The Best of Twenty Seventeen!

Five years ago I did a post about the Best of Twenty Twelve and since I have got back into my blog and posting this year, I decided to do one for 2017 to see how this past year has stacked up.

Top 5 Albums of 2017

1. What If Nothing by WALK THE MOON (2017)
2. Wonderful Wonderful by The Killers (2017)
3. Skin and Earth by Lights (2017)
4. WALLS by Kings of Leon (2016)
5. Royal Blues by Dragonette (2016)

Special Mention: Something to Tell You by Haim (2017)

Top 5 Songs I got Addicted to

1. What Lovers Do - Maroon 5
2. Attention - Charlie Puth
3. Feel it Still - Portugal. The Man
4. I Feel it Coming - The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk
5. Tiger Teeth - WALK THE MOON

Annoying Mention: Thunder by Imagine Dragons

Top 5 Great Things that Happened to Me

1. I got a term position as an Academic Advisor in my office for 2 years. I worked my butt off to learn everything that I needed to an applied for it TWICE before I got it!
2. Jason and I went to Saskatoon to ride waterslides for my birthday. Frivolous, but SO much fun.
3. Went on my Girl's Camping weekend for the second year in a row. Looking forward to year 3 in 2018.
4. I got my third tattoo and Jason got his second. This is great because it was at a convention and it was Jason's second tattoo in literally 2 weeks. So proud of him.
5. Travelled to my first ever professional development conference for my advising position.

Top 5 Things I Learned this Year

1. Putting in the time and effort to obtain what you really want can sometimes really pay off. Like getting the term advising position. That was a major goal achieved for me.
2. People come and go. Sometimes friendships can be to much work to maintain, and I don't think you should have to put that much work in. Either you want to be friends and hang out and talk or you don't. Sometimes you just got to let it go.
3. Marriage takes work. I know this is a bit of a contradiction to #2 above, but marriage is a different kind of commitment. We might not always like each other, and we argue, and we disagree, but at the end of the day I still love him and he is still my husband because I choose him everyday to end my day with and start the next.
4. Setting goals makes me happy and feel accomplished. Like setting my mind to get my new position, starting my reading challenge, posting on my blog, organizing next year's book club and all the little things in between.
5. Even though I turn 30 next year, I don't know if I really feel any different. (There will be a post about this later on, don't worry.) I know I'm older, and I sometimes feel it and see it in my body, but I want to think my mind, ideas and spirit are still young. I still feel younger at heart.

Top 5 Favourite Photos I Took

Top 5 Books I Read

1. Me Before You by JoJo Moyes
2. The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans
3. The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
4. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
5. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Top 5 Favourite People of 2017

1. Jason - of course my husband is #1. He is my rock, sound-board, confidante, lover, biggest supporter and everything else in between. 
2. Rebecca - I'm just still glad she puts up with all my crap. #workbestie
3. Carmen - Sad she moved away, but still my book-loving enabler and one of my oldest and best friends.
4. Stefanie - I don't know if I could have endured the crappy work stuff from the past year as well as I did without her.
5. The people of the #metoo movement. Enough said.

Top 5 Best Things I Did

1. Supported my sister when she was going through a big change in her life.
2. Attended my other sister's bachelorette party.
3. Saw Kings of Leon in concert and got a tattoo in the same day.
4. Started my reading challenge and posting on my blog again.
5. Made new friends inside and outside of work.

Top 5 Movies I Saw

1. Star Wars - The Last Jedi
2. Beauty and the Beast (live-action one of course)
3. Anything that Marvel put out this year
4. Bright
5. Power Rangers

Top 5 TV Show Obsessions

1. Elementary
2. Game of Thrones (Season 7)
3. Outlander
4. Star Trek: Discovery
5. Gilmore Girls - A Year in the Life

Top 5 Regrets of 2017

1. Not staying as active and exercising. I bought a new bike this year at the start of August and I hardly rode it all fall. Bit disappointed in myself for that. Need to change it in 2018.
2. Not starting my reading challenge earlier in the year. I forgot how much I really like to read and get lost in the words and pages of a good book.
3. Waiting so long to finally get my wedding album made. Its been 2 years. And it turned out really freaking awesome.
4. Not spending more time with my mom. Really wish I spent more time with her this year.
5. Five years ago this regret was not documenting things as much as I used to. I feel this regret is the same to this day. I even mentioned it a week or so ago that I don't take as many photos as I used to.

Top 5 Things I am Looking Forward to in 2018

1. Ringing in the 2018 new year at my sisters wedding tomorrow.
2. Starting the 2018 Girl's Book Club in January.
3. Going to Mexico. Apparently this was the same five years ago!
4. Celebrating my 30th birthday in July.
5. Spending time with friends and family throughout the year.

Some things are the same. I still love The Killers and great movies. Some lingering regrets, but also some hopes that carry on.  Friends that are still around and new ones to add to the circle. All in all, I'd say it was another decent year.