In days of auld lang syne...

As we ring out 2010 and ring in 2011, I felt the need for a post. Part reflection, part resolution. I could certainly use the excuse "I was just too busy..." as why I haven't updated since June, but I would be lying. I was either too lazy or just didn't feel like it.

I think back to this year, and part of me feels like I didn't accomplish much, but another part disagrees. This was a big year for me. This year I experienced the first major death in my life, my first real job, my first trip outside the east coast. I did a lot of pretty cool things this year ... I did a walk for breast cancer, I opened a Roth IRA, I saved a lot of money, I registered for a course to get certified as a personal trainer, I made new friends. Did I have a lot of goals for this year? Yes. Did I accomplish them all? No. But that's life. All in all, I'm satisfied with the way things turned out.

I'm going to make a list of goals for 2011 just because I think it's fun to have something to work towards, but I won't convince myself I'll complete them all because we see how well that turned out, didn't we?

I thought this was worth mentioning- As I started writing this post, a song by Matthew West came on, which starts off "Is this the end or only the beginning? / The second chance you never though you'd get / The question is, will you do something with it? / Or spend your days lost in your regret?" Oh, MW. You somehow always get me.

Well, I wish a very happy and healthy new year to all of you. May 2011 bring you wonderful things.