*+:｡.｡ Happy new year and a 2021 retrospective ｡.｡:+*

Hi! it's 2022 now and there's so much to say! 

My new years was fairly average I just stayed at home with my family I made my younger brothers some mocktails and drank myself wayy too much I made it to midnight though! Went for a walk and sat in the playground till 12 to see the fireworks there were quite a few nearby. I messaged all my friends and family and than just stayed absolutely buzzed until like 7.

I also watched Encanto it was rlly nice! but I wasn't paying attention properly so i'm gonna rewatch it on my own sometime soon. 

2021 was a very uneventful year for me sadly. I was lucky to be able to have a birthday picnic with my good friends and it was probably the highlight of my year my friends (who aren't familiar with each other) got along and I got so many nice gifts and it was a beautiful day. I struggled a LOT with money this year I lost my job in 2020 and have had to get by on very little. I'm still struggling with money but am hoping to get a decent job by early this year. (btw shameless plug I take commissions!). I also had quite a rough time mentally just in general. I was also very lucky to be apart of a local art group as a facilitator it was a good year for the group and I had such a great time. 

School was. . . okay, which is such a shame since I was so looking forward to school in 2021. Money troubles were really getting me down and it really affected my school experience I was struggling constantly to afford things for assignments. First term started very strong and I was super happy and it was generally good all the way through, Second term was uh rough my work was consistently bad I had a depressive dip and I missed classes and was late often which annoyingly persisted until the end of the school year. I became increasingly way more anxious and weirdly ashamed of all my creative output. 

Third term I was absolutely sure was going to be better (a lie) it was a little bit better but because of the ((Covid times)) we had classes at home which I didn't do very well with on top of that I did not enjoy the subject (printmaking) and had little to no motivation at all. Final term was probably the best and my favorite term of the year we were still at home but I enjoyed the subject (painting) much more. I got to spend the last few days of the final term on campus and I was so happy to be there even though I felt sheepish for no apparent reason. In general I'm kind of upset about my artistic output and I to be honest I did not like much of the artwork I made for school.

OH! but here's what sucks absolute shit last day on campus when I had to finish some printing some asshole stole my paintings (and my fave coat) that I was going to submit for our certs exhibition show. I am still upset about it I worked very hard on those paintings and they meant a lot to me. Also that was a nice coat!! that my nanna!! gifted me!! (＃｀д´)ﾉ

I'm happy to be apart of this site and I plan to use spachey often in 2022!

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