What has 2013 been like for you?

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This is a little bit of a personal reflection thread. Here, you can post about what this year has been like for you, your ups, your downs, cool things that you experienced, any nice people you met, things you did, things you saw, but also, if you want to, the negative things.

I'll start:

This year has been mostly good for me, though there were some snags here and there, and a couple of unpleasant occasions.

In terms of work, I've held three jobs, two of which (cleaning jobs) were rather comfortable, which both unfortunately had to end: the first because my company didn't pass the inspection, and the second one because in July I had to move out of town and to another province.
And that brings me to my next point: the big move that happened this summer. This was related to my personal situation at home, where my father (who has alcoholism and PSD/OCD) started to display increasingly erratic behaviour to the point that I could no longer sustain living with him. Finding a place in the city on such short notice was not possible, and seeing as how I don't have a social network, my best bet was to settle in with my aunt. My father is doing all right, all things considered.
After the move, I worked at a store for a month, but things didn't work out between me and the store owner. It was not the greatest experience.
I was happy to follow a little Mandarin class in autumn, my classmates were cool, and so was my teacher, so we're going to keep in touch in the future.
The move from the big city back to my small childhood town was pretty good. I'm glad to function at a less hasty pace now, and I've pretty much settled in again. However, while I thought that the move would cause me to open up more to other people, it hasn't, and I'm still a loner.

So that's the bare bones version of what 2013 was like for me... there's a couple more things, but I may throw those in when some of you guys have posted your own experiences. Don't be afraid to reply to each other's posts! I'm in favour of comparing notes.

For me, it has been an amazing experience. I graduated college, a couple family members got married (and soon it will be my turn), and I....... well, let's just say a lot has happened to me.

2013 was another year that I wasted away. It wasn't particularly bad compared with a few years ago when I had a pretty bad anxiety problem.

There are a few big issues that I need to resolve but I keep procrastinating/avoiding and let time pass without me taking action on those issues.

One positive thing that happened this year was the ASD diagnosis. That explains the problems that I've had all my life. As a result I have been able to stop beating myself for being not normal. I'm hoping that that will allow me to focus on improving my life next year.

2013 was a year that was filled with bad luck for my friends and I. I was unemployed for an entire year and trying to find work. There was a fire in one of the apartments where one of my friends live. A hot water tank blew up in the boiler room where my other friend lives. It also turns out that my new doctor who works in a clinic is a real piece of work. She doesn't even know me and she's already got this idea that I should want to be a super skinny slut like her. Why would I want to look like her, if I feel masculine instead of feminine?

2014 will be a year of great things.

2013 was a great year.

I quit my awful job and now have a job with gaming and stock control. I finally have my mojo at uni and have a great idea on what job I want on completion. I moved house down to the beach. My kids are both now in school and settled and both top of their classes. I even gave up drinking. I also have a full license on car and motorbike.

Great year.

2013 was a lousy year.

I started off by being on unemployment. This went on for months till I got off it and found gainful employment at a nursing home. Like all nursing homes I've worked in, this new one blew chunks. I lasted only two months because I had another severe gout attack in my feet. I couldn't walk or stand. Eventually, I quit.

I tried to get a job at Labor Ready but they said my disabling legs would prevent me from doing their kind of manual work. They suggested I try DVR.

I went over to DVR but they thought I should see a lawyer because I might, in fact, be disabled.

I saw a lawyer and they also think I might have a disability. I signed on with them and am now in the process of trying to get disability.

While I was waiting all my saved up money went dry. I became broke and extremely depressed to the point of suicide. I applied to DSHS and they accepted me into the ABD (Aged, Blind & Disabled) program. This made me eligible for the Housing and Essential Needs program which gives people toiletries as well as pay their rent.

Right now I'm in limbo. It's been five months since I applied for disability. I'm in the Request for Reconsideration phase. After that will be the appeal stage which could last a year. If HEN can pay my rent all that time then I guess I can hang on. If not I'll just look for a job, any job.

In 2012 I wrote 40 short stories, five novellas, one novel, five screenplays and numerous poems. I also published some of the short stories and released a book. 2013 was the exact opposite. I accomplished nothing. I wrote a handful of short stories but got none of them published. Maybe 2014 will be more productive.