Well, it’s rapidly approaching the end of 2009 and boy has this year gone by fast. I think I’ve mentioned it before, but I think life started accelerating once I hit 19 – since then, each year has gone by faster than the last.
2009 has certainly had its challenges, particularly in the workplace after a good friend and mentor was let go. Since this is a publicly accessible site, I won’t go into any details, but things were fairly stressful at work for a good few months.
There were also frustrations/uncertainties of a more personal nature, but… sufficed to say that I’m still sorting through those.
In the long run though, 2009 was a year of growth in many ways. Not that one doesn’t try to progress in some way in any given year, but this year I finally moved to a place of my own. It’s not the biggest place in the world, nor in the trendiest part of town, and doesn’t have anything especially unique – but it’s my place, the first time I’ve ever been completely on my own… and I’m loving it!
I’m happy to say that I’ve also cleared through most of my (modest) goals for this year as well:
- Move to my own place – done!
- Save money so I’m not living paycheck to paycheck – done!
- Get a driver’s license – done!
- Exercise – done!
- Start cooking more – done!
I didn’t get to accomplishing ALL the goals I had, namely:
- Get an IT certification
- Improve my Japanese (I think I’ve actually gotten worse)
- Buy fewer books (But the I’ve bought a Kindle so maybe that balances things out? 😉
I’ll create a new list of “resolutions” after the New Year rolls around, but so far 2009 has been, despite its challenges, a pretty good year. Let’s see if I can keep up the momentum and do even better in 2010!
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