#yearly recap

[naina-da-kya-kasoor]

2023

I honestly do not remember the first half of my 2023. January started with me celebrating with my cousins.

All i know is till April, 2023 was rather filled with loneliness, broken self expectations, broken friendship, anxiety and academic failure.

Some of the good moments of 2023:

I think from May, 2023 got better. I travelled, i got closer to my cousins, i made memories with them, i picked myself up from failure, i found my genuine friends, i filtered people out, i realised more, i got more mature yadda yadda yadda.

I think some of the key highlights of my 2023 would be

I got into Anime that i never thought i would.

i stopped thinking bout unaliving myself.

I started appreciating life more and just living more.

I made a lot of doggo friends.

Having my people who matched my clown-liness and just dumbness.

Connecting more with my roots and pahadi culture.

Being more at peace and slightly choosing peace over chaos.

I got out of unhealthy eating habits and rut and actually consistently got into fitness and working out.

Actually not caring about the outside stuff.

Connecting more with my religion and being more spiritual.

Working on myself with positive mindset for the first time in my life as far as i remember.

2023 was not bad or good it was just 2023 yk. Like bad stuff happened but good stuff happened and i just got more mature so yes.

-Mini<3

#2023 #desi #desiblr #yearly recap #desi tumblr #desi teen #desi side of tumblr #december 2023 #03 #collage #life update #life #idk man #idk what else to tag #whatever #snippet

[natigail]

I just made an overview of the 21 fics I updated in 2023 (can be found here) and like last year, I've got an overview over what I've posted to the various stories below.

This was the year where Stray Kids barged through and almost completely took over. My biggest fandoms word count wise was Stray Kids with 286k, Seventeen with 69k, Phandom with 41k and BTS with 11k. The rest have all got under 10k to their name, but I must admit that I'm surprised that skz have been amounted to so many! It's definitely my skz wolfpack with it's two long prologue pulling the weight and that universe is so big and fun to play around with. It's definitely a story I look forward to writing more in 2024.

This year I also finished my big svt mafia AU and that fic has been so fun to write, and I don't think I'm quite done with it yet. My beloved Stardew AU didn't get updated much and phandom has been pushed aside a bit this year but with DnP making a glorious return to the gaming channel, I foresee more writing for them this coming year. I've also dipped my toe with writing for four new fandoms (Legend of Zelda, Good Omens, Nimona, Baldur's Gate 3).

I posted a total of 451k works throughout this year, and I wanted to share the comparison to the other years I've tracked my writing below. Not my most prolific year, but still a very impressive feat!

Thank you to anyone who've read my stories in 2023 and I can see on AO3 that so many people have found my writing this year, which warms my heart. All of the stories I've posted this year have been lovely to share with you all.

#yearly recap

[kornart3]

This year's recap!!

Got some big goals next year hopefully i can reach em!

#yearly recap #summary #summary of art #summary of 2022 #art #illustration #drawing #sonic fanart #sonic the hedgehog #fanart #original character #sonic frontiers #artists on tumblr #original art #legend of zelda fanart #oot link #twilight princess link #legend of zelda ocarina of time #ocarina of time #twilight princess #breath of the wild #breath of the wild link #dnf duel #dnf duel striker #dnf striker #rwby ruby #ruby rose

[friendbreakfast]

Making this my official

YEARLY NEW YEARS SELF-RECAP POST

my YNYSRP, as it were. which is a very common word acronym, as you all know.

What does YNYSRP consist of, you ask?

It's nothing more than a tiny bit of a tradition I had on the dark, awful times of.... TWITTER *shudders* but only now have I given it a name.

Basically, what I do is, after 12am of New Years, I wrote a message to myself with my thoughts on the year that is ending, and schedule it to post at exactly 12am of the next New Years.

By the time I read it, I have forgotten what I wrote, and it kinda just brings me a big smile to read what past me was up to, as well as to check on my current progress in whatever goal/s I have made for that year, if any at all!

