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2005 Yearly Review

In keeping with age-old tradition (having done it twice before) I’m writing a yearly review. In this review I summarise what I’ve been doing over the past twelve months, and how I think it’s gone.

The problem is, twelve months ago seems like a completely different life. I was at school, of all places. I left school only six months ago and it feels like years.

So, this year was the year I became an adult. I started off with a miraculous birthday party (in that we couldn’t afford it, I wasn’t sure I wanted one anyway, and on the day I changed my mind we received an anonymous donation specifically to be spent on a party for me). I was also attempting to get this website finished, and attending university open days and interviews.

Time passed, and my A levels drew ever closer. I did well, but had a scary few hours after I failed to make the grades I needed to get into my first choice university. (They let me in anyway. Three months later, an exam was remarked and I got the grades needed, when it didn’t really matter.)

This year I’ve worked for the Masons (as a musician), the police (as a clerk), the local Conservative party (as an assistant in a council-run library) and a camera shop (as a sales assistant). I’ve visited family friends I haven’t seen since I was tiny (and have formed friendships with the children of my parents’ friends), I’ve done a theology exam and attended two youthwork training courses, I’ve bought a camera and started learning photography, and I’ve seen far too many/not enough films, depending on your perspective.

I’ve had a year of ups and downs. Still now I’m not on an even keel, but I’m getting there. I took a gap year to sort myself out (in various ways, especially financially) before university, and I’m sure that’s what I’ll continue to do.

Matthew @ 16:51, December 31, 2005 to Diary | Comments (0)