A review of the year

So, the longest night has passed. From now on in, the days will get longer and the light is coming back. Which means that it felt like a good time to write a retrospective of 2017.

It’s been a…challenging year. An eventful year. Not all good. Not all bad. Best of times. Worst of times. And I don’t know where to begin. Let me break it down into six different areas.

Family
Relationships
Money
Career
Health
Hobbies

I know it’s meant to be five, but I feel the need to add in a summary of my year in hobby, because I’m that sort of person.

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More life ponderings...

In other news, for various reasons I just read through 12 years (with a gap in the middle) of my end of year reviews.

I was moderately amused by some of the themes that have come up. I note:

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