I usually do this every year in December no matter where I am or how busy I am, but somehow it just didn’t happen this year. Tomorrow is my 29th birthday, so I thought it was the perfect time to do this.
1. What did you do in 2018 that you’d never done before?
Wear dresses
Go to the gym pretty much every day for an entire year
Go to a strip club
2. Did you keep your New Year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
No
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Yes
4. Did anyone close to you die?
No
5. What countries did you visit?
Thailand
Indonesia
6. What would you like to have in 2019 that you lacked in 2018?
A job that I enjoy in a city that is not this one
7. What date from 2018 will remain etched upon your memory?
September 14, 2018
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Not having a full-on breakdown because of my living situation
9. What was your biggest failure?
Not getting myself out of this living situation
Repeatedly giving up on my health
Falling back into a toxic relationship
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I was very sick for most of May/June
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Tickets to Thailand and Bali. Some makeup.
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
Mine?
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
Also mine. And my bosses’
14. Where did most of your money go?
Travel
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
The trips – Thailand, Bali, Delhi
16. What song/album will always remind you of 2018?
Nothing, really
17.Compared to this time last year, are you:
1. Happier or sadder? Happier
2. Thinner or fatter? Thinner
3. Richer or poorer? Richer
18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Sticking to a healthy diet
Saying no
19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Giving in to temptation
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
I spent it preparing to leave for Delhi the next day and fighting with a lot of important people.
21. Who did you spend the most time on the phone with?
Friends. In the second half, an ex.
22. Did you fall in love in 2018?
No
23. How many one night stands in this last year?
None
24. What was your favourite TV programme?
Kaisi Yeh Yaariaan
The Bold Type
Younger
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
Yes.
26. What was the best book(s) you read?
This was a terrible year for me in terms of reading. I honestly have no answer to this question, which is such a shame.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Nothing, really.
28. What did you want and get?
Foreign travel
29. What did you want and not get?
To get out
30. What were your favourite films of this year?
My God, I truly cannot remember.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
28. I spent the day at work, mostly freaking out about my ex getting back in touch with me. For dinner, I went out with three of my best friends.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Some more positive things happening in my life, overall.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2018?
Breaking out of the stereotype of what fat girls can or cannot wear.
34. What kept you sane?
TV shows. Some new friendships.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Parth Samthaan
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Me Too
37. Who did you miss?
Delhi
38. Who was the best new person you met?
S, from work
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2018.
If you can’t change your reality, accept it.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year?
This is really hard. I can’t.
1. What did you do in 2018 that you’d never done before?
Wear dresses
Go to the gym pretty much every day for an entire year
Go to a strip club
2. Did you keep your New Year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
No
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Yes
4. Did anyone close to you die?
No
5. What countries did you visit?
Thailand
Indonesia
6. What would you like to have in 2019 that you lacked in 2018?
A job that I enjoy in a city that is not this one
7. What date from 2018 will remain etched upon your memory?
September 14, 2018
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Not having a full-on breakdown because of my living situation
9. What was your biggest failure?
Not getting myself out of this living situation
Repeatedly giving up on my health
Falling back into a toxic relationship
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I was very sick for most of May/June
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Tickets to Thailand and Bali. Some makeup.
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
Mine?
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
Also mine. And my bosses’
14. Where did most of your money go?
Travel
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
The trips – Thailand, Bali, Delhi
16. What song/album will always remind you of 2018?
Nothing, really
17.Compared to this time last year, are you:
1. Happier or sadder? Happier
2. Thinner or fatter? Thinner
3. Richer or poorer? Richer
18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Sticking to a healthy diet
Saying no
19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Giving in to temptation
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
I spent it preparing to leave for Delhi the next day and fighting with a lot of important people.
21. Who did you spend the most time on the phone with?
Friends. In the second half, an ex.
22. Did you fall in love in 2018?
No
23. How many one night stands in this last year?
None
24. What was your favourite TV programme?
Kaisi Yeh Yaariaan
The Bold Type
Younger
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
Yes.
26. What was the best book(s) you read?
This was a terrible year for me in terms of reading. I honestly have no answer to this question, which is such a shame.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Nothing, really.
28. What did you want and get?
Foreign travel
29. What did you want and not get?
To get out
30. What were your favourite films of this year?
My God, I truly cannot remember.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
28. I spent the day at work, mostly freaking out about my ex getting back in touch with me. For dinner, I went out with three of my best friends.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Some more positive things happening in my life, overall.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2018?
Breaking out of the stereotype of what fat girls can or cannot wear.
34. What kept you sane?
TV shows. Some new friendships.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Parth Samthaan
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Me Too
37. Who did you miss?
Delhi
38. Who was the best new person you met?
S, from work
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2018.
If you can’t change your reality, accept it.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year?
This is really hard. I can’t.
