#2013 jar

[segel-sudeikis]

My 2013 Jar blog post!

http://thebravestindividual.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/2013-in-jar.html

http://thebravestindividual.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/2013-in-jar.html

http://thebravestindividual.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/2013-in-jar.html

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My 2013 jar

So last year some friends and I decided to take on a challenge we read about somewhere (probably here) in which you had to fill a jar with notes about every happy moment you lived throughout the whole year, so at the end of the year you could go through your notes and sort of re-live your happy moments or whatever.

Of course I had completely forgotten about it cause I suck, and I stopped adding new notes around last May, so I only have 14 notes.

Anyway I just went through them and I got very emotional because it made me realize a lot of things:

- First of all, the importance that apparently small things can have in someone's life. A lot of my notes are about very trivial things, like a phone call, or something absolutely random, like a smell.

- Second, no matter how sometimes I feel like everything sucks and I don't know what to do with my life and I feel lost and alone, I still managed to find 14 happy moments in 5 months, and that's something. No matter how pessimistic my outlook on life might be, there are quite a few awesome things in my life and I'm very grateful for them.

- Last, but by no means least, 13 notes out of 14* are about (or involve) people. This is something I often tend to overlook, but it's so important. Nothing I do by myself really makes me as happy as I am when I can share it with someone I love.

So thank you, my friends, for sticking around so far and for the happy moments you shared with me. You know who you are. I love you!

- Ele

* The 14th note was about me getting to vote for both Parliament chambers for the first time, and yeah, that's something you have to do by yourself lol

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I spent today going through all my 2013 memories, and I'm feeling a bit nostalgic. 

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You were good to me, 2013.

[lifeisfullofbeautyandpain]

EVERYONE NEEDS TO CREATE A YEAR JAR.

i definitely just read all of my notes from my 2013 jar&i started bawling ♥

its such a nice way to remember all of the good things that have happened in one year, especially if you've had a hard year.

now im gonna start my 2014 jar guys ♥

everyone should do it, its worth it in the end.

[happybemydrug]

2013 Jar

Throughout the year I have been filling this jar with events that I consider worth remembering. I only had 24 notes, which averages to about 2 things happening to me, that are worth remembering, a month. To my surprise, most of my happiness in 2013 occurred on account of others (whether that meant a new boy I was into, or someone I befriended). 2013 has been a good year. And I know 2014 will be even better (I'll be getting my first part time job, graduating high school, and going off to college in a new city. After reading each note, I have decided to focus on finding my own happiness, without the aid of others, throughout 2014.