Hello 2022!

It’s a new year! And new years generally come with desires of change, a need to improve. After all, we’re another year older, another year smarter. But we also have a bit of a blank canvas to start doing stuff on. While a new year won’t magically fix everything, it counts for a great head-start, a springboard into another year.

New year’s resolutions.

Of course, with a new year, we get new resolutions as well. While most people will probably fail them, I feel like a new year’s resolution is a step in the right direction. No one is perfect, and everyone can make a change in their lives. The new year is always a hopeful time, and we all tend to make promises to ourselves. There’s a lot to do, like losing weight, getting a new hobby, quitting nicotine and alcohol and all that.

For me, I’ll be continuing forwards, writing my daily 500 words. I’ve kept this going for so long, it’s hard to stop now. Would be a shame anyway. I’ve been writing 500 words a day since 2016 and there’s still so much to write about.

On the flip side, new year’s day is often a bit of a mess. Especially if you stayed up until midnight. It’s common to not feel great on new year’s day, mostly because of the night before. Personally I prefer getting a good sleep and waking up nice and refreshed, a calmer way to leap into the new year.

Personal things too.

For me, personally, I’m already of the opinion that 2022 will be a better year. I mean, 2021 was so dumb that I’m glad to be rid of it. However, 2021 did lead to me working out some of my problems. Half the year was spent wallowing in misery and hating myself, and that was not a good thing. I was nearly broken in May 2021, and I have come a long, long way since then. I even spent time in a mental health clinic, but… I don’t want to talk about it.

But between therapy and medication, I finally feel like a new person, ready to try and take on the world. Or maybe go on a nice date with a cute guy at least.

Seriously though, mental illnesses are horrible. And, sadly, mental health is hard to deal with.

Things will be alright.

I’m doing better, and I think this year will be better for all of us. Sure, 2022 won’t be amazing, since we’re still living with COVID and all that, but it’s too easy to be sad before the year has already begun. None of us know what is coming, both good and bad.

So yeah, I’m optimistic about 2022. While I can’t really guarantee that 2022 will be good or bad either way, the hint of mystery is very nice. Combined with the fact that I’m a better person now, I really do hope and think 2022 will at the very least be… alright. Then again, now that I think about it, doesn’t sound optimistic at all.

Happy 2022, you lot.