Looking back, 2021 was a year to last a decade.
Had lots of plans, expectations for the time. Where did it all land?
Vegas
Came back better than ever. Not to say the city didn’t bring its own challenges, I closed many doors, but opened many, many more.
(Must admit I didn’t spend all my time in Las Vegas – the time away was nonetheless welcome!)
Vaccine
Three for three 😎
Since plenty of folks still have not done their patriotic and humane duty, the pandemic continues to rage 🔥
Presidency
How the could anyone have expected the treason of January 6th? Its first anniversary we had yesterday by the time this blog goes out!??
Anyway, not a smooth start in the least. Crossing fingers for more of many things in 2022 🤞
Writing
I wrote blogs 🤷♂️ Wrote some games too (not half bad, mind you).
No outright traditional fiction though. Do not know when that will come again by itself, as I have taken a fancy to writing roleplaying games now 😉
Voice Acting
Got nada. Told plenty of times I had radio voice, an announcer’s intonation. Went nowhere with it.
Gaming
I got some games in! Not a lot – Prey, Witcher 3, some Halo, a single tabletop game of what I am calling BITS of Mork Borg, and now Battletech.
Relaxation and recreation is now scheduled into my TODOs -> 4 tasks, then a level or hour of a game or other entertainment. 3 tasks on weekends 😉 Keeping this up in the new year here!
FI
Financial Independence. The elephant in every room of my life. The keystone to just about everything I do.
2021 has been good to me towards this end. Updated calculations also moved up my RE (Retire Early whenever) by years.
Despite a lot of frustration at some of the things I found myself doing, the work only solidified how ready I am for getting out of the rat race. Must recommend you get into FIRE yesterday, though today is not too late 🙂
Everything Else
Met some amazing (=amazing=) people I could not have anticipated in my wildest scenarios. The great folks I already know have positive and major life changes going into 2022 that I couldn’t be happier for. These people I cannot cherish enough ❤
Skydived (skydove?). Practiced firearms training and shooting. … These fancies were itches I thought I wanted to scratch. What I needed was progress on my BITS games, relationships, and ~chill~.
The more you know 😁
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2021’s retrospective does little for how long and chock-full of experience the year really was. Tell me – how did you fare?
See you in 2022, all. Cheers ~
Jimmy Chattin 