{"id":64874,"date":"2016-12-30T22:34:28","date_gmt":"2016-12-30T22:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=64874"},"modified":"2017-01-01T15:39:09","modified_gmt":"2017-01-01T15:39:09","slug":"goodbye-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2016\/12\/30\/goodbye-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

On a personal level it’s not been too bad a year. A couple of disappointments, and the inevitable couple of stitch-ups by people who should know better. I should not really be taken in so easily. Often though when you loose out on one opportunity something better turns up though in many cases. By this stage in my life I should really expect that sort of thing, \u00a0so perhaps its just naivety. \u00a0I do get disappointed because I usually expect people to be reasonable, and not full of shit or to try and con me. \u00a0Still if I was that good a judge of human nature I might be doing a bit better now than I am in some respects. \u00a0 \u00a0Of course there is also the mass insanity of the brexit crew, which seems to have brought in its wake a lot of very bad behaviour. \u00a0I am still waiting for a sensible reason for leaving, so give me some sort of reasoned argument and try and convince me. Why is there only a deafening silence? \u00a0 So I shall plod along with my various musical efforts and continue my battle with facing often the futility of endeavoring to achieve anything, but carry on doing it anyway as you do.<\/p>\n

So is there a point? No you just roll along and stuff happens and sometimes its good and sometimes its not, That really seems to be it. Everything else that happens seems to be random and not bound by the laws of causality, except for the odd signposted train wreck that you can spot.<\/p>\n

Quite often I wonder why I write this stuff. I suppose it’s a way of letting off steam and thats it really. My problem is that if you are fighting depression you want positive stuff to happen, but you dare not get too excited about anything as its frequently a disappointment. So how does one keep positive? Answers on a postcard please.<\/p>\n

The thing I have lacked for a couple of years now is energy and the ability to really keep applying myself, but lately I just want to give up and I really do despair about it.
\nThere are not to many people left that I am able to talk to…<\/p>\n

Perhaps 2017 is the year for a reboot?<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n

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"You're going back to work, mate. We don't give a fuck how disabled you are…"@kevinbridges86<\/a> on austerity and benefits. pic.twitter.com\/L79lQuIlH2<\/a><\/p>\n

— I was a JSA claimant (@imajsaclaimant) December 30, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n