I was originally going to write a post on the first of the month to commemorate a new beginning. New year, fresh start, all that jazz. But that isn't me, right? I don't want to compartmentalise myself. I know I'm not going to stick to any routine, so I may as well just write when the mood strikes, I suppose.

This is probably like the eighth time I've tried to start some kind of web blog online, in which I tend to abandon it within the second month of the year, however this time I think I'll stick with it since I'm just going to write my musings when I'm feeling it as opposed to forcing myself to do it. Forcing yourself to do things is never fun anyways.

Anyways, to the notable parts of the past year.

I did nothing of relevancy

Here are my favourite pieces of media released throughout the year of 2024. These will be in no specific order.

Favourite Albums of 2024:

Knocked Loose - You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To
Bring me the Horizon - Post Human: Next Gen
LE SSERAFIM - Crazy
The Story So Far - I Want To Disappear
nothing,nowhere - dark magic
QWER - Algorithm's Blossom
fromis_9 - Supersonic
BILMURI - AMERICAN MOTOR SPORTS
Hot Mulligan - Warmer Weather
(G)I-DLE - I SWAY
Sum 41 - Heaven :x: Hell
ITZY - BORN TO BE
Alkaline Trio - Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs
ILLIT - SUPER REAL ME
ARTMS - <Dall>
Carly Cosgrove - The Cleanest of Houses Are Empty
LE SSERAFIM - EASY
nothing,nowhere - Hell Or Highwater
Charli XCX - Brat

I didn't really consume much other new media in the form of tv shows, movies and books. Rewatching is becoming an annoying habit and I should really expand my horizons.

This is the year to do that I guess.

Goals for this year:

- Read 12 books
- Write one new piece per month, whatever it may be (music, creative writing, etc)
- Make significant progress in learning a new language
- Join more social groups in the real world (hiking groups, book clubs, bar socials)
- Commit to lifestyle changes (i.e. habitual discipline)
- Eat better, continue to learn more recipes
- Dress better (cultivate an actual style to stop looking like a homeless person)
- Make continuous steps to become happier
- Engage in a new career path
- Taper off prescription medications (anti-depressants, etc)

This is gonna be my year

The above is something I've thought to myself at the beginning of the last several years. I'll keep saying it because one year I wholeheartedly believe it will ring true. No promises this year though.

now playing:
knocked loose - deep in the willow