Ok so I'm a couple days late on this, but I figure, better late than never. 2009 is officially closed out and we've cracked open 2010. As I've done every year, here are some resolutions for 2010, in no particular order.
- Visit Atlanta. I'm wayyyyyyyy overdue and I've made this #1 on my list of things to do in 2010.
- Volunteer. Think this is something we could all do a little more of. I'm keeping it on my list.
- Don't complain about things UNLESS I have a good solution. I don't think I complain a lot anyway.
- Be more assertive. I've always been pretty introverted so it's always something that I'm trying to work on. Not assertive in a bad way, but really be one of those people that stand up and is willing to put themselves out there.
- Live in the moment. I think sometimes I'm too wrapped up in the consequences of my actions that I forget to enjoy myself. Without sounding too irresponsible, I think I need to live in the moment more and just learn to have fun.
- Write/Blog more. 2009 was the worst year for my blog. I feel bad. If it was a ficas, it would be withered and dead.
Hopefully I'll knock a couple of these out. Looking back, I did ok for 2009, although there were a LOT of unexpected events that happened last year. The economy is in shambles and unemployment is above 10% but I see what happened in 2008-2009 as a cleansing. Kinda like how sometimes you need a forest fire to spur the growth of new trees. As far as I know, I'm still healty, still have both of my parents, and still have a group of friends I wouldn't trade for anyone else's.
Recently, one of my best friends came to visit me in California and I couldn't help but think about how we had known each other through the last decade. What my brain really started to chew on is the decade ahead. In the next 10 years I'll face some of the biggest challenges and make some of the most important choices of my life. I've never been the kind of person to look back at my life and regret the decisions that I've made. I hope at the end of 2019 I can say the same thing. I've used this opportunity to lay out some medium to long term goals for myself. For now, I'll keep these to myself but hopefully, with a little bit of hard work and a touch of luck, I'll hit a few of those too.
Happy new year and the best of luck to everyone for 2010.
Posted by e1000 at January 4, 2010 01:52 AM