Well hello again!

It’s been a while, hasn’t it? 963 days to be precise. I’ve had a rubbish two and a half years; how about you?

Well, it’s not all been bad – it’s just the bad has far outweighed the good. But that’s enough negativity. Let’s talk about what’s going right with the world… Well, we’re still in a depression, petrol prices are sky high, VAT has just gone up permanently (I never liked that awkward 17.5 percentage anyway!), unemployment is at its highest rate in decades, innocent lives are still being taken in warfare and poverty and famine in the world as aren’t getting any better. Deary me, that didn’t go very well, did it? Is anything going right in the world?

We have a Royal Wedding this year. Yee-ha! People get married every day – not sure why this one is any different. That’s enough about the Monarchy; I feel like I’ve wasted too much energy typing even that! We have a new government that’s promising to fix the country’s problems. But that’s not exactly working so far. What else is there… I’m actually struggling to think of something.

Maybe I’m just out of touch with the world. I have a routine and it’s working well for me right now. And that doesn’t really involve reading newspapers or going out of my way to find out about world news. But does that matter? Do you really need to know what’s going on around you when you’re just one person in a population of 7 billion? Sure, it gives you things to talk to people about; but what if I don’t want to talk to people? What if I want to avoid the unintelligent and rude people that generally make up the population?

I might just have to grin and bear that though since my bedroom is starting to feel like a prison cell. In an open prison, of course. You know, the prisons were the inmates can do whatever they like. But what else is there out there apart from the lovely people of the world? Shops that are too expensive, weather that is not dissimilar to that of the Arctic, the constant feeling that you’re being judged, and a general culmination of life’s disappointment. Fabulous. That’ll encourage me to get out more.

Don’t get me wrong, I have moments of inspiration that give me quick bursts of motivation. But they quickly drain away when I realise nothing has changed in the world and I’m not in any position to do anything about it. Perhaps I should just try to change my life before I try to change the world. I’ll let you know how that goes. Maybe I’ll post a shockingly positive update next time!