Given I misunderstood a question on the front page and had already types out my answer as if this was the question, I thought I might as well ask it.

I’m the most proud of my party work this year. We had free food events, we raised a lot of petitions that actually had impact in legislation, we were everywhere at protests and strikes and we grew as a whole this year.

For me personally, it was my holiday with four of my friends. I was the only guy and I was a bit uncertain of how that would go, but we had such a great time. We went camping in this beautiful town in the mountains and it was such a cool experience.

Also, my gf managed to get her master degree after ten years of studying. I was really happy for her but also for me, as her study took up most of her time. For two years I did so much work in supporting her and taking care of tasks here around the house etc that it became a bit too much in the end. So I’m also glad that she succeeded and that she now has more time for us lol.

How about you?

  • Arsen6331 ☭
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    2 years ago

    This year, I finally got out of the never-ending hell known as school. In school, I was never happy for more than a second, because the moment I felt any happiness, I remembered that I had to go to school the next day, which immediately destroyed any trace of that and made me even less happy than before.

    The worst part is that there’s nothing to blame it on. I was not being bullied. My school was amazing, the teachers were amazing, the administration was amazing, I was capable of learning and doing what was being taught, but it just didn’t work for me and my Autism/ADHD brain. I could never concentrate on assignments, which combined with my Autistic special interest, meant there was no possible reward that could motivate me to do them over programming, so I just did that instead. I could also never memorize the material, no matter how detailed my notes were and how many times it was repeated and explained to me in different ways. This, combined with the fact that it is illegal not to attend school here, made me feel trapped, and that was like a short circuit for my brain. Within a week, I was in an emotional state worse than I’ve ever been in before, which started at the beginning of the 2021 school year and continued until March of this year, and only got worse over time. I finally left in March by taking a test, which thankfully exists in California, and I passed it, letting me leave school early with a diploma equivalent.

    I’d say leaving school, and accepting the fact that I am not going to follow the same path as most others, were probably the best things to happen to me this year.