And by hot I mean Australian summer is destroying my will to move, function, or brain.

But, as the year draws to a close the inevitable look back begins.

This year has easily been the biggest roller coaster ride I’ve ever been on.

There have been amazingly epic and wonderful highs. My partner is happier than ever before and our family continues to thrive as we all grow and learn to embrace change and pivot when needed.

And my oh my has the pivoting been needed.

My health has been one of the biggest lows of this year.

PIVOT

For so long I have learned to detach from my body, for so many reasons. One of which has always been the criticism I have experienced if I ever complained about pain. Of course it doesn’t help when your name rhymes with Queen and people like to add the drama at the front of it. So, I learned to mask pain.

Speaking of which … did you know females with ADHD and ASD are professionals at masking. No? Me neither, until now!

PIVOT!

And, back to the health … reading became harder to achieve and I had to learn to forgive myself for not reading as much as I thought I would.

PIVOT!

Work has been amazing with all my health stuff but being casual and ill a lot, means budgets had to be shifted around, a LOT.

PIVOT!

Oh but the writing … oh the writing was going smashingly … until my laptop broke in the middle of NaNoWriMo! So my plans and schedule for publishing and writing in the New Year would have to look very different.

PIVOT!

Just before Christmas, a true miracle occurred.

The warranty I had for my laptop was honoured and I now have a brand spanking new replacement laptop to begin the New Year!!!

Woot Woot!

So back to the original publishing and writing plan.

Did I mention PIVOT?

Okay I’ll stop yelling pivot, but it’s amazing how I’ve heard this term in writing circles for years and thought I understood it.

I knew nothing!

Of course this truly is just the highlight reel and there have been so many more amazing things. Friendships strengthened, reconnected, and new ones formed are just the beginning of the things I am most grateful for this year!

I really hope your 2023 looked more up than down and here’s to hoping we all get a better outcome in 2024.

Be Safe
Be Brave
Be Kind

Neen x