that we were slipping into Authoritarian Nightmare( which a lot of people took to doing). Whenever my wife and I heard or read these comments she would laugh. My wife lived her early years in Poland, under a real Authoritarian regime. She would laugh and say "What the f-k do they know."

I managed to find a job in the middle of the pandemic and it was working from home. Collaborating online is second nature to me. So I minded not one bit, that I was not having to commute into an office. Also, pay for overpriced sandwiches/coffee every day. Though my company's office is in the middle of the countryside. You need to drive a mile and a half to get those overpriced sandwiches. I am now drawing a very large line under 2021

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okay line drawn

So 2022.



I am not going to make any bold resolutions for 2022. I attempted that for 2021 and for the most part failed to keep them. I'm not going to blame unemployment/lockdowns/pandemics/project work for those failures. That would be far too easy and far too convenient. No, my '21 plans fell by the way because I did not commit to them. My default mindset is that of laziness and procrastination. Last year how many times did I say "I will start that next week"? I can tell you it was a lot. So enough of that. Here is what I plan to do in '22


Be More Creative.


Writing. I am going to do a blog every day for 365 days. I want to get back into the swing of writing each day. Whatever comes into my head. Work/books/Tv/Film I will splurge on here.

Drawing. In '21 I flirted with taking up sketching. I thought I was going to sketch something every other day for a while I did. I blamed the fact that I ran out of things to sketch in our tiny flat. Poor excuse of course. I am going to take this up again and draw whatever comes to my mind.


Read More.

My mother reminded me that when I was younger I read a lot. Over the years my book reading has diminished. According to my Good Reads, I have only managed to consume 11 books this year. That is a pretty small number as far I am concerned . Also, I need to climb out of the usual SciFi/Fantasy stuff that I read and attempt other genres.


Work Better


I need to work better and expand my skill set. I was at an unofficial Test meet up last month and had a conversation about my skills and lack thereof. This stung me. In '21 I wanted to learn how to programme to at least a degree where I could automate repetitive tasks in testing. That fell by the wayside, down to the new job and the project I was on did not lend itself to getting that experience. I am going to pick the Python up again and try to make it more formal this time. I know this is going to be the greatest challenge but I need to break the back of it this year.


Explore More


I can not see ourselves going abroad much in '22. So I am planning to explore the old country a bit more on holidays. I love the Highlands and Isles but there are many other parts of the UK I need to explore.
That's it. See you in '22 and let's do this.

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