27 it is.

Should I be afraid of getting old? Feel my oldish bones? I’ve been at a Bruce Springsteen concert two days ago and after seeing that 60year-old doing his thing age does not seem as menacing as usual.

So how did the last year go? It did have its highs and lows but that’s the trade-off of being alive. The first nine month were marked by lots of work, I learned a lot thanks to my coworkers. At the same time excessive party-going was happening, balance got lost. I did not always do the things that would make me feel proud and that would be worth chasing after for the rest of my life. Life had to change.

The last three months have been more quiet. I “really” started to work on my master thesis again, we canceled another master thesis that was stagnating.. overall some open loops have been closed or are currently being worked on. A stealthy “Simplify your life”-operation seems to have occurred in the background, through it my financial situation got clearer — while not alarming the recession did take its share.

Writing helps me to clear my mind, writing in public does wonders for committing myself to something. So what are my goals for the next year?

1. finish master thesis. Actually both of them. They’ve been on my mind far too long.
2. live more healthy: during the last years I’ve done much harm to my body: lack of movement, sleep deprivation, smoking.. the list gets longer and longer. The next goal for the coming year is to stop smoking, and be happy with it. This implies doing more sport which is always a bonus.
3. reconnect to the real world.. seems like I’ve lost human touch from times to times. Also a real vacation is long overdue.. now that I’ve clarified my financial situation I can think about where I want to go and how I can collect the required funds.
4. There’s still that guitar thingie standing in my room.. find time and passion to learn to make it talk

So long and thanks for everything.

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