2008 was a big, weird one. a lonely and lovely mess. so much happened. i think i made more friends, however fleetingly, than in any year prior. my family endured a great loss. i learned so much about them. i learned more about the world, broadly and about humans, intimately. i graduated. at least once every day i felt hopeful, driven, loved and at peace, and at least once every day i felt lost, insignificant and profoundly unhappy. i broke rules, laws, promises and maybe even one heart. i was hired three times. i was fired once. i wasted a lot of my time and a little of other peoples'.
i don't put much stock in resolutions made this time of year but i quite understand ruminating, regretting and repairing. i aspire to make healthier choices than many i've made in the last year. i can look at myself now and one year ago and say confidently that i have grown in good ways and that i could have done better. i could have made her prouder.
i will try to keep a list of the books i read and movies i watch this year.
i will make an effort to spend less time talking about people and more time learning from them.
i will set small goals and attempt to acknowledge my own successes and failures equally.
i hope to make great new friends, discover fantastic art, travel to new places, grow in goodness, save some money, figure out a way to live on my own, and learn everything there is to know about the world and how i'm supposed to make it better.
:yawn:
guess i'd better get busy
