Ashley’s 2018

✨ Realised I can’t suppress my emotions anymore, and that I should be letting myself feel feelings.

✨ Was excited everyday to go to uni.

✨ Finished being a teenager and entered my twenties.

✨ Cried twice at a shopping centre.

✨ Lost contact with a lot of people I thought were my friends.

✨ Joined a dating site. Deleted the profile after two weeks.

 ✨ Went to two drag shows with people I love, to see other people I love perform.

✨ A stray cat turned up. It’s almost his one year anniversary of living here in a few days.

✨ We named him Clyde, he has a sister (our other cat), Bonnie.

✨ I didn’t go to any parties.

✨ I felt sad about not going to any parties.

✨ Started drawing again, and found a love for designing photos I take in similar ways.

✨ Watched a lot of television.

✨ Started experimenting with fashion, trying to wear something different everyday.

✨Made some online friends, I get to meet one of them in the new year.

✨ Went to the art gallery a lot.

✨ Looked at the sky everyday (sometimes at night).

✨ Drank a lot of bubble tea.

✨ Cried while watching a cooking show.

✨ Spent a lot of time with my family, getting to know them more.

✨ Got hacked on instagram (twice).

✨ Got another tattoo.

✨ My half sister was born.

✨ Tried living in the moment a bit more. Felt bad about not having pictures of those moments.

✨ Started taking the bus (it wasn’t as bad as I thought).

✨ Found a lot of new music.

✨ Deleted the Facebook app.

✨ Bought two pairs of shoes.

✨ Finally figured out a makeup routine that looks nice, and doesn’t take too much time.

✨ Decided not to wear makeup everyday.

✨ Got told that I’m a special person in multiple people’s lives. I felt good about that.

✨ Made it my duty to be honest with the people that I love.

✨ Made an excuse not to hang out with somebody. I couldn’t be honest with them, I don’t like them.

✨ Had dreams about people I don’t talk to anymore, thought about messaging them, but realised that if they valued me the same way I valued them, I wouldn’t be in this position. Didn’t message them.

✨ Made things I was proud of for assignments.

✨ Got good results.

✨ Started learning to cook. Overcooked some chicken.

✨ Decided to put my faith in the universe, rather than a man-made religion.

✨ Hoped that the next year will be the time I can finish blooming, and start flourishing in this world.