- At work - recruiting another team member, so we are not all constantly plate spinning and I might actually have chance to spend time planning.
- At home - finally getting the pictures etc up on the walls.
- Nationally - voting the Tories out.
I hope that orange bastard Trump goes to prison or dies in 2024. I prefer prison because he needs to pay for his crimes, but dead is good too. The only thing is it would have to be a really dumb accident out in public so there wouldn’t be any conspiracy theories. Maybe he could fall off the stairs while getting off his plane and crack his skull on the tarmac.
Being able to say "oh that was x+1 years ago" instead of "x years ago" when reflecting on all my past traumas.
A miracle keeping the orange fuhrer out of politics and news, perhaps a conviction with actual time to be served. I know, I’m calling for a miracle as I said.
I’m really excited to start working with the engineers at work to learn how to rework the broken boards that go in the products we produce. I don’t know much about electronics and I’ve certainly never been to college, but I’ve apparently displayed an aptitude for understanding stuff so they wanna work with me to get the ball rolling. They’ve been able to convince management that my bench in the RMA department needs all the equipment a rework station should have. It’s all super exciting and I can’t wait to start.
Honestly, nothing really. It feels like each year more fucked up things are happening, so I lost the positivity I had for the upcoming years.
Don't get me wrong I am in a good place personally, but with all the stuff going on in the world it sometimes feel hard to believe it's gonna get better any time soon.
Finishing my bathroom remodel then starting on my kitchen
Moving my family back home after caring for an elderly parent for 3 years.
I got tired of jumping around between streaming services to get deals and save money. I noticed that a couple major music streamers seemed to collude to raise rates at the same time, and I'm tired of that. I'm setting up my Plex server with some Black Friday deals and am looking forward to enjoying having that at my disposal.
My Apollo plush arriving.
Getting back surgery (and fixing the problem, instead of, like, not ever being able to walk again). Then getting the green light at work so I can start work on a project I've proposed. And lastly, getting one of my side projects past the finish line.
Going skiing and visiting hot springs in Japan
Starting to restore a 1964 corvette
Maybe learning to paint pottery
Nothing huge yet.
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Got a milestone birthday coming up but not sure what to do for it, once I have plans that'll be something exciting.
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I've been working on learning gamedev as a hobby for a couple years and hope to release my first proper actual commercial game next year too which is pretty cool.
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No holidays planned as of yet but we normally do that over the Christmas hols.
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Also we may or may not get a dog.
I need more things for this list lol
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I'm going to 36 weeks of military training that will also be a substantial pay cut from my civilian career, but worth it in the long run as it'll be the necessary experience to switch my civilian career to my field of interest. Not looking forward to the training, but I'll be in such a better spot once I'm finished. Looking forward to that!
Season 4 of The Boys
Release of KDE Plasma 6
getting a job and socializing more
Being in the top 3 men in a small running race
Remodeling my bathroom, getting my hip fixed so I can go back to not skipping leg day, and possibly a trip to the Tetons.
Dune
The possibility of getting hit by a bus
Hopefully my garage/addition will be built next year and I can finally start working on cars indoors again. I'm turning 40 next year, not looking forward to that so I may not even have a party. Hopefully going to find different employment again, I have an interview on Monday for something I'm far from qualified for but I'm giving it a shot anyway, if it doesn't pan out I'm trying to take the test for an emergency dispatcher position that starts in January and if I have the fortitude I might try to get in to nursing school but I'm on the fence about that.
Camping
Dragon Age: Dreadwolf
KDE Plasma 6
The end of 2023.
The election circus
I have a newborn niece by my brother-in-law. His fiancee also has two young boys from a previous marriage. I am looking forward to opportunities to build my relationship as an uncle with the boys. My brother and husband both don't want kids, so it sounds like this will be the only real chance to have a close family relationship with Generation Alpha.
I need to go to Japan and have Ramen!
I'm gonna play a new campaign in D&D. And I DM a different one, where I am going to play with some homebrew stuff I made up myself, so I'm really hyped for that!
having kids
Spacex SpaceShip going orbital and hopefully landing.
Getting a nice-ish car. Hopefully electric.
Hopefully staying fit, making some new memories with friends, making music, appreciating the time I've got here as much as I can.
cheap energy
I initially misread this as 2014 and I am actually surprised I was a bit excited. Like if the past decade was a coma dream or something, wow that would have been ideal. Ah. Anyway.
I’m looking forward to physical therapy rehab in the spring, maybe feeling good and healthy again. And then seeing Taylor Swift in Vienna in late summer. Hopefully by then, Trump is either dead or in prison. Hopefully prison first.
