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Dear Me, Hello 2018

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Isn't it funny? Another year is approaching. It seems as though we've only just welcomed the new year, 2017, with fireworks and me, with  an air-filled, aching digestive system. 

And yet, here we are. At the threshold of another new year. 

Not only have I stopped making new year resolutions but it has been years since I've last earnestly updated my Facebook with a status update. Except for wishing my family and friends an official birthday or a festival, I've almost completely stopped using Facebook. 

Amongst all the social networks out there, I think Facebook is the most toxic, not because it was designed to be that way, but because of the sheer number of people there. 

People who don't know you but have met you probably don't care about what you post of Facebook but it is the people who KNOW you very well are the ones you should avoid. So, in my personal opinion, if we want to continue building real life relationships with real people in real life, we have to stop using Facebook as the main way to communicate with them. 

It has been a tough year for us here and if I were to post everything up on social networks for everyone, ranging from someone I've briefly met 5 years ago at a convention to a close family member, it would be plain hell for me. 

And although I've stopped updating everyone on everything in my life on social media and I've stopped making resolutions, I'm far from the giving-up point. 

As we dust ourselves off from the remnants of 2016, my friend who was senselessly run over by a car when she was innocently running a night marathon remains in a coma. The good news is that there are some good signs coming from her, she's fighting back. Any positive sign is FANTASTIC news for the rest of us waiting for her to wake up, really! A wiggling toe, a slight frown, whatever. 

So, if you think 2017 has been kind of sucky for you too, let's just take some time to say a prayer, dust ourselves off and start anew during the brand new year. 

We're only 3 days away from 2018 and regardless of what life has dealt us, we can do better. We always can. 

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