Happy New Year everybody! All of you, to the people who have been in the New Year for a day, for those just entering the New Year and those of you who are watching it approach on the clock.
Last year... last year in all I think was good. It was so long and so much happened that I struggle to believe it was just one year, yet at the same time I'm surprised at how fast it felt it went. Last year I hit a few of milestones. I turned 18. I survived 1 year at my job. I had my 5th year anniversary on Shelfari. I also, sometime between August and Christmas, passed the 5 year friendship mark with my best friend in the U.S.
Throughout 2015 I began studying acting, I finally stepped out to follow my dream of one day becoming an actor. I found an awesome class and had an amazing teacher who taught me so much and helped me discover the confidence I needed to step out of my shell and begin chasing that dream. I had the extreme pleasure to be an extra in a few short films, and met some amazing people who also helped me so much by giving me advice and encouragement. One of my new year resolutions is to be in more films and improve my acting, work up from just being an extra with non-speaking roles to being in a main part.
As well as starting acting last year I began studying. I started a BA in professional writing and publishing, studies to help me improve in my writing and hopefully help me succeed in becoming a known published author. I have a few years ahead of me yet, already I have learned much from the course and it has caused me to question many things and reflect on a lot of things I probably would never have thought of. All of it, of course, helping me improve my writing. I have mixed thoughts on the course, but I am actually looking forward to finishing it and learning new things.
But while both acting and writing are two things I adore being able to do, the absolute highlight of 2015 happened between the 3rd and 28th of December. Through a year of work I began saving, saving for many things: being able to study, saving with the intent to buy a car, but most importantly saving to visit America. Back in 2010 I met a girl online and I never thought anything would come of it. I live in Australia and she lived in the States. It was completely random how we met, it was on a book site and she detests reading, the site had thousands of people on it yet somehow we ended up in the same superhero fan group. 5 years later she is my best friend. On the 12th of December I got to meet her in person for the first time and it was a feeling that is impossible to put into words.
For 2016 I have many plans. I have a book to finish this year and edit up, I've got a full year of coursework ahead, I want to act in more films, and I want to work on some private resolutions. Like the year before and the years before that, I have no idea what 2016 holds, but I am hoping that it will be an improvement from all the years before. Not because the years before were bad, but hoping for the new year ahead to be worse than the others is just odd. I also hope that the year ahead of you is fantastic.
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