[365/365] end of year meme

The questions here sometimes feel random and sometimes aren't very relevant to me (how many one-night stands, bless; that feels like such a fossil of the height-of-LJ days when I first encountered this meme), but I do like it as a way to think a bit differently than I normally do about my life, and some things that had a big impact on me (like what a dog-hospital year it was for Gary) barely show up here. I do find myself at random points through the year noting things I do that I haven't done before, or wondering what my musical discovery might be, or whatever.

So here we go for 2023.

1. What did you do in 2023 that you'd never done before?:
Was on live national TV. Added testosterone to my body. Broke my ankle. Had an operation.

2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?:
At the end of 2021, I said about 2022: "if I'm not divorced and on hormones I'm going to be extremely disappointed in myself."

At the end of 2022, I said: "The latter will have to be carried forward until next year at least."

So yeah: I have a diagnosis of gender incongruity and I have pro-boy-otic gel!

( +48 )

I think the tl;dr version of this year is that I did surprisingly well at the seemingly-impossible goals I set myself at the end of last year, getting testosterone is a big win, and my big L is still the lack of friendships and socializing. That feels like an impossible problem to fix, but then just this year I managed to start medical transition, show diffrentcolours around Minnesota, and see my parents twice incluidng to help them move, all of which felt impossible a year ago.