[[2023 Reflections]] 2023 was pretty good for me overall, I think. Despite hard-crashing a few times, I feel like I did a lot of what I want to do. [I put out an album](https://itsmintybeats.bandcamp.com/album/mintwave). The only one for this year, and not very long, but I pulled it off, so I'm proud of that. I started working on [[Poena Mortis]], even if that's not done yet. I started reading regularly again. And I started a YouTube channel, even tho I hated the first thing I recorded and you'll never see it lol. And I wrote a whole lot. Whether it was about the media I was consuming, or more serious, personal topics, I wrote the most I think I've ever written. It helped that I finished Gradschool in May, and so had a lot more free time (but like, not *that* much, lol). I also moved [[The Archive|the Café]] over to [[Taniyn Quest|Taniyn Quest]] in a depressed fit that actually ended up working out for me quite well[^1]. [[Digital Garden|Digital Gardening]] is fun, probably the only fun thing that white tech pros have put together. It's much less high-pressure, and the lack of chronological work makes it easy for me to just write at my own pace, about whatever I want. Then push it over to [[The Taniyn Newsletter]] for anyone that doesn't want to put up with my more random musings. Work has been good for me - I got a promotion, somehow?? So that's nice. I get to work from home, my boss is chill, and I'm making enough to comfortably take care of my mom. Couldn't ask for more there, to be honest. I also got to revisit Japan, which was wonderful. And took my mom to [[Hawaii Trip|Hawaii]] too, which has always been a dream of hers. Oh, and I've been working out more regularly too! If you have a standing desk, try out an under-the-desk treadmill. It's one of the best purchases I've ever made. Yearly reflections can always feel a little bit cheesy, but I think it's helpful for someone like me. I spend so much of my day to day worrying about whether I used it to the fullest, or if I'm wasting my time. I'm constantly comparing myself to others, especially people who seem to be more talented and creative than me. But when I look back at how this year went, I realize that I have my own stuff to be proud of. That's one of my personal resolutions, though: trying to be less hard on myself when it comes to how I spend my day-to-day, and look at the bigger picture of how I'm spending my time so that I stress about it less. I could sit here and reflect all day, but I think that's enough for now. I hope your 2023 was great, and may 2024 be good to all of us.[^2] [^1]: except for vercal, that shit is *annoying* and I might move over to Obsidian Publish, lol. [^2]: It won't be, it's an election year LOL BYE