I spent some of my holiday time preparing my bullet journal for 2018 and thought I would make a final spread in my 2017 journal looking back on the year.
My depression and anxiety were a bit worse overall this year compared to last, but in spite of that it was a good year.
This is what I got up to in photos:
And this is the text version of my journal spread:
- January
- First new year with Zöe
- Start of my first year with a bullet journal
- Learnt some new lanyard knots
- February
- Figured out AboK 785 (lanyard knot)
- My cousin’s baby shower
- Another cousin’s wedding
- March
- WordCamp Auckland
- Getting rid of wasp nests on our house for the first time (more of a lowlight than highlight!)
- Saw a goat walking down the footpath near our church
- April
- Mad Hatter Tea Party at my mum’s church
- My birthday
- Started knitting socks for a friend
- Met my cousin’s baby
- May
- Refinished some of the weathered wood on our house
- Played Tiny Epic Galaxies
- Pressure cleaned the back stairs
- Equip Christian Women’s Conference
- June
- Painted the back stairs
- Knitted blue & purple beanie with pom pom
- WordCamp Europe
- Visited Paris, Giverny, Versailles, and Switzerland
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- Visited Paris, Giverny, Versailles, and Switzerland
- July
- My nephew’s first birthday
- Made a yarn swift
- WordCamp Brisbane
- Work team meetup on Jeju island, South Korea
- August
- Another nephew’s baptism
- Bought a new guitar
- September
- Whole company meetup in Whistler, Canada
- Visited Vancouver & Jasper
- Saw Scott Bradlee’s Post Modern Jukebox at the Sydney Opera House
- Had a tongue frenectomy
- Whole company meetup in Whistler, Canada
- October
- Octoberfest beer & food night at Salvage
- Finished aforementioned socks
- Went to Fibrefest, a yarn show in Singleton, with some knitting friends
- Halloween party at husband’s workmate’s house
- November
- Had a horrible cold
- Went to a brush lettering workshop
- Finished another pair of socks that are gorgeous, but I have to redo the legs as they are too tight and I can’t get my heel in them
- My Aunt’s birthday, with random guest appearance by Mick Fleetwood
- December
- Gave Gran an iPad & taught her to use it… it’s a work in progress!
- Started knitting a bolero (for Christmas, but didn’t finish)
- My baby cousin’s baptism
- Christmas beer & food dinner at Salvage
- Ran Waves & Wind, a sailing camp for primary school kids
- Did some jigsaw puzzles for the first time (essentially… I probably did some as a child)
Happy New Year! Here’s hoping 2018 is tops!
