2016 Wrap-Up: "Next Year I'll Do Something"

I'm not 100% sure what my resolution(s) for 2016 even was... I'm sure I set one; pretty sure anyway. But then again I don't know when I finally realized that resolutions are pretty stupid. I mean, it's mostly just something no one ever completes right?

I guess it's just not for everybody. There are those people who can set and reach clear goals of any difficulty. I, unfortunately, am not one of those people. I've learned over this past year that I just sort of need to live "free form". I don't really meet goals or milestones and when I don't I feel like I failed somehow.

I'd rather feel refreshed and excited by trying something new or completing something old than like I have meet goals to please others or myself.

Because let's be honest, those resolutions aren't really for you. If they were they'd be personal, not blasted all over social media so we can feel good about others seeing how hard we're trying. Hopefully 2017 will be less of a "look at me!" year and more of a "doing" year.

Do and share the things that make you happy, not the things that will just impress others...

Looking back on the year It was pretty hard for me to even put a finger on what made it special. I lived through; that would be my crowing achievement. ...or even better I didn't total a car this year...

In all honesty though there were some spots worth remembering. Getting a full-time salary job, losing a pet, making art, watching my mom get married... 2016 wasn't a total waste. But I still don't feel like I made something of the year.

I want 2017 to be a year where I actually do some amazing things. I want to end the year feeling accomplished rather than like NYE is just another day. Having to actually try and think of things that made this year what it was shouldn't have been so hard. It definitely took me a minute as I put together my #bestnine for Instagram; and even still i'm not very happy with it.

I guess if I had to pick a resolution it would be to BE HAPPY. Shouldn't be too hard...

Instead of picking some everyday resolution this year, do something like this.

Something for you.
Something for someone you love.
Something for someone you don't know.
Something new.
Something old.

Five things; very simple. Five small or large things to try and do before 2017 ends. No big unattainable resolution, no flashy like-bait for Facebook. Just make the year worth looking back on and saying, "This year was great. I did something."

Selective Compassion

So I have written about this topic before. When Paris was attacked, I was ashamed (even of myself) of the way people reacted to this country going through what they did. It was sad and we felt for them. But has anyone else noticed that we only ever feel for these "super power" countries when so many other places go through this everyday? The following is what I wrote after Paris. Every one of us is guilty. We tend not to change the color overlay of our facebook pictures for countries like Afghanistan or Syria. Most of us don't even know that China's youth is so opressed and depressed that they're locking themselves away in their rooms and even killing themselves. No one bat an eye at the college campus in Kenya where 147 people were killed. And the Paris media attention drowned out the suicide bombing tragedy in Beirut one day before. What happened in Paris is indeed a tragedy. But it brings to light how we as Americans pick and choose who to show ou...

Humpday Update #6 / "These Damn Millennials"

I usually try to cover things that are a bit more personal with these updates, so with that said I think I get to rant at least a little. There are several things Iv'e noticed about my own generation that both excite and sicken me. There are those of us who can set our minds to amazing feats and through unrelenting willpower and unconventional means, usually get the job done. Then there are a great many who want everything served up to them, cry when they don't get their way and are for the most part are all talk. At this point in our lives, where all of us are basically adults, we need to stop acting like children and get real about our future. It's already messed up as it is with previous generations going about things the way we are now. They "didn't think it would happen" or "ignored the signs" and now we're faced with things like; no social security for ANYONE in our generation a planet that's killing itself pay that is ...

Humpday Update #15

I've been accomplishing a lot lately. Literally full steam ahead for the past month or so and I can say that it has paid off. My Twitter following is on the rise, as is that of this blog. With so many projects rolling along nicely my first flop hit me pretty hard about a week ago. Please allow me to step into my other self. The me that loves anime, manga, and comics. One of my side projects has been to bring a little taste of real life into what I experience among friends that also enjoy my nerdy indulgences and at conventions. My Facebook page and eventual channel " EchoTV " was to debut with a panel on diversity in cosplay at Otakon 2016; the convention's last year in my home town. When the convention emailed to tell me my panel application for "Cosplaying While Black" was denied, I was angry and wanted an explanation. (One I have yet to receive) In my rejection letter they basically say that they didn't properly go through all submissions ...

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