#YNYSRP #Breakfast Friend #Friend Breakfast #yearly tradition #yearly recap #yearly

[silverorchideon]

FJWJDJSJS ITS BEEN ANOTHER YEAR AND WE'RE GETTING OLDER AJDJWJSJJW

God, we're getting older, aren't we?

Yet, with every year, we grow.

I didn't have a lot of time this year to draw, but I'm glad for the ones I was able to.

I'm happy with this, and I hope you will be, too.

The template is from @taxkha and the link to their template is here!

Technically, the December art is November art, but I spent December animating so I didn't have anything to show for it, and it feels like December art to me, so we're just going to move past that.

Links for the Art:

No link for January apparently?

February

None for March

April

May

June

July

August

September (blog header)

October

November

December

Happy new year guys! Hope to see you in 2024!

#art #digital art #fanart #i love shading #year in review #i'm not gonna tag all the fandoms #but yeah! #2023 art recap #yearly recap #recap #woohoo

[k3rtwang]

I've been doing yearly diary entries for 12 years, finishing each of them with a self-portrait. funnily, none of them look like me (though 2020-2022 are close enough)

#self portrait #sketchbook #illustration #artists on tumblr #yearly recap #ktwng art

[belleski]

shout out to the colours purple and red, if i can find a way to included purple and red in my art it will do it

#it was a bit of a quieter year for me - had a lot more work to do outside of art #still pretty impressed i managed to draw a full illustration each month #yearly recap #2023 summary of art #artist recap 2023

[jessjustplay]

ranking the 15 games I played this year

December 29, 2023

Video link!

#yearly recap #Youtube

[terresdebrume]

2023 Tumblr Top 10

1. 14,160 notes - Feb 20 2023

Going off that one poll, I'd like to test a theory. You are given the choice between getting 150k a year for the rest of your...

2. 180 notes - May 8 2023

Gosh rewatching scenes is a punch in the gut sometimes Like, Jamie puts so much energy into this arrogant facade but all it...

3. 175 notes - Apr 7 2023

Delighted to report René-Jean Page and Chris Pine are being put to good use in the latest AO3 tag 10/10, great job everybody

4. 131 notes - Oct 12 2023

Parents stop letting your kids treat animals like a plush toy challenge

5. 107 notes - Feb 25 2023

Honestly you have to appreciate the fact that Travis is willing to go "if you haven't made a decision in the next two minutes...

6. 84 notes - Apr 30 2023

Honestly though, I kind of hope Travis rolls a 100 on his old man rolls one of these days One, I think it would be absolutely...

7. 60 notes - May 13 2023

Also I think one of the things I like about this scene is that they actually have similar problems with each other "Even though...

8. 60 notes - May 8 2023

I just saw the next episode of Ted Lasso is titled La Locker Room Aux Folles and I'm like. Really prepared for a Colin centric...

9. 53 notes - Apr 13 2023

This whole post Yeza rescue thing is giving me SUCH strong Caleb/Nott vibes tbh? It can be read as platonic but also Caleb being...

10. 51 notes - May 24 2023

Possible unpopular opinion but as much as I wouldn't have minded the toerag being in prison, rehab fits the themes of the show...

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#tumblrtop10 #Tumblr in Review #Yearly recap #2023 #Probably gonna forget to do it next year but you never know :P #anya forger #Highbrow posting all around as you can see xD

[queerhawkeyes]

2023 reading recap

in reviewing my year in books, it seems like most everything was kind of so-so, with far less stand outs than previous years. I also read less than I wanted, mostly because graduating law school, taking the bar exam, and starting a full time job as a staff attorney was rather time consuming. that said, my top five books this year:

The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz (contains an extremely accurate depiction of Vermont's beloved/beloathed RutVegas, and was one of three mystery/suspense novels about novels I read this year, the other two being Who is Maud Dixon? and The Writing Retreat)

Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang (funny, gross, self optimization but make it body horror and racism)

Sisters of the Vast Black by Lina Rather (queer space nuns against imperialism)

The Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahon (frankenstein but the horror is actually the history of eugenics in Vermont and also psychiatry, not the monsters)

Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots (Nimona but with even more villains and more queerness and more disability)

interestingly, the last three were all December reads. Hench was possibly my favorite book this year--highly highly recommend.

my goal for 2024 is to read more weird creepy queer horror. if you have any recs, please share--the creepier the better.

