So, what have you accomplished this year

[CeriseNoire]

... or last year for those of you already in '09. This is the time when people make resolutions and often complain about the ones they didn't keep. Why not look at the positive for a minute? So which resolutions did you keep? Or what wasn't on your list, but is still a major accomplishment for you?

 

[shereads]

Survived.

 

[Remec]

Mostly diddly-squat...although, I did manage a number of poems and even finished the 30 in 30 challenge. Otherwise, not a whole of anything.

 

[Huckleman2000]

1. I successfully constructed a means to grow my own 'tomatoes' in a plastic cabinet next to my bed.
2. umm... what was the question again?

 

[vella_ms]

1. I successfully constructed a means to grow my own 'tomatoes' in a plastic cabinet next to my bed.
2. umm... what was the question again?

had you said 'zucchini', i would have been worried.



me?
hrm.
became single. bought a home. refurbishing said home. thats enough for one year, isnt it?

 

[TheeGoatPig]

I learned shaolin spear, hua chwen 3, chin na 4, and possibly jin as well.

 

[Selena_Kitt]

I started eXcessica, and it seems to be thriving.

I conceived a baby.

Even managed a short-sale on the house at the very last second.

Helped elect a president with a great deal of hope for the future.

Hey, it really hasn't been a bad year after all!

 

[impressive]

Physically, "survived" fits. Maintained, perhaps, fits better. Maintenance takes more effort at middle age.

Personally, it was a year of big changes, all for the better. It was also a year of intense longing, revising expectations, and coping with the reality of what is & the grief for what will never be.

Professionally, it was a year of small gains in name recognition & respect.

 

[starrkers]

Not a whole damned lot.

I did win a Lit contest with a "piece of shit".

 

[Liar]

Snagged my degrees, became self employed, told my former boss to go fuck himself with his fancy new iPhone, built an outhouse, lost 35 lb I didn't need, learned fly-fishing, and stopped stressing out about getting laid.

 

[Nirvanadragones]

I loved.

 

[jomar]

It was also a year of intense longing, revising expectations, and coping with the reality of what is & the grief for what will never be.

Professionally, it was a year of small gains...

Ongoing and ditto.

 

[wafflemtl]

Found a lot of questions.... currently finding some answers.

 

[damppanties]

Half of a Master's degree.
Made some wonderful new friends.
Lots of new experiences.
Met a few Litpeoples.
Fulfilled a dream.
On the path to achieving so much more.
Threw a snowball.
Became a lot more responsible.
Prolly more that I can't think of right now.
Slept with Imp.


It has been a wonderful year, especially compared to the few before '08.

 

[MagicaPractica]

This year has had it's ups and downs.
Started several novels, though I didn't finish any new ones. Or sell any.
Got two jobs, a step up each time.
Started dating again.

 

[DesertPirate]

I'll settle for survived

 

[voluptuary_manque]

So much, so much. Looking back, despite a few disappointments, it's been a wonderful year professionally, personally, physically, culturally . . . yes, when I was sixty-one, it was a very good year.

 

[Varian P]

Published three novels! (Thanks, Selena!)

Got my BFF & me living in the same city again after far too many years.

Wrote, directed, and produced my first narrative short film, & wrote a screenplay for the feature I plan to shoot this spring.

Lost sight of some things... casting my gaze toward the horizon now...

 

[TE999]

Made friends, found love, had fun, drank beer, helped folks, wrote stories, beached it...a lot, and tried to stay mellow.

Not a bad year all told.

 

[rgraham666]

I had another e-book published.

I wrote several stories that went up here on Lit.

Started a project with another writer I admire a lot. We finished first draft and are now thickening the tension and romance of it.

 

[glynndah]

I made friends here.

 

[togitc]

I started dating, lost 23 pounds, found a good job I don't hate, and finally realized that if I don't stand up for myself no one else will.

 

[slyc_willie]

I've gotten everything I've ever wanted. At last.

Just hope I'm not so stupid as to lose it.

And . . . .

Happy New Year, Cerise. I truly hope it's a great one for you.

 

[Vermilion]

Won a Lit comp, found the confidence to publish my work, got accepted for publication, wrote two novellas and am halfway through another, married the man I loved and made the decision to get this monkey of an illness off my back if at all possible - some new avenues opened up and I'm going to pursue them.

As far as less tangible acheivments go - developed a closer relationship with my sister and found more respect for her (she earnt it). Lost someone I considered a friend, but who turned out not to be. Learned that loving is a verb, an action, something you have to decide to do and keep doing.

I'm hoping 2009 will bring health, acceptance, more love and some success in writing. We'll be moving to a new home, so I'm hoping for some new friends, too.
Too much to ask?

Love, luck and happiness to all my friends here on the AH
x
V

 

[lesbiaphrodite]

I stayed loyal to my friends and family. I stayed out of jail.