Well, it is that time of year again. The year will soon be over.

2023 was a mixed bag. It can best be summarized by high success but also a long road of issues along the way.

There were many wrongs I righted this year in my opinion from previous years. I fixed a few friendships that went sour in previous years and it turned out okay in the end. If I had known that it wouldn't have been that hard to fix, I would have stuck to my word and fixed it a lot sooner. 2023 was a year of a lot of conflict and it came in like a lion. It was not recoverable in the sense that things will go back to the way they used to be - but in the sense that there was a clear and present end to those issues, and that once they were dealt with there is going to be no repeating them. It's over with and done. It was a well needed wall of lessons that made me self-reflect and realize that there were things I did wrong, and due to those situations I worked to correct what I did wrong.

I chose to look at it positively. In many aspects, when it comes to various friendships I have (or had) throughout time is that I aim to remember the good times for the good times, and not color them based on how they ended. When you interact with someone, you can never really be sure if that interaction you have will be the last one you have. Sometimes I look back on previous friendships for years past, and I realize that in hindsight that those friendships were fading out - but at the time I didn't realize it. Sometimes it is for the best that some friendships are permanently terminated. There were a few individuals this year that were genuinely toxic, horrible people who drug me down into their mess. It was only thanks to the actions of good minded people who put a stop to it. Not mentioning anyone specific here, as there were various circumstances that were like that for me throughout the run of the year. 

I spent a lot of time, with the wrong people in 2023. I got swept into a lot of negativity and bad situations, but, I didn't know any better. Now, on the other end of that I've come to realize the warning signs of it and I know better to not get involved when I know that something isn't going to go in my favor. 

While I did get burned a lot this year, ultimately I do believe I grew stronger from it and I have the perspective for forgive myself. There is no more groveling, defending, or suppressing my emotions about past events anymore. I only find a sense of forgiving carelessness, to where I no longer feel the weight of previous decisions. There were many great things that happened this year, managed to do some good work over the summer to make some decent money to do a lot of things that needed to be done. 

Really, this year can be summed up as - doing what needed to be done. Purging negativity and toxicity, doing tasks that needed to be done because the time that they were done was the best time to do them. It was not an easy year emotionally, but it was something that tested my limits and toughened me up to deal with things. I think one of my greatest achievements this year was fixing what went wrong in 2022 and also acquiring a character I always wanted to have. 

 - Carnelian Clout by @Luna the Great of all the Russias (edited by me)

 As I look out into the world at large - it isn't going to get any easier. 2023 has been a brutal year for the world, not as brutal as 2020 or 2021. This world really needs a miracle for things to get better. I have seen some things which I approve of, other things not so much. There is too much negativity, hatred, and division in this world either way.

2024 is going to be an entirely different beast than 2023 was. It will be far more volatile, active, and change inducing. At least that is the only real prediction I have. For my personal life, I expect 2024 to be far more work centered and focused around individuals who have proven themselves to be trusted. It's time to put my foot down and say, no messing around with people who I know will surely drag me down.

Later in the year I uncovered my interest in Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon, and found out they meant a lot to me - as well as Inky Rose. Best ponies! Lead me to read some good stories about them! Check out "The Silver Standard" on fimfiction! https://www.fimfiction.net/story/253991/the-silver-standard Also check out the Immortal Dream story too! https://www.fimfiction.net/story/465687/the-immortal-dream

 



There was some great musics I found this year. I'll show some of the best ones I uncovered this year.