2017 is about to end. And why is that?
The history of keeping track of time is as old as humankind, with a larger number of calendar systems appearing in the ancient Middle East, including the Assyrian and Babylonian calendar, the Zoroastrian calendar and the Hebrew calendar. A number of other calendars developed in Greece, and later in Rome, to whom we owe our current way of measuring years.
Ancient calendars were based mostly on the cycles of the moon, but in 45 BCE Julius Caesar came up with a new system (Julian calendar - Wikipedia). The Julian calendar no longer depended on the observation of the moon, but simply followed an algorithm of introducing a leap day every four years. So yes, it’s the Roman’s fault that 2017 will be over soon... sort off
Since there has been enough pointing out the bad things that happened throughout the year, I want to tell you 6 good things that happened to me in 2017. It was a tough year, but not all was bad after all.
Enough talking about me. Your turn to list good things from 2017.
The history of keeping track of time is as old as humankind, with a larger number of calendar systems appearing in the ancient Middle East, including the Assyrian and Babylonian calendar, the Zoroastrian calendar and the Hebrew calendar. A number of other calendars developed in Greece, and later in Rome, to whom we owe our current way of measuring years.
Ancient calendars were based mostly on the cycles of the moon, but in 45 BCE Julius Caesar came up with a new system (Julian calendar - Wikipedia). The Julian calendar no longer depended on the observation of the moon, but simply followed an algorithm of introducing a leap day every four years. So yes, it’s the Roman’s fault that 2017 will be over soon... sort off
Since there has been enough pointing out the bad things that happened throughout the year, I want to tell you 6 good things that happened to me in 2017. It was a tough year, but not all was bad after all.
- I started intermittent fasting, by far the best thing I’ve ever done for my overall health. And in the process, I started sleeping better too. No idea what connects not eating for 16 hours a day and sleeping better but I’m very happy about the result.
- My aunt and uncle celebrated their 50th anniversary with a family gathering that I attended even though I'm socially challenged, but they are happily married and when people manage to stay married and happy and love each other for that long they deserve a big party and they deserve my effort.
- I joined RF.
- My guitar skills improved. I’m far from being a good player but I’m better than I was last year. Baby steps.
- I visited 2 new places where I had never been before.
- I balanced my budget despite a few unexpected expenses and still had enough money left to go buy a ticket to watch Star Wars.
Enough talking about me. Your turn to list good things from 2017.
