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cosmic_llin ([personal profile] cosmic_llin) wrote2010-01-03 07:55 pm

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Three days into a new year already - gosh!

Christmas, as expected, was a bit upsetting and miserable, but had some lovely bits! Quite a few people got me presents to share with [livejournal.com profile] carawj (thank you, those people, for cushions, teapots, spice racks etc! :D) and my brother got me a Davros cookie jar, so, awesomes. And then when I got back to London we had a little Christmas of our own and I had a stocking with jelly beans and bubbles and poetry and biscuits and it was very lovely. :)

As to my feelings on Doctor Who... mostly disappointment and betrayal. I might post properly another time.

So anyway... 2010, eh?

Where I am now is nowhere near where I imagined myself this time last year. And 2009 in a lot of ways was a difficult year, but it was also a year filled with loveliness and awesome, and one in which I think I've grown a lot and learned a lot of things about myself, so I'm counting it as a win overall. I have a lovely home and girlfriend and a wonderful circle of friends both near and far who mean the world to me, and if I don't have a job I love, I at least have one that pays the bills and lets me wear what I like and listen to my iPod in the office, which could be a whole heap worse.

I'm not sure I want to make a list of resolutions, but as a general thing I want to spend more of this year doing things that are important to me, and I want to make more progress towards my goal of making a living from writing. Although technically I do that already, it really doesn't count.

Today I'm sitting in our nice tidy flat, we've shopped and eaten proper food, I've been doing creative things all day and even if I haven't made the best possible use of the Christmas break, I have really enjoyed it. So I think this is a good way to start the year. *nod*

[identity profile] doctor-dasha.livejournal.com 2010-01-04 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not sure that anyone really LOVES their job, so I wouldn't worry about it too much. After all, if you want to be a writer, then it's good to have a steady nine-to-five job that pays the bills, so that you can spend your free time doing your writing.

Glad that your holidays season had some nice high points. Best of luck for 2010! :)

[identity profile] elder-goddess.livejournal.com 2010-01-04 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
DAVROS COOKIE JAR OOOOOOHHH! And yay for a private Christmas party :-)

From what little I know of the weird universe of office jobs, lets me wear what I like and listen to my iPod in the office puts you waaay out on the win front. And you get to work with words of a sort. At least you didn't have to go through as long a writing apprenticeship as I have - forty years of one, disguised as a successful career :P :P :P