No, you haven’t accidentally tuned into yet another E4 broadcasting of Friends. There’ll be no update on Ross and Rachel’s on/off relationship here I’m afraid to say. Instead my intension is to declare that 2010 has been the year of the friend for me!
I’ve never felt that I’ve had a vast network of friends. Maybe I’m doing myself an injustice with that statement, but whatever sized network of friends that I did have, 2010 has seen that network greatly expand and that is one of my biggest triumphs this year.
In recent years I found myself falling into a lull. I suffered from a social ineptness, which I think was largely down to being too fearful, confidence lacking and somewhat inherited. Having a fairly anti-social job hasn’t helped, especially one where you are exposed to working all alone at the dead of night in a cold, dark booth (although in fairness it’s not that cold but it helps provide an image of great distain). This year I’ve managed to realise my ineptness, confront it and get rid of it!! Thankfully I discovered that it wasn’t down to me just being a misanthropist, which is nice, init. I’m now in a far happier place and feel really good, both mentally and physically. The only downside is that I really had to go through something bad to reach this point and while I will never forgive myself for not doing this years ago, I’ve come to realise all this stuff had to happen to me in order for me to grab myself by the scruff of my neck and push myself to face and conquer my problems. It’s as the old saying goes; you have to learn from experiences and while my experiences have been painful, they’ve also been necessary and I’m both thankful and grateful for that.
I’d like to list all the friends and people that I’ve met this year who have been of great help to me but there are too many to list and I’m bound to forget someone. So I shall simply say to everyone that I’ve met and made friends with this year, and of course to all my oldie friends, thank you very much and happy Christmas J
I also lied slightly by managing to fit in two last bogs before Christmas. That's what happens when you have to wait hours for dinner to cook!
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