The year is almost ending and honestly, it wasn't the best year but I can't predict anything.

• Graduated high school.
• Moved out of my house.
• Lost *a bunch* of friends.
• Completely lost myself at one point.
• Didn't get to start college.

So with that, I want to accomplish so much next year. I want to "break free" from myself because I have a terribly habit of doubting myself. I also want to control my OCD.

What are some of your 2012 highs and lows? What do you want to accomplish next year? (Not simple resolutions.)

Last year? I didn't get motivated enough to do the things I wanted to. That's all.

This year, I'd like to lose some weight, get on a healthier dieting plan and to start up on some webcomics that have been driving me nuts lately ;_;. I wanna make them and share them with the world. There's a total of 3, and they'd all be fairly long.

As for anything else.. I suppose trying to figure myself out since I'm somewhat in an identity crises at the moment.

My biggest lows was when my grandma had an awful stroke in the spring, only to pass away this fall, after a remarkable recovery. She was our rock, Grandma took care of us, and it hit really hard.

Another low would be the fact that I've gone through 5 jobs- one of which I got fired- and I'm back at one of my previous jobs currently, only to help out for Christmas...

This year had lots of tough lows and mediocre highs. Thankfully my boyfriend has been the one to pull me up after every low.

Next year, I AM going to get a job I love. I AM going to continue my art. I AM going to save up for a new movie maker program. I AM going to get my drivers license. I Am going to loose 10 lbs. And I AM going to be smarter about saving money.

This year was just kinda blah....I did manage to find a job I like and paid most my debt off. As for low points, I have a few health issues and a few other things that didn't turn out as planed and went through a few months where I was really depressed because of it. This year is ending on a positive note though because I did manage to find an apartment to move into come spring.

Next year I'm going to get my Visa approved and hopefully sort out the issues with my citizenship status, go back to school and hopefully finish my degree come fall, and I'm moving out of Michigan finally.

I think this was a better year for me overall than last year (no giant earthquake, for one thing). Although I had some rough patches.

Some highlights:

- Marked my 2nd full year in Japan
- Changed my place of employment (i.e. moved to a new school) which turned out to be for the best
- Discovered I had a medical condition (not serious, but slightly painful) that required surgery
- Had my first MRI, hospital admission, and surgery, which I took care of by myself using almost exclusively Japanese \o/
- Began my first serious relationship with a wonderful guy <3
- Made a lot of progress in Japanese language study (which is important, since my bf doesn't speak English )

But I find that even the low points of the year tend to have positive benefits. I certainly wasn't happy to undergo a painful surgery, but I learned a lot through the experience. I hope next year is even better!

This has been a very eventful year for me actually. Among the major events:

• Admitted I'd been in love with my best friend for several years. Found out the awkward but amusing denial was mutual.
  • Got laughed at by my girlfriend; she'd known all along.
  • Stayed with her too because she's awesome with it.
• Took up wireworking. Discovered I'm a natural at it.
• Started selling crafts.
• Chose my major after a ridiculous amount of time of indecisiveness (I was starting to think I'd be a career student)
• Got engaged
• Got myself trapped with Cloud's parents for a few months. Failed to figure out how he's related to them.
• Finally decided it's time to retire my old dinosaur of a computer and began searching for a new one.
• Started making a buttload of money by gaming an advertising-by-social-media-toy...thing.
• Learned to fix all kinds of things I had no idea were even user-serviceable.

It's been a pretty exciting year, overall.

Some major lows that I had this year were; my "best" friend ended up showing me that she didn't really want me around for anything more then to keep her parents off of her back and to do her chores. A really close friend of mine lost her life to leukemia, long periods of not being able to talk to my boyfriend, and my anxiety of being around people/ talking to people has horrifically gotten worse.
Some good things; I graduated high school, got into college, finished my first term, no huge drama between my boyfriend and I, and learned how to crochet!
If I could I would change a lot of things that happened this year, but there are other things I wouldn't change for the world.

mostly a low year so all I can say is good riddance 2012, let's hope that 2013 will be more positive

Hm, my year was okay. I mean nothing life threatening to me happened. And with anything bad that did happen, I've always had my family and friends there :D

I got my drivers license.
I graduated Highschool.
I started College :D
My mom was out of work for like 3 months because of surgery.
My grandparents have been going through a lot of sickness as well, like cancer.
My Aunt is probably leaving her husband.
My boyfriend broke up with me, which was more devastating then it should have been. I'm fine now, though, and have a different one. I guess I'll see how this continues to go.
One of my best friends moved to a different state :/
I got all A's my first semester of College.

