Rough cuts, 2016

This year I:
  • started seeing someone, 
  • went to the US did a road trip and cruise, probably the most fun in my life, 
  • got back enamoured with the USA, 
  • decided I was through with Oxford, 
  • my grandfather got sick so I was back to Portugal for a while, 
  • really decided USA is a bad idea because this kind of family situations and being very far away... not good, 
  • then I came back, stopped seeing that woman, 
  • started seeing someone else very shortly after (mistake), 
  • went to Dublin for the first time and fell in love with the city for a weekend,
  • quit smoking, 
  • felt Brexit turning my opinion about the UK, 
  • further explored the idea that I'm through with Oxford, maybe with England entirely, 
  • went back to Portugal and christened my goddaughter, 
  • back to the UK, 
  • saw Portugal win the Euro and thought "man, the UK does really suck", 
  • then back to Portugal to be the best man at my friends' wedding, 
  • realised that no, returning to a life in Portugal is not the answer, 
  • back to the UK, 
  • shortly after that I stopped seeing this second woman, that ran its course and it was over, 
  • my perspective about the UK started to change again, but for the better, 
  • then I started thinking about alternative places to live and alternative jobs to take,
  • started taking my full bike license,
  • ramped up exercise,
  • started cooking more,
  • picked up meditation,
  • revamped my blog.
Roughly that's 2016 so far. We're at the end of August. Four months left.