{"id":14973,"date":"2024-01-02T23:27:38","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T04:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.anniee.net\/?p=14973"},"modified":"2024-01-02T23:27:38","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T04:27:38","slug":"end-of-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anniee.net\/?p=14973","title":{"rendered":"End of 2023."},"content":{"rendered":"

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1. What did you do in 2023 that you\u2019d never done before?<\/strong>
\nGrieved the loss of a parent.<\/p>\n

2. Did you keep your new years\u2019 resolutions, and will you make more for next year?<\/strong>
\nI didn’t make resolutions for 2023. But I think my resolutions for 2024 are going to be: get hot and don’t die.<\/p>\n

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?<\/strong>
\nNope.<\/p>\n

4. Did anyone close to you die?<\/strong>
\nMy dad.<\/p>\n

5. What countries did you visit?<\/strong>
\nCanada & Morocco.<\/p>\n

6. What would you like to have in 2024 that you lacked in 2023?<\/strong>
\nA healthier body.<\/p>\n

7. What date from 2023 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?<\/strong>
\nJanuary 5, 2023. See question #4.<\/p>\n

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
\n<\/strong>I’m not sure. I survived it?<\/p>\n

9. What was your biggest failure?<\/strong>
\nIt was a shit year; I had no failures, 2023 failed me.<\/p>\n

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?<\/strong>
\nLOL yes. A few bouts of food poisoning. Fun.<\/p>\n

11. What was the best thing you bought?<\/strong>
\nEvery year I make a photobook on Shutterfly, so that\u2019s always my favorite annual purchase.<\/p>\n

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
\n<\/strong>Everyone who has helped me to grieve.<\/p>\n

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?<\/strong>
\nNearly everyone. We are living in angry, awful times.<\/p>\n

14. Where did most of your money go?<\/strong>
\nTravel!<\/p>\n

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?<\/strong>
\nTaylor Swift! The Eras tour was amazing.<\/p>\n

16. What song(s) will always remind you of 2023?<\/strong>
\n\u201cIs It Over Now?” by Taylor Swift; “What Was I Made For?” by Billie Eilish<\/p>\n

17. Compared to this time last year, are you<\/strong>
\ni. happier or sadder?: Sadder
\nii. thinner or fatter?: Fatter. LOL. Christ.
\niii. richer or poorer?: About the same.<\/p>\n

18. What do you wish you\u2019d done more of?<\/strong>
\nExercising.<\/p>\n

19. What do you wish you\u2019d done less of?<\/strong>
\nDepression\/stress eating.<\/p>\n

20. How did you spend Christmas?<\/strong>
\nWith Mike, kids, and mom in Oshkosh.<\/p>\n

21. What was your favorite TV program?<\/strong>
\nI didn’t watch a ton of new TV this year.<\/p>\n

22. Do you hate anyone now that you didn\u2019t hate this time last year?<\/strong>
\nIt\u2019s a waste of energy to hate people.<\/p>\n

23. What was the best book you read?<\/strong>
\nI don\u2019t even know. I don’t know if I read anything in 2023. I used to be such a big reader, pre-pandemic, and now I can’t stand the thought. It really upsets me.<\/p>\n

24. What was your greatest musical discovery?<\/strong>
\nHmmm. I don’t know.<\/p>\n

25. What did you want and get?<\/strong>
\nSuccessful and safe travels.<\/p>\n

26. What did you want and not get?<\/strong>
\nFor my dad to get better.<\/p>\n

27. What was your favorite film of this year?<\/strong>
\nBARBIE!!!!!!<\/p>\n

28. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?<\/strong>
\nI turned 39 and spent it here in Oshkosh with a Taylor Swift + Barbie-themed party.<\/p>\n

29. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?<\/strong>
\nUm, to have my dad be here and not dead.<\/p>\n

30. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2023?<\/strong>
\nStretchy pants.<\/p>\n

31. What kept you sane?<\/strong>
\nSadieboo.<\/p>\n

32. Which celebrity\/public figure did you fancy the most?<\/strong>
\nTaylor Swift<\/p>\n

33. What political issue stirred you the most?<\/strong>
\nThere are too many to list. TOO. MANY.<\/p>\n

34. Who did you miss?<\/strong>
\nMy Dad. I miss him\u00a0so much<\/em>.<\/p>\n

35. Who was the best new person you met?<\/strong>
\nI don’t even know.<\/p>\n

36. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2023:<\/strong>
\nYou can do impossibly hard things.<\/p>\n

37. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I did not believe because I could not see
Though you came to me in the night
When the dawn seemed forever lost
You showed me your love in the light of the stars<\/div>\n
Cast your eyes on the ocean
Cast your soul to the sea
When the dark night seems endless
Please remember me<\/div>\n
– Dante’s Prayer by Loreena McKennitt<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. What did you do in 2023 that you\u2019d never done before? Grieved the loss of a parent. 2. Did you keep your new years\u2019 resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I didn’t make resolutions for 2023….<\/p>\n

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