This blog is like a badly made zombie - most of the time it just lies there rotting, but sometimes it is risen and staggers around for a bit just to fall down again. Maybe I'll be able to write some more in the future, at least I can try.
Well, let's be optimistic.
The last year has been very mixed for me. On the one hand, I managed to acchieve most of the goals I set for me: I have established a more frequent contact to my friends and met them more regularly than before. Moreover, I have travelled quite a lot. I visited my grandmother in the Harz, I stayed several times with a friend who moved to the middle of nowhere, my partner and me spent two weeks in Cornwall, I went on a class trip to Oxford and I was in Stuttgart for a weekend.
On the other hand, there are some things that need to change next year. So these are my new goals:
1) I have to take better care of myself. While I was not seriously ill, I didn't feel great most of the time and I haven't been able to really relax for some years now. I can't go on like this, so there has to be healthy eating as well as regular exercise outside.
2) I want to have a regular Pen and Paper group again. Roleplaying has been my favourite hobby for 18 years now, but during the last few years I haven't been able to maintain a steady group.Of course, it's more difficult to find other players now, because most of my friends have children and or rather demanding jobs but maybe there are others who feel the same need.
3) Although I hate the word "work-life-balance" this is exactly what I need. I like my job, but I don't want it to consume my entire personality. So let's try to draw clearer boundaries between job and life. That means more work in school and less work at home.
And I would also like to update this blog more regularly, so maybe I will use it as a way to keep track of my goals.
If anyone reads this, I hope you had a most wonderful year yourself and I wish you all the best for 2015!
