Year end Letter 2015

So, 2015 started out with bags of promise and hope and ended less than spectacularly. The reality is, the goals and ambitions I had for myself didn't come to fruition. I didn't get my book published, my grandmother died in March, another family friend died in October, I had about six job rejections and my current job is still stressful, I had lots of tonsillitis, I got stuck in an elevator on my birthday then John and I broke up the following week. Then the last four months of the year were exhausting after the break up, having to move and find a new flat mate, two more bouts of tonsillitis and then recovering from the subsequent tonsillectomy and post operative infection.

Thankfully a friend reminded me that achievements aren't the only good thing in my life (and the pay off sometimes takes ages). And, while I didn't get the things I wanted I still did lots of incredible fun things that I'm quite proud of. So, now that I've got the bad things out of the way, here is my quick and dirty end of year recap of what was good.

Things I did this year:

1. I did an awesome job in January looking after John when he hurt his back even though I was terrified.
2. I delivered lectures at Napier University.
3. Finally finished my website harrydozier.com 
4. I went to my first ComicCon in Newcastle with my mate Steve. It was epic!
5. I successfully threw TWO back-to-back surprise parties for a friend.
6. I went to my first silent disco and had an epic 'club kid' costume
7. I sang in the 25th Anniversary concert of Showcase on stage at King's Theatre for the first time (even though I had tonsillitis. BOOM!)
8. I got TWO solos in the Showcase fall concert and survived my worst nightmare of singing in front of the curtain with no back up!
9. I moved into a bigger flat.
10. I got taken to Harry Potter Studios in London for my birthday.
11. I rode lots of rollercoasters at Drayton Manor. 
12. I went to Birmingham for the first time.
13. I was elected to be on the board of the charity, Equality Network.
14. I presented an award at Scotland's first LGBTI Awards and gave Karen Dunbar an inhaler.
15. I met Lorraine Kelly and Nicola Sturgeon!
16. I started an LGBT Network at work and helped start the disability network.
17. I wrote TWO novels this year.
18. I fully illustrated one of those novels.
19. One of the novels was written in under 30 days for write a novel month. And it's quite possibly my new favourite.
20. I started learning German.
21. I got to attend my mate Lindsay's wedding.
22. I bound some books.
23. I discovered that the highland coo is my spirit animal.
24. I started working part-time at Barony Bar and I love it.
25. I'm tutoring part-time and my student is really talented and it's super rewarding.
26. I had the sweetest Halloween costume when I dressed up as Drax the Destroyer from Guardians of the Galaxy.
27. My favourite comic book character, Iceman, came out (I made that happen with my mind)
28. I got my tonsils out and recovered from it like a BOSS!
29. I learned to make lots of things with eggs and cooked lots of amazing food.
30. I learned to make eggnog and made it at least three times over the holidays.
31. I have lots of amazing loving friends who looked out for me when I was really down.
32. I had a really great Christmas.
33. I drunkenly bought a waffle maker.

So, 2015 wasn't everything I expected or wanted. But, it many ways it was better than I could have hoped for.

What do I want for 2016? I guess more of the same. Here's to an equally amazing 2016.

Harry


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