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| fuck off 2014, you absolute bellend |
well it's that time of year again when we're drowned in "new year new me" statuses and tweets. for some, it's exhausting but for others, it's quite nice to see friends so happy and determined/motivated. i'm over the moon to see how well 2014 treated a lot of you and equally as upset about how fucking tragic it was for some others. but it's done now. no point crying over spilt milk. let's just leave it in the past and then keep our heads held high, ready for 2015.
"oh fucking hell, it's emo hour"
originally, i was going to write a ten step mitch cole's guide to: "having a great 2015" but i've woken up in a fucking abysmal mood and my room is so cold that my fingers are in a constant state of seizure so i'd rather just rip this plaster off and be done with it. actually, on second thought, let's have a bash at that guide but make it really brief and sort of tongue in cheek.
1. stop worrying about the things you can't change. make a conscious effort to sort out the things you have control over. it's dark but you can't stop people dying or being cunts. you can, however, stop sharing such awful facebook stories and trolling just about everyone. so what if jessie j's hair looks awful? that's helping nobody's cause so keep it to yourself and just mention how good her voice is.
2. find that silver lining. it's hard work a lot of the time but it has to be done otherwise 2015 will turn out exactly the same as this dog shit year. if you're not going to change your outlook, then nothing will change. i've learnt that the hard way.
3. surround yourself with amazing people. i'm lucky enough to have done this a fair bit - dwindling your friends down isn't very warming but realising that the few people you call your best friends are real life deities outweighs the loss of those shallow acquaintances.
4. (don't) grow up. maybe 2015 is the year to stop being so childish about your work/friendships/relationship/outlook. you might be long overdue a good old kick up the arse from adulthood. but it's not all bad, being an adult is okay sometimes (at this current time i can think of no real positives, sorry). on the other hand, maybe 2015 is time to take it down a notch. chill out. stop abiding by your hitler regime. laugh more at internet memes and sign up to that internet dating site. it could all work out.
5. do what you love. this is a biggy and i think everyone could do with focussing on this more. stop looking for love or happiness in hard to find places. start enjoying yourself and things will unravel. i don't know the science behind it but i'm pretty this works out 98-100% of the time. if you love to blog, make time to blog more. if you love to take photographs, go out and photograph more. if you love to kill prostitutes, well you could probably do with stopping that or maybe handing yourself into the police but it's the end of the year so one more can't hurt, can it?
it's no secret that 2014 has, quite literally, been the worst year of my life. if i wasn't lying in bed questioning every aspect of my life, then i was sat on the wall of a bridge doing exactly the same. i'm not dead, i've survived everything this absolute fucker of a year has thrown at me. do i feel stronger? i'm always inclined to say no but, looking back at how i felt (even now, in this pisstakingly negative frame of mine), i can see that i have made progress. is it enough? for me, personally, it's not. but i've been busy pitying myself: working on relationships, preventing my own suicide, debating every single lifestyle choice. but it's done now. 2014 has been and gone and i'm still here. and i'm realistic, i've no doubt a lot of this will happen again in 2015 but my silver lining? i'm much better equipped to tackle it all again and maybe, just maybe, turn my life around.
now i'm off to get fucked with my favourites again. see this year out the way it was meant to be seen out: bollock naked in the gutter of bristol centre, covered in my own tears and vomit. see you guys on the other side. hopefully. happy new year, you absolute diamonds xo
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