Rosie’s 2019
By Rosie Wilkie , January 7, 2020
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- started my new years by sleeping on a boat with someone i thought was my soulmate
- went to a cult camp
- walked on fire
- got my ears pierced (they’re closed up now because i can’t commit to anything)
- dyed my hair purple but it looked silver
- be came solely dependant on pawpaw cream
- got another stick and poke
- won swimming age champion for the 4th year in a row
- broke up with my “soulmate” on valentines because i got scared
- stopped eating
- got super hyped for a camping trip – didn’t even leave sydney before getting escorted home by the cops
- stalked the cute lifeguard working at my pool
- went to a #savelifemusic protest and did a whole lot of yelling and really bad singing
- got given my first ever bunch of flowers
- cried on my 15th birthday because i was too scared to eat my cake
- went to mardigra and hooked up with a random 28 year old beautiful brazilian man (I’m not joking it was awesome)
- got bangs
- fell involve with the colour purple
- made my friends cry
- started surfing again
- went to a climate strike and screamed till the fucking politicians heard us (they still haven’t)
- lead on 6+ guys and blocked them all at the same time because i got bored
- stopped filling in my eyebrows because i realised it was a waste of time and my eyebrows are fucking amazing as they are
- saw some crazy concerts
- started to become obsessed with star signs and astrology
- downloaded tinder for teens and became addicted to the constant attention and validation
- started playing soccer – realised im really bad at playing but if i run around chasing the ball and screaming i can scare off the other team
- discovered fluff – spent 2 days straight in bed just reading issues and trying to write my own poetry
- met my new soulmate but found out he was gay so broke up with so called soulmate
- skipped class for the first time to go home and make pancakes
- momentarily fell in love with an old friend but released it wasn’t worth it
- started writing poetry on the school bathroom walls
- bought my first pair of heels
- meditated. a lot.
- went to my first fancy party and was the first person on the dance floor while people silently judged me
- accepted the fact that im too short to wear pants from most of my favourite shops 🙁
- started practicing yoga
- made my mum cry by refusing to eat
- tried to learn how to skate but fell off and almost hit a dog with my runaway skateboard
- got stuck inside my house for 22 hours because my street was flooded
- saw some nice people to fix my brain up, teach me how to eat and and make me happier
- gave up my room for my weird german family
- ventured into redneck north qld with said uptight germans
- realised i love travel and that its all i want to do with my life after school
- started my journey to become a hippy
- understood that its okay to nourish and feed my body and thank it for all the hard work it does
- fell involve with my eyes
- ate some fruit that a cute old lady gave me on the side of a road
- became really horny for no reason
- swam under a massive waterfall in my undies because i forgot my swimmers then proceeded to walk 5km through a rainforest dripping wet because i didn’t bring anything to change into
- discovered that even tho i like being alone with my own thoughts i need human interaction to make me feel sane
- fell involve with my italian tour guide for a day (i never saw him again)
- peed in a 2km long ancient lava tube
- found a witch hut and got myself possessed
- kissed a goat
- went snorkelling in the great barrier reef and realised climate change is killing it all because there was literally no colour in the coral 🙁
- flew back to reality and said bye bye to my crazy german family
- relised i didn’t actually miss my friends that much
- bonded with my science teacher
- became addicted to playing solitaire
- got a piggy back from a random 30 year old at a concert and when he tried to kiss me i told him i was gay before running off with my best friend
- started learning how to read tarot cards
- got given a gold star 🙂
- almost got blackmailed by a stalker boy
- started making tiktoks
- went on ski trip. found out i can’t ski. tried to learn how to. crashed into many trees and people. bonded with some school mates. built a snow tower taller than me. ate a shit tone of snow. fell asleep on someones lap for 3 hours on the bus home (she couldn’t walk the next day)
- went to a concert and had to babysit my ex while he was on caps trying to tell me he was still in love with me. left early and bought my best friend a kebab after she got punched in the face by a dickhead
- went to work experience and realised I’m good at talking to adults. made some new friends there too
- went to another climate strike and made my own poster this time
- blew off work experience to get high because i’m an angsty rebellious teen
- got in a lot of trouble for not going
- gave a successful presentation by myself after my so called partner ran off because he’s a pussy
- had an existential crisis. 3 times in a week
- started swimming again
- lost my cat, cried for a week, found my cat
- got crushed in another mosh pit
- started painting again
- redecorated my room for the 3rd time
- started keeping a journal
- drank tea religiously
- lost half my friend group
- freaked out over yearly exams
- aced all those exams (except math blah)
- met my new soulmate
- tried champagne for the first time (had a little too much)
- made a folder full of photos of me crying
- stopped eating again
- got acrylic nails for the first time (they’re impossible to use)
- had my year 10 formal – refused to wear a dress and showed up looking like a human disco ball in my sparkly pants
- made friends with a random german backpacker who had pretty hair and found someone with the same birthday as me who also had pretty hair
- scared 2 uber drivers and a taxi driver in one night
- broke up with my new “soulmate”
- decided to stop calling every boy who is vaguely cute my soulmate
- realised i’m REALLY good at playing fire boy and water girl instead of working in class
- got overly excited at meeting new kids in my year and scared them all off
- went camping and embarrassed myself by nose diving in front of a group of cute surfer boys
- choked to death from all the smoke because australia is on fire
- started writing slam poetry
- perfected my chocolate chip cookies
- had the most amazing week with my one true soulmate who moved to england 2 years ago but i never forget why she is my best friend
- made my mum and best friend christmas presents by hand because i had no money to buy something
- had a 4 hour long bath
- dreamt i was a cow and realised they’re my spirit animal
- got severely sunburnt at least once a week for the majority of summer (fucking global warming)
- got my first ever fluff package FINALLY
- gave up on pretending to be someone i clearly was not
- made a vow to ensure my 2020 will NOT be the same as the last two years this decade will be my fucking decade so look out