#human crap sack tire fire #yearly recap #reading recap #year in books

[brightbeautifulthings]

Happy New Year, lovelies! These are the best books I read in 2022. (Many of them didn’t actually come out this year, and I don’t count rereads.) I read and fell in love with a lot of graphic novels this year, along with a lot of my usual horror! I participated in two challenges for Forgotten YA Gems (now on Discord!): the Annual Reading Challenge and the Summer Bingo Challenge. I also did a horror challenge for Books in the Freezer and participated in a group readalong of The Pale King by David Foster Wallace at the DFW Discord.

I also kept to my blogging goals of participating in at least one prompt for Tell Me Something Tuesday and posting one Readalike each month! It was a much better blogging year for me than the last, and it's been nice to enjoy reading and reviewing again. For now, I'm not setting my goals any higher in the hopes that it stays fun!

My favorite books of the year, in order of category and then favorite:

YA: Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall The Wicker King by K. Ancrum Our Last Echoes by Kate Alice Marshall Even If We Break by Marieke Nijkamp House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland

Adult: What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher A ​Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas The Goblins of Bellwater by Molly Ringle The Shadow Glass by Josh Winning The Whisper Man by Alex North

Graphic Novels: Hawkeye, Volume 1: My Life as a Weapon by Matt Fraction Captain America: Winter Soldier, Ultimate Collection by Ed Brubaker Castaway In Dimension Z, Book One by Rick Remender Runaways, Vol. 1: Find Your Way Home by Rainbow Rowell Runaways, Vol. 2: Best Friends Forever by Rainbow Rowell Winter Soldier: The Complete Collection by Ed Brubaker Hellblazer, Vol. 1: Original Sins by Jamie Delano

Fanfiction: Not Easily Conquered by dropdeaddream & WhatAreFears

Happy reading in 2023!

2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016

#book recommendations #book list #best books of 2022 #best books of the year #best of 2022 #yearly recap #books #yrstruly

[natigail]

Fics I posted/updated in 2023 - natigail

Broke, Gay and New in Town (Phan, 298k+ (wip), Stardew Valley AU, farmer!Dan, BnB owner!Phil, magical realism, finding yourself)

Rest in the Belly of the Wolf (Stray Kids, 206k+ (wip), Minho/3RACHA, magical AU, witch!Minho, werewolves!3RACHA, polyamerous pack, aspec characters)

돈’t Lie (at least not to me) (Seventeen, 158k, Jeonghan/Joshua, Mafia AU, mafia!JH, doctor!JS, childhood friends to strangers to friends to lovers)

oh, you kissed me just to kiss me (Stray Kids, 91k, Minho/Jisung, sex worker!MH, asexual!JS, touch starved, 5+1, falling in love)

What if I Told You I'm a Mastermind? (Stray Kids, 42.5k, OT8, prologue to skz wolfpack AU, getting together, character assemble)

Perfect Trio Bound by Blood (Stray Kids, 33.5k, 3RACHA, prologue to skz wolfpack AU, getting together, shifted werewolves)

돈’t Blink (at least not here) (Seventeen, 10.2k, Seungcheol/Jeonghan, svt mafia AU prologue, one-sided attraction)

돈’t Resist (at least not me) (Seventeen, 9.9k (wip), Seungkwan/Vernon, side piece to svt mafia AU, getting together, enemies to lovers)

to become an immortal dragon is to lose oneself (why did you do it?) (Tears of the Kingdom, 8.9k, Zelda/Link, canon compliant, angst and grief, dragon!Zelda)

the donuts are warm for you (BTS, 7.2k (wip), Namjoon/Seokjin, strangers to lovers, mental health issues, healing)