A definite high of my year was falling in love for the first time. Although we technically started dating at the end of 2011, I did not fall for him until January of 2012, and yes we are still together (yays). Our one year anniversary is in 5 days and it is like unbelievable to even say that. We have had an amazing relationship together, and I am hoping for the same in 2013.
Some lows of this year is really realizing how petty some girls can be. Like this one girl that I used to be really decent friends with, everyone said that she had a thing for my boyfriend but I did not even really care because I knew that he loved me and not her. So about 4 months ago she decided to make up all these rumors about him flirting with other girls and stuff. Since she was my friend, she knows of my crazy jealousy. Of course me and my boyfriend did not break up, I trust him wayy more than her. So I eliminated her from my life. Sad to lose a friend, but happy to lose a crazy fake one ^_^

This year has been pretty blah, but I'm looking forward to achieving a lot in the coming year.

This year I:

• Roleplayed a ton, but made plans to turn it into a co-authored novel and possibly a game
• Stayed employed through my third year at my job. Starting to want a different one again.
• Made lots of new friends that I'm really enjoying spending time with.
• Spent a lot of money fixing up my car.
• Dealt with marriage issues between my parents, starting to lose faith in the both of them.
• Put off moving out, again.
• Started selling duct tape wallets on Etsy with some success.

Things I'd like to do next year:

• Move out!
• Publish a book, release a dating game.
• Animate something!
• Work tirelessly on comics and wallet designs!
• Have fun!

Highs...

Let's see what exactly happened this year.

- Changed my job (resigned from a hell hole to join a new one XD but oh well, I get paid really much better and my hours aren't as long as before so I really can't complain much)
- Got a boyfriend (Yeah, I finally dated after 3 years... Seems like forever. Only to lose the guy after less than a month =.= But I guess its alright that we are still friends)
- Attended a tonne of wedding and acted as a maid of honour for the first time. It was exciting but really a lot of work!
- Traveled with a friend without parents for the first time out of this country. We went to Seoul for 5 days and it was great :)

Lows:

- My grandpa passed on :( This was probably the lowest of the low throughout my year. I collapsed with grief when he passed away. He was 99 at the time of his passing but before that he was pretty lively. Its going to be hard to have family reunions now. since a lot of my aunts and uncles living abroad only come back here to see grandpa.

Overall, the year hasn't been really great neither has it been horrible but I am really looking forward to a better year ahead! Here's to a good 2013 people!

Highs:

• New Job Position :D Full time teaching associate
• Turned 21!!
• Found a cute apartment to buy with my two favorite guys

Lows:

• I've lost a child this year, and it still eats at my heart.
• Lost my great-grandmother, who I was named after.
• Other grandma turned suicidal.
• Huge fight with my friend who stopped talking to me

My goals:

>>School maybe? Some of my relatives are on my butt about going back to school.. And I want to, but at the same time I don't want to. I had to drop out of school because of my parents, so I ended up having to pay $3.5k out of pocket (because when you drop out, you lose scholarships/grants, cool huh?). I finish my loans next month, and DO NOT feel like going round two with that. I actually want to have money for once.. I didn't like living off of $50/month.

>>Finally move out!!! We've been talking about getting our own place for almost a year now. But with myself and my boyfriend paying off loans and getting to stay home for free, we wanted to wait a bit. Our bestfriend has been cool with waiting. But Spring 2013 has been out plan date. I'm so excited, I can't sit still. I want to be a grown up already!!

>>Be happy I know it's stupid, but I had a stressful year. Actually a stressful couple of years. Being kicked out of school because of paperwork/money problems is like a kick to the gut. It set back my self-esteem by a lot. With losing my closest relative and first child, and the pressure to make something out of myself, I have no energy. I know I need to move on, but easier said than done.