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Cookies! Cookies for all for making it to 2017!

I'm sad as hell but I keep myself as productive as I can. I'm trying to maintain a level of positivity and I'm working to not allow anything or anyone get in the way of that in any way. Every day is hard but I'm going to make it my reality.

New Years resolutions never seemed like a reasonable thing to participate in to me. Just do what you want to. You only have one body, and you are only in competition with yourself. Don't beat yourselves up and take personal time for relaxation, enjoying things that are important to you, thinking and creativity.
Happy holidays

I've been having a small depressive period lately but basically I managed to turn my life around in 2016! I'm no longer a NEET like I was during 2012-2015. I like my job and my coworkers and am planning to go back to university full-time for fall 2017. It's about time. Meanwhile, lolcow has been keeping me entertained and frankly it's encouragement to stay in school, get a job, and not go off the deep end.

If anyone is struggling like I was, know that if even I can turn my life around, you can too. Peace.

I am sooo happy to be finished with the year and semester. I transferred to a "real" college this fall after getting my associates, I took 17 credits + an internship + work so this fall was rough. On top of it all, my house burned down in September which added so much stress and loss to my hectic life. Somehow I made it though, and I feel stronger by not letting this shit ruin my semester. For 2017, I want to keep it up and hopefully have my house rebuilt. I'd love to adopt a cat, as I lost my beloved 5yr old cat in the fire, but I'm not dumb enough to get one before things are stable again.

2016 was a pretty shitty year for me overall. Failed my masters program, fell out with one of my closest friends and moved to a new country where I'm not really connecting with the place or the people.

I've had worse years but this was definitely not a great one. I just want to make some more friends and be happy working somewhere by the end of 2017.

I did manage to do my new years resolution though, get confident/comfortable with embroidery. I've decided to do task/skill type of resolutions, it's more fun and I feel like I can actually accomplish them. This year I think I might want to master video editing.

>>173446
Hey anon, I think I remember you posting about your masters program. Just wanted to say hi and let you know that I catastrophically failed out of school but managed to get myself on the right track…so a little solidarity for you, if it helps. Best wishes.

>lost 10kg since about a year and a half ago, which is good, but I still have to get rid of stomach fat
>my grandma and David Bowie died, which put me in such a depressive slump that I could barely engage in creative activities for a long time
>honed my social skills greatly but in return gained a small circle of the most basic bitch friends that I feel even lonelier than before
>recently got turned down by my crush
>listened to more new music, which is always good
>saw Angel Olsen and Death Grips live
>saw Henry Rollins at one of his speaking gigs
a pretty clear 70/30 split in terms of bad/good shit imo
next year I'm looking to read more and finally lose all this fat from my abdomen by just saying no to junk food

>>173456
Wanna trade friend groups? I'm stuck with a bunch of autists and would kill for some basic bitch friends who drink Starbucks.

>>173457
Don't think you'd want that anon. I can't stand to be around my friends when they're talking about some girl on IG they've never met and how weird/annoying she is. I've heard exchanges where it's literally just
>"do you know X on instagram?"
>"oh my god yeah I hate her face"
>"god she's so annoying"
It's shallow and frankly annoying. It's why I wanna stop going on lolcow too lmao

I never keep my new year's resolutions but I'm really determined for 2017. Posting them here might put pressure on me.

>lose weight (3 stone)
>get fit (maybe try cough to 5k)
>write my first novel
>start a daily journal
>learn a new language
>don't lose the languages I already have

>>173458
lol yeah, that is shallow and annoying. Grass is always greener on the other side I guess. I'm just sick of half-balding neckbeards who think they can automatically date me because I'm female and in an engineering program.

Here's to finding some new friends in 2017

2016 has been an interesting year for me I guess. Graduated uni and all that and have been with a really great guy. My first post-uni plan fell through so I suppose I hope my second post-uni plan will be less hopeless in 2017. So far my only plans are being more of an expressive gf and working hard in my compsci classes next semester and not letting work make me depressed/complacent (it is a well paying but ultimately extremely boring job–makes me want to spend money on useless shit to make me feel better kind of job).

>>173459
maybe you never keep them because that is quite a list. if you focused on just one, or two that are related to each other (lose weight + get fit or keeping a fitness journal or journal + novel or journaling in the languages you don't want to lose, etc.) maybe you'd have a bit of an easier time. Resolutions are hard enough, but it sounds like you might be piling more on your plate than necessary.

>>173429
I'm so sorry for your loss, anon. I lost a kitty this year in a really sad way too.
I hope you have a better year. I'm sure that whole situation was heartbreaking.

My boyfriend and I broke up earlier this year and I still love him so fucking much, but I know I need to let go of him. It's still depresing me, ugh… but I'm tired of feeling sorry for myself.

I've been enjoying my break from uni and my job, so I'm spending a lot of time on the computer (admin and farmhand must be tired of seeing my ip everywhere at this point, kek!).
I promise to myself I'm going to do better things with my free time in 2017. I have to find something better than sitting in front of my computer and staying in my room getting fat.

(Also, OP here. Sorry for the silly typo and for typing 2017 into name. I was distracted)

2016 was one of my best years. Accomplished all of my goals: traveled, began grad school, career change that I love, new friends, etc.

Of course shitty stuff happened, but I'm here, alive, and healthy, as are those closest to me. Here's to an even better 2017, cheers.

2016 was terrible, but the past three years have been pretty awful anyways. It only started looking up a couple of months ago so we'll see how it goes next year.

For 2017 I think I'm going to try to cut down on drinking. Functional alcoholism is starting to take a toll on my body. My doctor keeps giving me disapproving looks and sighs.

>>173724
2016 was a shitty year for this planet.