We balance each other out on the seesaw of life (Phan, 5.1k, reality, slice of life, introspection)

this thing won't have you, it won't win (Baldur's Gate 3, 4.8k, Astarion/Dark Urge, canon setting, resisting the urge)

contains information in a tuneful way (stop, you’re losing me) (Good Omens, 4.5k, Aziraphale/Crowley, canon compliant, S2E6, heartbreak)

Future's gonna be okay (BTS, 3.9k, OT7, chosen family, Agust D tour, getting tattoo)

You can feed on me tonight, if you’d like? (Baldur's Gate 3, 3.9k, Astarion/Tav, canon setting, blood drinking)

you can’t talk me through the fall if we don’t know if i can land (The Untamed, 3.7k, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, canon setting, heavy angst, temporary character death)

In another life you still would’ve turned my head (Phan, 2.7k, reality, lgbtq+ themes, domestic fluff)

Say that I'm a monster (Nimona, 2.2k, Ballister & Nimona, canon compliant, angst)

SUBSCRIBE FOR COMFORT CONTENT (Phan, 1.9k, reality, domestic fluff, introspection)

so tell me i’m a rainbow (it makes me feel alright) (Phan, 1.4k, reality, pride parades, domestic fluff)

it ends with a garden (and a cottage in the south downs) (Good Omens, 1.3k, Aziraphale/Crowley, post-canon, apology dance)

#pinned post #my stories #2023 #yearly recap

[iamthekaijuking]

Art vs Artist 2022 and Yearly Recap

It’s been awhile since I’ve done an art v artist, and even longer since I’ve done a year recap.

2022 was a strange year, and as a 21 year old I’m in a very strange stage of life. So much of my future is uncertain, and a lot happened just this year. I’ve got smarter, I’ve made new friends, got traumatized, and learned that I might even have ptsd (unrelated to the trauma thing). It feels weird that it’s almost over.

Twitter turned to shit, and the tumblr kept getting better.

So many of my loved ones are getting older, and I’m contemplating mortality more than I’d like as a result.

One of my snakes burnt himself on a malfunctioning heat lamp and has a blister, and my family is treating him (so far he’s okay and he should be fine).

I can drink alcohol now, but the only ones I like are basically sodas that barely have alcohol in them.

I got my first jobs this year and also graduated as a certified electrician. My first job was working in an assembly line for Honda, and oh my god those were the most miserable 100 days of my life (and because it was a temp service I wasn’t getting paid fully or getting insurance benefits in a VERY unsafe work environment). That shit traumatized me (THIS is the trauma thing, not the ptsd thing) and now I’m very picky with jobs. I then got a job I actually did like, but after a month got fired because my boss constantly forgot to re-order stock and so we were unable to complete orders and people were withdrawing theirs and we were running out of stuff to do, so my boss was losing money and decided to just fire the newest hire to save money. But he didn’t have the balls to tell me the actual reason or do it directly, so one of the accountants had to basically pull me aside and say my boss was firing me “because I didn’t look happy”. That same weekend he took 2 employees out of state to do everything for him at a convention for 12 hours for 2 days; they each got paid 200 dollars, he made 60,000. Let me tell you, having to put on your resume that you only worked at your last job for a month makes it basically impossible to get hired.

This was also the first year I actually took commissions, so I guess I’m *technically* a professional artist? I also made a patreon, but it’s been up for like half a year and I still don’t have subscribers.

This year I also made some major leaps in my artistic skills (and in biological knowledge) and I’d consider myself a good artist. I have a very good understanding of anatomy and proportions now and can draw some special effects. But it also doesn’t feel enough at times and I secretly can get a little green eyed when I see other artists or creature designers (or professional biologists).

I didn’t get as much work done with personal projects as I’d have liked, executive dysfunction does that to a man, but I did get major stuff done. I even wrote an overview for my first book in my GUARDIANverse IP! I’m also getting better at not getting sidetracked and am slowly chipping away at my extensive to do list of smaller not as important projects. The god children gverse thing will be moved to next year. I even illustrated and finalized what I hope to one day turn into a vtuber model (the flesh god).

