A Successful Year

My "small" year hasn't been what I planned but I am happy to say it has been a lot more.


I thought I would list out what makes me feel like I have "made it" this year.

1. Applied for and was granted my first mortgage. My house is totally mine and I get to stamp it however I like, Granted, the bank owns most of it but suddenly I am overcome with a sense of pride with my little patch of earth.
2. Gave up the worst of my habits. I have many bad habits but I have to say that smoking was the most antisocial of them all. I have been 11 months without a cigarette now and I am pleased to say I will never go back to it.
3. Brought my first brand "new" car. It is a 2014, I saved a bunch of money as it was 2nd hand and it has a roof rack and towball. Admittedly I managed to damage it within a week of owning it, but it is still mine and it is shiny, capable and useful.
4. Lost a lot of weight and learnt to think differently about food, exercise and mental health. I have put most of this weight back on, but my mind has changed and this years learning will help me not only battle this mountain but conquer it. 
5. Learnt how to rewire a trailer plug using only Youtube and Google.
6. Within a month of moving in to my new house I am told "You are a bit strange" by the neighbour across the road.
7. Found a firepit (old concrete well liner) on the side of the road and wheeled it back to my place (With the neighbour from above watching).
8. Discovered paving poorly is not hard at all, next year I plan to discover if paving well is hard.
9. Free mulch is awesome, 32 trailers worth of free mulch makes the neighbours start to comment. Thank you to mulchnet.net.au for the free mulch and thank you to John across the road for his regular commentary on how I am spreading it out and my skills with a wheelbarrow.
10. Made an awesome cake for my nephew to celebrate his 13th birthday. Can't believe how quickly 13 has come around and what an amazing young man he is.
11. Work took me out of my comfort zone this year yet again, challenging me in some brilliant ways that has given me another outlook on who I am and what I am capable of.
12. Took my nephew to see whales in the wild for the first time.
13. Assisted my mums 3 sisters, reading the eulogy at my grandmothers funeral  as my mum was stuck in bed and couldn't speak her part. Drove 11 hours on the same day so that my Dad and I could get back to be with her.
14. Learnt how much my body can do at #thenewmerising and how much the mind is the biggest inhibitor.
15. Made some good friends this year in unexpected places.
16. Opened my own restaurant twice! "Rice Rice Baby" and "The Blue Room".

So that's my year in short, I have missed a number of events but I think all in all it has been a big one!

Here is to hoping next year is as wesome and life changing.