2017 - what a Year

Hello everybody,

I used my first week of 2018 to review what happened in the past year and how it changed me as a person as well as getting back into school and my last term (it's ridiculous). 
I would have done this post sooner but I, unfortunately, caught a cold I'm getting better tho.

So many good and bad, great and terrible things happened in 2017 I don't know if I should call it the best year of my life (so far) or the worst or both.

The year has not just passed so quick it is also full of that I want to keep forever and sometimes go back to if things aren't as great in the moment.
Last year I posted my plans for 2017 and tbh I did stick to all of them most of the time.
I wanted to travel more in 2017 and I deffo did what is amazing and I really want to continue doing it. Because as of now I've already got 2 holidays planned ahead for this year.
I really tried hard to do more for school and I could stick to it a lot of the times but because of certain things happening and my mental state it wasn't always as easy especially in the first trimester of the year but another plan was to work on my mental health. It is hard to do this for me because it still kinda feels new to me and I'm still exploring things about myself. I will continue working on it and also study harder for school but to achieve the best result possible I need to find a balance but also have to take breaks if my mental state turns worse which is something I actually learned not that long ago.
Coming to my next plan. Spending more times with friends and family and this also happened more often but also sometimes has its price and sometimes it won't work out which is devastating but I need to accept my capabilities. Lastly, I wanted to structure my life and I happened to achieve this for a long time but because of travelling I got out of it every time and getting back in was hard so I lost most of the new structures during the end of the year.

Anyway, let's recap the year month by month...

January actually was quite chilled activity wise. I went to two fairs and took part in the mental health awareness campaign #weswear.

February I went on holiday to London and it was just amazing and one of my highlights. I also went to Fasching in Wittichenau and had an amazing time with my friends.

In my March my focus really was on school but I still found some time to spent it with my family and baked with my friends.

In April I went to my mum over Eastern (not just then we also saw each other during the past month too) and it actually snowed. As I got back here I went to a vernissage from my grandfather's sister and the traffic here was mad.

I spent most of my May at school with my friends and the best weekend in May as it has been for years is the weekend when the Bautzener Frühling happens. Because for me that means having Langos for pretty much every meal (except breakfast) over the weekend.

June really was crazy. I passed 11th grade which is like so scary for me anyway but also summer and travelling began. On the 27th I went to THE GRAND SHOW in Berlin and on the 30th our journey to Italy began.

In July I only spent 4 days at home there rest of the times I was travelling around. I went to Italy which was great. I spent a week in Tuscany and another one in Rome. Rome is so beautiful but my time there also came with challenges especially mental wise. I spent a few hours in Sebnitz to visit the Camp I normally would have gone to and I had a great holiday with my friends in Hamburg (my favourite German city) and Soltau and these were my highlights of the month.

In August my last school year started but before that happened I went to two Birthdays and had a great short camping trip at one of them.  And I also had a fun afternoon with my friends going to this event at the barrier lake at the opposite site I live.

September has to be my favourite month. It was my 18th birthday and I had so much fun at the party with my family but especially with my friends and I fell in love with mango caviar and sweet potato mash with pumpkin on rice. I had my one-year driver's licence anniversary, I went to the cinema a lot. My friend Six' birthday party was hilarious. I've grown an obsession for Val Paraiso and White Collar. I voted for the first time. Just so many great things happened.

October was very mixed tho. I went to Hans Zimmer Live in cinema with Tate. My obsession with Hamilton has grown even more. I went to the "Chorlager" what is a rehearsal kinda camp for our school choir. But best of all Olivia visited me and I had sooo much fun.
But there was also a really dark time towards the end of the month which still affects me now. It changed a part of me and I learned things about me, other people and how much mental health issues are hushed up in our society.

November was also full of friends, family and school. I did a lot of Black Friday shopping and had a GNI that was so fun. And I finally watched PLL and loved it through and through
December is my other favourite month. Schoolwise it was very stressful but to come to terms with myself and relay I had an SPA day. We had our Christmas concert at school, I got new glasses and spent as much time as possible with my friends before going away over Christmas. My Christmas was very relaxed and fun and so was New Year's Eve. I spend most of the time with my family, especially my mum but also had to do some projects for school.
I love going to my mum's place because I can really relax there in a way that I can't do at home also the air is so much fresher there than here (even tho my home and my mum's place are both in the countryside but it still feels like it).

I hope you had an amazing Christmas and New Year's Eve, spent lots of quality time with your loved ones and recharged for this year.
If you have resolutions or plans I hope you can stick to them and achieve whatever you dream/wish for. I just keep my plans from last year.

Here's to an amazing 2018 with more of those great memories. 
I hope you have a great one.

Love, Steff xx