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Originally Posted by me, in 2005
I hope that 2006 will be a year of personal growth and revelation. I'll work towards becoming better, stronger, smarter and happier. I hope for adventure, excitement, and serenity. I hope for travel and love and very little anguish. I want to experience as much as possible every day. I plan to live 2006 with drive and purpose and most of all hope.
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Be careful what you wish for. 2006 was definitely a year of personal growth and revelation. And I definitely feel better, stronger, smarter and happier. The price for all that was higher than I would have ever guessed it to be, namely the love and acceptance of half my family (of which my Dad, Grampa, and two sisters are now not associating with me). Regardless, the changes I made were for the better and there was definitely adventure and excitement. Trade in the serenity for a much much thicker skin with a good dose of jaded cynicism, and my predictions were fairly accurate.
There was tons of love, but not enough travel. We only made it to DL once and didn't go anywhere else. I'm not sure if that will increase in 2007, but it definitely will over the next several years (ducks in a row, and all that).
Living with drive and purpose and hope is probably going to be my motto for the rest of my life. I think I did a decent job of it this year, but there's always room for improvement in the year to come.
What do I hope for in 2007? Calm. I would like to see the eye of the hurricane of life this year. A year of peace would be lovely. I would like to acquire some financial management skills, so that I'm not always screwing up our budget, build a savings account that actually has money in it all the time, see the floor of my laundry room on a regular basis, and be more organized in general.
This year is also my grand return to college, so I hope that I can keep up with that and still have time for my family. 2007 will bring us to DL at least once, but a Christmas trip would also be lovely. I'd like to see some of my Swanker friends that I haven't seen in so long and perhaps meet some that I have yet to meet.
I hope to get better at the things I want to get better at, and maybe even learn a few new things. I've gotten a good start to this weight loss thing this past month, and I'd really like to hit my goal weight within the next six months. I feel better when I exercise regularly, so hopefull that will become at least a partial habit.
Last year I had grand hopes and got grand results. This year I have mediocre hopes. I don't really mind if the results are mediocre as long as I live this year to the fullest extent possible. (Maybe I'll be so successful at that that in December of 2007 you'll all be wondering where I've gone. If that happens, don't worry, I've finally figured out how to get off the computer and live more minutes of my life.
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