How was this past year 2018 for you?

[Mia]

Mine was difficult, yet the closer to the end of 2018 the better it's become.
Are you looking forward to next year?

 

[Mr Allen]

Been a weird year for me.

Been trying all year to get a job, had several failed interviews (failed because for various reasons I can't work full time) for sales gigs with local Agencies.

2019 will hopefully bring better news employment wise, and I'm hoping to attend a couple of out of Town Comic Con type events and Cosplay Balls, and also compete in at least 1 National or International level Taekwondo competition, yeah I'd like to try and become the Undertaker of MA, except about a foot and half shorter and about 6 and half stone lighter.

 

[Isadoorian]

Difficult, to say the least...

Moved back to my original home town where my dad got a job. Mom didn't want to move back but did anyways for my Dad.

Moved into a house that's right beside a drug house

Parents are divorcing and they're seeing other people which bugs the crap out of me, since they've been together my whole life up until the last bit of August

Xmas and my Bday were basically just another day each for me this year

My mom's looking to move sometime in the Spring, I'll probably be forced to go where ever she's planning on going since she doesn't work and basically has no income. (I have my Disability Payments that I get each month from the Government and my Brother works). And I'd rather try and live on my own.

I'm unsure of what 2019 will bring, and to be honest, I'm a bit scared

 

[Gracey]

Lots of unexpecteds.
Some trying times.
Some pretty dark moments.
Mixed up with some truly great, humbling moments.

I’d like to step outside a few comfort zones next year.
Make a start on the rest of my life.

“Be the cause and not just the effects of my life”
(Sorry, can’t remember who said that originally)

 

[Nitro]

2018 was a fairly good year for me, with plenty of things accomplished that were all for the betterment of myself.

That being said, most any day I get now is a treasure, and it opens things up for the next chapter which will begin with the new year that is upon us.

I really don't have time in my life to dwell on negative thoughts, so y'all won't have to hear about the trivial things that went on over the past year.

If anything, I am very thankful for how much progress I have made over the past eight years since my TBI and greet each new day as yet another adventure to add to all of the ones that came before it.


2019 will hopefully leave me in good health with the energy to forge on in a similar manner.

 

[Bronzelincolns]

outside of leaving my former church and another one after that because the pastors were racists, pretty uneventful.

 

[Autistamatic]

2018 has been a difficult one, but an eye opening one. It's taught me lessons about the best and worst in people. I've learned how some people can forget that you are a person too when they can attach a label to your differences. I learned how duplicitous so called friends can be when they see you as an obstacle to their ambition. I learned more about double standards, incompetence and hypocrisy in every level of life from the most humble individual to the highest levels of government than in all my previous years.
Then in the second half of the year I re-engaged with the Autistic community, both online and in real life. For all the nastiness and shameful behaviour I'd witnessed and been subjected to I found people I related to. I've made friends online and met other people face to face who have proved to me that there is still kindness and decency even when it's hard to see sometimes.
I reached out and I got something valuable in return. A measure of restored faith. In 2019 I'll be continuing that journey and doing my best to give back. I'll be working hard to grow and diversify the channel with help from others keen to achieve the same goals and hopefully, the problems that started at the beginning of 2018 will be resolved soon as well.
It's been a rollercoaster of a year!

 

[clg114]

My year was pretty good. My wife and I keep waking up every morning, even though we are older than dirt. That is always a good sign. I am only a day away from keeping my 2018 resolution, the same one that I have had for the last few years, to stay alive for the coming year. My family is getting older and progressing nicely. We gained another great-grand child this year. That makes three. We have another grandchild who is a senior in high school and will be in college this time next year. All of the grandchildren are doing good in school and nobody seems to be getting into trouble. All in all, we have had a very good year.

 

[Bikutoso]

A lot of Snow, Extreme Heat, And the feeling of being stuck in the same room for about 360 days.

 

[ftfipps]

Weird year for me. I have worked in past years, I didn't even bother getting a job in 2018. It was okay. Not nearly as exciting as 2012-2017.

 

[Streetwise]

My year was pretty good. My wife and I keep waking up every morning, even though we are older than dirt. That is always a good sign. I am only a day away from keeping my 2018 resolution, the same one that I have had for the last few years, to stay alive for the coming year. My family is getting older and progressing nicely. We gained another great-grand child this year. That makes three. We have another grandchild who is a senior in high school and will be in college this time next year. All of the grandchildren are doing good in school and nobody seems to be getting into trouble. All in all, we have had a very good year.

