I've been doing this since 2010!
1. What did you do in 2023 that you'd never done before?
Went to Scotland!
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Last year the word that came to me was "Grace" and I held onto that all year.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Last year I said people would in 2022. I can't remember anymore. Some co-workers did?
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Yes. Kari.
5. What countries did you visit?
Scotland and England.
6. What would you like to have in 2024 that you lacked in 2023?
Peace.
7. What date from 2023 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
October 7.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Four years at my job. Planned a whole trip relatively quickly, went, and turned 50. Also going back to therapy. Got back to NYC for a day!
9. What was your biggest failure?
I still haven't driven.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Nothing specific.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
The milk frother! The tickets to Tori, Liz, Death Cab/Postal Service. The ticket to Scotland. MY KITTY. (I mean we didn't buy him, he adopted us, but still.)
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
I have no idea.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
The planet.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Scotland and a new hot water heater.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Scotland! Also Alabama.
16. What song will always remind you of 2023?
What Was I Made For
17. Compared to this time last year, are you happier or sadder?
Both.
II. Thinner or fatter?
Fatter
III. Richer or poorer?
Poorer.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Driving.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Worrying.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Hmart and Chinese food.
21. What, if any, insight did you gain about yourself in 2023?
Ask my therapist.
22. What was your favorite TV program?
The strikes messed that all up, but RPDR UK and Found, probably.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Yes.
26. What was the best book you read?
Hard to pick a favorite but I'm reading book 70 as I type this.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Uhhhhhhh
28. What did you want and get?
To FINALLY go to Scotland.
29. What did you want and not get?
To not turn 50?
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
Barbie is probably the easiest answer bc it was the only movie I really watched this year.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I went to Scotland and I stood at a Loch and took in the scenery.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
A raise.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2023?
Blankies.
34. What kept you sane?
My kittiebabies.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Mostly it's local drag queens and burlesque artists you haven't heard of.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
War.
37. Who did you miss?
A lot of answers to this question are true.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
I don't know.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2023.
You're never done with therapy.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
Probably something Tori.
