100 blogs, 31 community writing challenges included and 66 games beaten in 2016, wow, I didn't see all that coming at all. Perhaps the best thing of them all was my grow not only as a gamer nor a writer, but as a person. Turning 22 didn't matter as much as I still don't see myself getting old, but it sure put me in a road which I must take whether I want it or not: think and work for my future, this time for sure.
Last February, I got a job in the weirdest way: an acquaintance (now boss) asked to work with her out of the sudden. Worried, nervous and with absolutely no experience at all, I started working as an English Teacher on Saturday mornings, and even though at the beginning I wanted to quit due to my self low confidence, seeing my student's progression have kept me going. Truth be told, my career is all about this: being a teacher and all that, but I don't actually want this to be my ideal job. At some point is sad, but that is what I have to follow now, for the sake of all my time at college. I like teaching, yes, but the side quest I took 3 years ago (writing here) seems like a career I would have chosen in an ideal country. But that's life, and I would be a coward if not even trying what I once convinced my parents before choosing what to do with my life.
On a brighter side, there's college. I'm finally on the semifinals (last subject before my internships) and I would have gotten this far if it weren't by how video games have shaped my life. Seriously, The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time, Persona 4 and Resident Evil 2, they all guide me to pursue my learning of English, and it all has been quite the ride. From highs and lows, this is how my life has turned out to be, and again, writing here is a plus I didn't expect but that I'm glad I took.
Going personal, this year marked my 6 years anniversary with my girlfriend. Even though we're not thinking of getting married nor having kids, our grow as a couple has been perhaps one of the weirdest and funniest I have ever seen. Playing games together, watching random movies while I fall sleep easily and just being us, that couple completely different from the rest is what has kept us together for so long. Sometimes, I dream about how are we going to fare when our kids are around us, but I just know we will handle the situation.
Also, there's gaming, but I have already covered it pretty much in all of my other blogs. Seriously, how to forget the hardships of Ninja Gaiden? The jumping of both Mario and Crash? Even the grinding in Final Fantasy 5, 7 and 9, all those moments in gaming entertained me a lot to be true. Those 66 games, along with the many feelings I had with them, are going to be cherished for a long time to come.
Finally, there's my writing here at Gameinformer. Counting this last blog of mine for this year, the mark goes up to 100 blogs, not including the 31 community writing challenges I wrote, that would be 131 blogs written by this tiny hands how have found something else to do in their free time besides from playing. It all has come down to this, me here writing before new years eve here in my country as fast as I can now that I know, to almost perfection the location of all the letters in a keyboard, be it big or small. Still, those silly mistakes I often commit are also part of this memory. As English is my second language, perfection is still a long road ahead, but that's why I want to keep on learning, I want to keep on writing and I want to keep playing video games: the source of many of my skills since 2009.
Happy New Year Everyone.
Thanks for Reading.