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# 2017 in Five Sentences
- URL: https://www.vjarmy.com/2017-in-five-sentences/
- Published: 2017-12-29T05:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-02-25T03:46:00.000Z
- Description: Onward to 2018.
- Author: Dan Dickinson
- Tags: Personal Matters

For as long as I’ve kept this blog, I’ve tried to find some positive way to put a bow on the milestones of my life, including the end of the year.

I have tried my hardest to look back over this year and find some unifying narrative of hope, of growth, of betterment in my life or the world around me.

I haven’t been able to find it.

2017 has been far more struggling with the dark than it has been responding to the light.

Onward to 2018.