I’m still pretty far from my pipe dream of making money on the side as an author, having a Bogleech type website, and streamer, but I’ve made progress. I make skulls and charts for the Unnatural History Channel, I’ve been his top moderator, and generally help out sometimes, so my stuff is being exposed to a larger audience.

I also hand picked the chillest people out of the UHC server and made my own server, and finally after 2 years of not having a friend group, I finally have one. And I’m actually entirely comfortable around them! Which is big deal for me because after one too many bad personal experiences I have a hard time trusting people and am constantly analyzing them for red flags, but with the UHC crew (aka the “Poopenshitters” yes that’s the name of our friend group) I feel 100% safe (also I’m the ring leader which is cool). Pathetic? Yes. But is it a huge step for me? YES ABSOLUTELY.

And of course my friendship with dappercritter grows stronger each year.

2022 was also a great year for Kaiju content, especially in games. Also weirdly enough 2022 was the year of gigan, but that’s not unwelcome.

Sunbreak also came out, and I’ve been thoroughly enjoying it.

Well, 2022 is coming to a close. It was a weird year, but I’m growing, and hopefully the world is too.

#art vs artist #art vs artist 2022 #yearly recap #yearly recap 2022

[wizardfiend]

2022 art vs artist!! i didnt post enough to make a whole year roundup, sooo here

#digital art #my face #art vs artist #i didnt take very many selfies either lmaoo so the most recent one i have that isn't 70% cat is from where i helped my friend w her class #i did not... get as much accomplished as i wanted this year which is a bummer #i got a new job that i like--but it isn't art related. my computer shorted and I've probably lost everything #i should be getting a new one in january sometime though #things were very... middle of the road this year. ah well #yearly review #yearly recap

[doyoueverwonderwhy]

2022 Wrap Up Post

Physical stuff:

Worked out at least once every week; had 2 weeks where I didn't do any yoga, but got really close to that one; trained for two 10Ks, didn't PR but felt good and got 1st place in my age group for the one; hit the 500k! Barely! With a run on NYE!; didn't get either of the stretch goals but that's okay.

Financial stuff:

Umm... basically completely changed these goals over the course of the year. 🤷🏼‍♀️ But still saved a bunch of money and significantly increased my income.

Personal development stuff:

Currently sitting at a 930 day Duolingo streak and made a point of doing new lessons instead of just redoing an easy one to keep the streak up; running with audiobooks makes this one simple 😊; started violin lessons in February and am still working on that; didn't use up all my old fabric but did a lot better on not buying new fabric unless I knew exactly what I was going to make with it, and then actually doing it.

I try to set my goals for things that shouldn't be difficult to accomplish but will need some direction and focus to achieve. This is telling me that I did a decent job of that in 2022, but also need to more clearly outline my a/b/c and stretch goals.

#yearly recap #yearly goals #2022 goals

[b00kkat]

K's Book-Recap of 2022

Red, White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston

Der Goldene Kompass - Philip Pullmann (Original Title: Nortern Lights/ The Golden Compass) [not pictured]

Das Magische Messer - Philip Pullmann (Original Title: The Subtle Knife) [not pictured]

Das Bernstein Teleskop - Philip Pullmann (Original Title: The Amber Spyglass) [not pictured]

Stolz & Vorurteil - Jane Austen (Original Title: Pride and Prejudice)

The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller

The Heroin Diaries - Nikki Sixx

Payback's a Witch - Lana Harper

Der Herr der Ringe: Die Gefährten - J. R. R. Tolkien (Original Title: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)

Der Herr der Ringe: Die Zwei Türme - J. R. R. Tolkien (Original Title: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers)

#books #recap #yearly recap #what i read #a year in review #rwrb #red white and royal blue #casey mcquiston #his dark materials #the golden compass #the subtle knife #the amber spyglass #philip pullman #pride and predujice #jane austen #the song of achilles #tsoa #madeline miller #the heroin diaries #nikki sixx #paybacks a witch #lana harper #lotr #lord of the rings #the fellowship of the ring #the two towers #jrr tolkien #english books #german books #deutsche bücher