It is such a crazy feeling to look back on my year and not feel a sort of sadness about it. Writing my year in review two years ago filled me with such dread. I hated looking back on the year I lived and have it filled with so much sadness and regret
But now, as I sit down to write my 2018 Year in Review, I am feeling such a wave of happiness run through my body. I get to reflect on how happy I’ve been these past two years and see how much I’ve grown. I am so proud that I am finally moving forward again and not backwards. 2016 was one of the worst years of my life and i almost didn’t make it through it. I truly lost all sense of myself. But luckily, I realized that sometimes the right thing to do is just start over and rebuild yourself. So that’s what I did. And I couldn’t be happier. So here is my 2018 Year in Review
January:The start of 2018.
February:I took my very first solo trip. And by solo, I mean I met up with friends once I was there. And by trip, I just mean I travelled a province over and went to Vancouver. Not really a big deal but it was a big deal to me nonetheless. I couldn’t sleep the night before i left, that’s how anxious I was. I absolutely hate flying or travelling alone so you could say I conquered my fears. I’m a big kid now.
March:My twenty-third birthday came in March. I was totally planning on cancelling my birthday this year. After last year’s disastrous birthday where nobody showed up, I wanted nothing to do with my birthday. I was totally content on pretending it didn’t exist. But my best friend, Joey, was set on making sure that wasn’t going to happen. So, he planned the most amazing surprise party for me. It was everything I’ve always dreamed of and it made me so happy to be surrounded by all of my favourite people in the world. It was definitely a birthday to be remembered.
April:I wrote my very last exam in April. All five years of my undergrad were finally done and it was a surreal moment. I remember starting university five years ago and thinking there was no way I would ever make it through. I tried three different faculties, cried a ton and made a lot of memories that would last forever. It was the best and worst five years of my life but I am so glad I graduated. The experience truly shaped me as a person and I am so proud to now hold a Bachelor of Commerce degree under my belt. Now, let’s just get my MBA and then I will be set.
May:I always have at least one month out of the whole year when I am writing my Year in Review and I can’t seem to remember a single thing that happened that month. So let’s just assume I was off living my best life, relaxing, blogging and reading a ton of books. Oh, and I was definitely working a lot at Shoppers Drug Mart as well. What else is new!
June:June 14th was the day of my university convocation. I graduated with distinction which is really all I have to show for how hard I worked these past five years. C’s get degrees kids. Jk I’m proud of all my A’s. I also went to Mexico in June for the first time which people thought was quite weird. Why would you go to a hot climate in the summer? Meh, I just needed a week of relaxation and that’s what I got. Kind of. Read my post here to learn a bit more about my summer.
July:This was by-far the most stressful month of 2018 for me. I was applying for jobs like crazy and I honestly was starting to feel hopeless. I didn’t think I was ever going to get a job. But I persevered and did countless interviews and finally just when I thought I would be working full time at Shoppers Drug Mart for the rest of the year, the job offers rolled in. Hallelujah.
August:One of my favourite moments of 2018 happened in August. I was invited to attend Sonic Field Day with a free Press Pass to cover the festival on my blog. The pass gave me front row access to eight of my all-time favourite bands. It was so surreal and I had the best time. Read the full blog post here about my experience!
September:I started my very first adult job this month. It was also the very first September that I didn’t have a first day of school. It was the weirdest thing seeing all my friends going back to school and I wasn’t. (Read my post here all about why I’m so sad about not going back to school). It was definitely a learning curve waking up at 6am everyday to go downtown but I wouldn’t change it for the world. I love it. Plus I got to go shopping and finally buy business casual clothes. My work outfits are hella cute (see here, here & here).
October:In October, my grandpa passed away. It was extremely tough on my family but I think my grandpa would have been incredibly happy as we all travelled to Victoria for his funeral and spent good, quality family time together. Growing up, I never had any extended family in Edmonton so my holidays were spent just with my brother and parents. I always dreamed of having a huge family dinner. And so, when my grandpa’s funeral was over the long Thanksgiving weekend, my dream finally became a reality. We had a huge Thanksgiving dinner and it was everything I had ever wanted.
November:November was a fun blogging month. I did some work with local companies like Workhall and Kingsway Mall which was super cool! They are both companies that I’ve loved for years so being able to work with them as amazing! It is always exciting doing blog meetings and collaborations in person instead of over email and it really makes me realize the opportunities this blog has given me! I also finally got glasses and winter tires this month. I know that may not seem like a big deal but I had been putting off buying both things for forever so I’m just happy I finally got around to doing it! Yay for being an adult!
December:This was by far the best Christmas I have ever had. After spending last Christmas with my dad in the hospital, I was just so grateful to have a calm, relaxed day with my parents and brother. After all, nothing is more important than our health. It made me realize that I really don’t care about what presents I receive or what parties I’m invited to as long as I’m spending Christmas break with the people I love.
The end of 2018.
Wow. So that was 2018. What a wonderful year. That sounds sarcastic. It’s not meant to be. I am so genuinely serious when I say that 2018 was a fantastic year and I only hope that 2019 could be half as great. But truth be told, I have no clue where 2019 is going to lead me. I am at a time in my life where the future is so uncertain. I just graduated university, started a new job and I’m looking to move out (maybe soon, maybe in a couple of years) so 2019 could turn out to be the year of change or it could be quite stable.
I hope that 2018 was full of laughter, love and learning for all of you. Here’s looking towards 2019 with a mind full of optimism and positivity. Let’s make this upcoming year the best one yet!
2017 Year in Review:https://when-im-older.com/post/169469215827
2016 Year in Review: https://when-im-older.com/post/155301288875
2015 Year in Review: http://when-i
m-older.com/post/136279938943
2014 Year in Review: https://when-im-older.com/post/106720896600
2013 Year in Review: https://when-im-older.com/post/71760926730
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