Goodbye 2012, hello 2013

Well my Golly Gosh, the end of 2012 is knocking on our door and it is time to take a look back on the year and see if I managed to achieve my goals that I set out for myself. You can find these here. So here it is 

My main Goal for this year was to get better with my money, this one is a bit of a tricky one. See I really tried hard and whilst I stopped spending money on shit that I didn't need, I continued to be generous with my money and I have realised that this is where the majority of my cash goes. So Maybe for 2013  I need to cut down on being nice (Legit I haven't bought any new kicks in the 6 months that I have been in Melbourne. This is a monetary achievement!!!!!!). I have come to the end of 2012 poorer than I was at the start but if I look back at to what I have achieved and where I am now I guess that's not such a bad thing. And with my new job I am on track to be making all of the monies to buy all of the things

Next on my Agenda was becoming a Better Friend. I guess this is one that I cant actually judge myself and you would need to ask my friends but I am going to say that I achieved this one as well. I left my home state mid year and had to start the road of making new friends again. I will admit that a fair few of my friends dropped off the face of the planet when I moved, I guess it is very much out of sight out of mind. I have tried very hard to keep in contact with people though and have tried as hard as I could to let people know that I am thinking about them and that they mean something to me. This isn't always the easiest thing to do but I am trying. I am of a strong belief now that to have better friends you need to be a better friend. I am now laughing at the people that complain about all their friends being "shit mates" because I look at the way they treat their friends and I am not surprised. Atleast I have come to the end of 2012 being sure in myself that I have made the effort 

I didn't really achieve one of my goals and that was to keep my opinions to myself. Sure I tried and I tried very hard BUT I guess I am just not good at being quiet. I have redirected the way that I give my opinion though, I normally start the sentence with "Would you like to hear the way that I see  it?". Possibly giving my opinion though is not a bad thing and people may actually value it. I have people asking me for my view on situations all the time so while maybe I didn't achieve it this may not be such a bad thing. 

There is a word that most guys are scared of and I will admit that I am scared of this word as well and that word is commitment. One of my goals for 2012 was to Commit to what ever it was that I was doing, to make up my mind of something and run with it. Well this one gets a big giant Yes tick for achievement. I sit on my couch in Melbourne writing this blog with a smile on my face because I actually stuck to something. I made the decision to move here and had said that I would give it a go until atleast Christmas before I made up my mind on staying here, we are now past Christmas and I cant see myself going home any time soon. It took a lot of courage to come here and stay here but I committed and conquered, all of the in between now seems irrelevant 

So am I happy with 2012? well I guess the answer to that one is yes, I committed, I grew, I loved, I lost and I came through the other side of it feeling good about myself and the things that I had achieved. 2012 was some what of a selfish year for me, I put myself first and didn't try and get affected by what was going on with everyone else or let the way that they saw things change my direction in life. I have come to this point with probably less friends than I started the year with but I am ok with this because the friends that I have are actually true friends and don't forget me even if I am not around all the time. I may not be rich but I am starting to become successful, I have changed states and changed careers and my life is on a new path, so yeah 2012 was pretty awesome and gosh darn I am looking forward to 2013 because I have a feeling its going to be amazing 

Love and Commitment 

Miss K 

P.S I had a bit of a giggle when I read back over my post from the start of the year, in it I mentioned adventures with Bearded Men and there was infact a bearded man that helped with my success in 2012, I owe him more than he probably realises. He showed me love and how I deserved to be treated and he made a hard decision that enabled me to get to where I am now. I will always thank him for ending our relationship because if he didn't I would most likely be back in Perth and not living my life the way that I should. So to my bearded green eyes man, I Thank You from the bottom of my heart. 

Things to look forward to....

So Merry Festivus has rolled around again and as I now reside on the other side of the Country I was thinking that I would be spending my first Christmas Sans Family, but as my dad is the generous type he decided to shout me a ticket to come home for a few days. I was chatting with my house mate who is from Queensland and is heading home as well and she said that she is most looking forward to "Spooning with my cat". She is a bit of a crazy cat lady but we love her none the less and this comment got me to thinking about what I am most looking forward to coming home to, so I guess here is a short list

My hair dresser - I have been seeing the same hair dresser my whole life, the idea of getting my hair did by anyone else was some what traumatising for me, I am well overdue to get my hair done but had been putting it off due to anxiety (even after calling her to get the colours that she uses and her saying that the new hair dresser could call her if she wanted to). Anxiety gone and pretty hair to boot

Eating a Burger from Alfreds  - this one pretty much goes without saying, if you haven't been to Alfreds then your life is deficient. Probably in more ways that you can imagine. They have this thing called the Alfreds special, its about as big as my head and twice as delicious. I am yet to find anything that even compares

And probably while we are on it I should also mention that I am excited for Uncle Billies Chinese and probably Dragon Palace Dim Sum, they do dumplings here but its just really not the same 

Drinking Cocktails at 1907  - its tried and tested. Straight up you order a Passionfruit and Vanilla Martini and a Norma Jean, after that the world is pretty much at your feet. Who wouldn't want to be a part of that 

Having the weather, be the weather -  I love the 'Burn, I really really do but I don't really enjoy the Bipolar weather. I am looking forward to looking at the weather App and knowing that what they say is what we will get. Even if it is extreme heat. Bring it

Seeing how much the kids have grown  - being away I miss my cousins and my friends babies growing up. Its been 6 months since I have seen most of them, I can only imagine how much that have grown and all the new things that they have learnt (please do not read this as me being clucky because that shits got knobs on it)

Sleeping in my Old House - Its really about the little things, its being somewhere safe and familiar and knowing that people you love and who love you are right there. Pretty sure that my Hippy Ex Housemate will be pretty happy to see me as well. 

and last but most certainly not least (this is probably number one) 

Having Proper Hugs - I knew how busy I would be when I got into Perth so I spent a bit of time organising to catch up with the people that mean the most to me. These are people that help me get through my days and the give the most amazing healing hugs in the world. Real hugs which are tight and you put everything into. This is what I am most looking forward to 

I am about to board that flying car with wings, so Perth Seeya on the Flip Side 

Love and Turbulence 

Miss K