May I ask what age do you have to be to be considered older than dirt !is it 60 is it 70 !or older !i've heard something like that before !but never knew what the age would be !thanks

 

[Thinx]

@clg114 is 72, but I think a lot of dirt would be older, depending what it's composed of I guess.

My year's had ups and downs, and it looks like 2019 is going to be better, partly through intentional changes I m making and partly through luck.

 

[Fino]

Pretty much every year of my life has been fantastic and terrible. A life of drama!

But this one started worse and got better, just like you said!

I expect this year to be one of my least dramatic ever!

Let's wait and see if a narrator in the sky was laughing when I said this!

 

[ijrr]

2018's been super stressful. I was working in telemarketing all year, which, as you can imagine, was pretty horrible - and I hardly made any sales, so was spending 40 hours a week cold-calling people to take home a $500 paycheck. My wife was out of a job for about half of the year, was able to make some money with gig services like DoorDash but money's obviously been pretty tight this year! And that's the biggest reason for my stress, is just trying to get enough money to pay the bills.

2019 is looking to be a lot better. The wife and I are moving back in with a roommate - we moved out on our own two years ago thinking we were ready, and then realized just how bad our executive function is. It's going to be a two-story townhome with 2.5 bathrooms (we just have the one right now) and I am so excited. Two-story apartments are my favorite.

And all three of us recently got jobs as tax preparers with Jackson Hewitt. So that's exciting as well. I'm hoping that the tax prep experience, along with the QuickBooks certification I earned in May, will help me get an entry-level bookkeeping or tax planning job once tax season is over.

And, lastly, every year my wife and I say "okay, this year we might have enough money to go on hormones" but this year, we're making it happen no matter what.

So, long story short, 2018 was super bleh, and we're hoping 2019 will turn things around!

 

[wight]

I realized this year, among other things, that I'm going to keep being alive, and I'm not really sure how I feel about that. I understand intellectually I should feel good about it, but mostly I just feel exhausted by the idea of another 20 or 30 years of existence.

 

[Pats]

I've had ups and downs. Learned from the down times. Lot of changes - new granddaughter (10th), finally freed myself of toxic siblings, gained new friends here. Happy to still be basically on my own and able to do things.
I have no New Years resolution - always just take one day at a time. No plans for trips but I have videos from my trip this past summer with my son and his family and that'll be good to get me through.
I hope you all have the best 2019 you could hope for.

 

[oregano]

Pretty good. I lost a lot of weight, so much so that for 2019 I'm looking at having surgery to remove layers of dead fat cells and excess skin. Finally got a piece of land that is usable for my hermitage farm. In 2019 I will be saving up for the cabin and other expenses of getting the land livable enough for full time off the grid living. Also, this year I realized that I will NEVER hold down a job or run my own business, I'm just "too autistic". So, it's SSI until the govt goes bankrupt in a few years and everybody gets tossed off or benefits slashed drastically. I hope to have the money I need by spring 2020.

A weird development for 2018 is that I got burned out on the news. I have instinctively cut way back on the news I follow, it just happened unconsciously. I've been a news junkie literally my whole life, my dad always had the news on TV on when I was a kid and a stack of newsmagazines on the coffee table. But the press has gotten so crazy that my brain just went on tilt at some point. I just can't handle it anymore, and it's really shameful to me because my dad always believed in being informed. The news isn't about information anymore but ratings, and they take it way too far.

 

[TempeFan]

Gained fresh more accurate perspective, freed ourselves of toxic relationships, reconnected with a few old acquaintances, made new friends, started new traditions, and plan to continue our old favorite - midnight bubbly to ring in the New Year: HAPPY 2019!

 

[Kirsty]

2018 for me has been full (and I mean full) of adventure and travel around my own country which will blend into 2019 and many years more! Had to make adjustments at work to help me in my development/recovery stage which happened quite suddenly, plus officially cutting contact with toxic family members for good has finally happened and now I can BREATHE!!!

Had an amazing birthday last night and glad about the choices I made after having my self-worth dipping on and off recently as this month can be hard emotionally at times. I’ve plans to express myself performance wise in future as a....ummm... will I say it? A drag king (opposite of drag queen) and see how I like it. Sounds fun and totally is me.

Time to make great memories! Oh and most importantly, I must focus on my art if I want to be known for what I do.

 

[LucyPurrs]

@clg114 is 72, but I think a lot of dirt would be older, depending what it's composed of I guess.

OMG, I'm about to be older than older then dirt, yikes, help ! What's the formula for reversing this process?