#SeasonalSonnets: 31st Dec.

Hello my lovely readers!

As tonight's #SeasonalSonnets entry brings both my series and the year to a close, I felt I ought to refer to that in my piece, so it is essentially a whistlestop tour of my resolutions for next year. 2016 has been a tumultuous year both personally and politically - I've certainly learnt a lot about myself but also about humanity. Mostly I've learnt about the vital importance of compassion, on micro and macro scales, and I hope to imbue my next year with a lot more of this quality in all of my relationships, including the one I have with myself.

Hopefully that comes through in the three resolutions I've featured in my sonnet (which I've labelled 'first', 'second' and 'third' but aren't necessarily in that order in reality). My top priorities over the next 365 days are to become more physically independent (I'll elaborate on that in a post soon), to push myself outside of my comfort zone (academically and emotionally as well as physically) and to do as much justice as possible to my thesis topic.

With those in mind, having spent all day working academically, I'm now going to put my body first and, instead of staying up, go to bed early. So, before I leave you with my final sonnet, I want to thank you - for reading them, of course, but mostly for all the other means of support you offer, both online and offline. I am so very grateful to have you all in my life. Whatever you're doing, and wherever you are in the world, I wish you the best for 2017 - and I'm sending strength and solidarity your way.

We can do it (whatever 'it' is for each of us - including being proud that we've made it through another year) - and we can hold each other up!

Until Wednesday, when I'll be back to weekly posting,

Love Jx

31^st December

This sonnet brings my series to conclusion,

and also marks the ending of the year,

so I’m gonna try and fit in my resolutions –

the first of which is conquering more fears.

The second is to do my very best

to keep this PhD of mine on track,

since this year I must write most of the rest

whilst also keeping tabs upon my back.

In line with that, I have goal number three

(which is really at the forefront of my mind) –

to test how independent I can be

and how much of my own way I can find.

With those three things, p’raps 2017

will be better than t’last few years have been.

 

Copyright Jessi Parrott December 2016