For the most part, it was a pretty great year. A lot of people are moaning about all the famous people we lost, but it really doesn't effect me in my day-to-day. It's not like we lost Bowie in 1972 or Lemmy in 1982. Their legacies are already built and will last my lifetime at least.
My income has been increasing markedly over the second Obama term, in a stable position with a recession-proof employer, because a recession is coming, whether it's Trump's fault or not. I was able to do some decent trips this year; three times to Vegas, a few trips up to Washington, a trip to LA and two weeks back east, seeing mostly everything I wanted to in DC. And a WAY above average year for shows, even though I cut back from 2015, where I kind of went crazy. Reconnected with some old friends, which I needed to do.
The only real bummer is the realization that I'm entering the third chapter of my life; middle age. I lived pretty balls-to-the-wall the last 25 years, a lot more than most people, so that's ending. I largely sobered up the last nine months of 2016 and will hopefully carry that trend forward. The party days in the past were fun, but the income increases are a nice consolation.
I kind of feel bad for people who say 2016 sucked, because there has been a lot of opportunity the last couple years and I think dark days lie ahead of us all, due to the foolish choices of the USA electorate. 2016 could be the last "good year" any of us see for awhile. It'll only take one WMD attack (on USA soil, or launched by Trump) to lock down this nation into martial law for a generation.
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