The year is finally over. I want to say “Thank God” because I’m still alive. I haven’t been as productive as I want to be but hey. Time not sick is time well spent, as said by Julie Nolke. Whenever I didn’t feel like doing anything during the past year, I’ll look around my room and choose a hobby I want to pick up on. My painting supplies and guitar are always at arm’s reach, but I find reading the most relaxing and easiest thing to do.

I’m behind on my reading list, but I don’t really care anymore. The past year was hard, and my hobbies shouldn’t feel like work.

Anyway, the books I’ve read this December are:

• Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
• Everything is Fucked, Mark Manson
• Leonardo da Vinci, Walter Isaacson
• Delicious Foods, James Hannaham

Books saved me this year. I hope your books did the same to you. Let’s face the next year smarter and braver.