So What did i do this year?
Got my ears pierced finally
Hosted my second vic-pah pride march group in Melbourne
Started manufacturing my leathercraft designs
New Tattoo component added to my left sleeve
Started playing Archery again
Got recognised for my community work as a
2018 puppy of the year nominee
Started work on my pup play community documentary
Launched two new websites nerdydoggo.org and pupplayarchives.org
Got to see Cher in concert.
Helped run the event i founded; APHC. Now, the largest pup event in Australia and handing it over to the community itself to run from now on. (a year ahead of schedule)
Traded in my Mohawk for an aquatics centre membership to help with my chronic pain management
My Favourite Photo of 2018
The raw emotion with our 2018 Australian puppy crying on my shoulder, happy to have the opportunity of that the platform has for him to help the community even more.
It was a year that i achieved a lot less than I would normally and hard to stomach say it but, for good reason. Early in the year i suffered a brain aneurysm in the motor cortex and my mobility declined rapidly and with a trip to hospital for tests, it became clear a wheelchair was needed if i wanted to independence. The fetish community stepped up to the challenge without me asking and held fundraisers for the wheelchair, from Brisbane all the way to Adelaide. I would not be as active now if it wasn’t for everyone that helped me out. I still see specialists practically every week to try to understand this new status quo but I’m stubbornly trying to improve because i want to get back to helping people
I’ve had people tell me that i’m somehow this crazy productive person and somehow fit 30 hours into a day, when I know i fall short like everyone else. So what did not do this year?
Not finish writing my book on schedule
Not update my websites as frequently as planned (fell short by about 180 articles that are still in draft form)
Not run 5 different community events in vic-pah as I had planned
Not finish the design process for my leather gear for selling on schedule.
Not regularly vlogging & blogging on social media as I had planned (four social platforms i use I’ve made inactive temporarily)
Not yet go back to school to upskill
For me to fulfil my obligations in vic-pah and the pup community, I’ve had to put a lot of things on hold but now that things have settled down somewhat, home life is much easier and healthier on all now and my mobility situation as reached a manageable equilibrium.
So, What do I Plan To Do Next Year?
ill be posting this on its own post on my main journal blog at getyourbearings.tumblr.com so you can read it on there.
