I gen­er­ally loathe such arbi­trary mea­sures of time, but the fact of the mat­ter remains that there were some fairly impor­tant things that hap­pened in my life within the last 365.

I had my first art gallery exhi­bi­tion. So far, I’ve sold 12 pieces, which I’m ecsta­tic about. I’ve also since become good friends with the gallery own­ers, Frédéric and Misun.

I started — and fin­ished — pyscho­an­a­lytic ther­apy. After my crip­pling panic attack exactly one year ago, I was encour­aged to seek some help, and this ther­apy ended up going much, much deeper. I wasn’t scared in my rela­tion­ships because I didn’t real­ize how much bag­gage I had. But now I know.

I got my sec­ond tat­too. This sig­nif­i­cant thing about this is that it’s prob­a­bly my last tat­too. After the first one, I finally feel com­plete (and symmetrical).

I got a car. And I’m lov­ing the free­dom. After buy­ing my house and being gain­fully employed, a car was the only thing left. This means I can buy large items, I don’t have to depend on friends to get me places inac­ces­si­ble by bus, I can go home from par­ties when I want, and awe­some road trips out of town.

I kissed her and she kissed me back. Sometimes, there’s noth­ing more impor­tant than hav­ing the right girl kiss you the right way.

I released ver­sion 10.0. This was by far the most pop­u­lar design of my site, being fea­tured at places like Perishable Press’s Web Design Showcase and at the top of Crestock’s 13 Minimalist Blog Designs You Really Should See. Unfortunately, this also meant I higher pro­file, and more attempts by peo­ple to copy it.

I went through a course of Isotretinoin. This effec­tively ended my acne, which became a pretty big prob­lem in the last year. It’s a won­der­ful feel­ing to wake up and not have to worry about what my face was going to look like.

I got this let­ter from a reader. I receive many let­ters and com­ments, which I greatly appre­ci­ate, but this one really stuck out because some­thing that I cre­ated had affected some­one in an intensely pos­i­tive way. I hope to be able to do this again some day.