I don’t make new year’s resolutions. I stopped doing that back in college when I realized I could scarcely remember the resolutions much less keep them. A couple of years ago, I read an article that encouraged a different strategy – it included reflection on the year past with a view for change in the year to come. Coincidentally, one of my blog subscriptions posted “Annual Review: Reflection and Setting Intentions for the New Year” which included a document with a list of challenging questions.
Considering it’s sort of in line with my usual strategy, I thought I’d actually do my review of sorts online this year and share with you all. Maybe something about what I say, do or think might help you guys in some way … I do at most 3 per question in the interest of space but the lists are by no means definitive.
What did you love last year?
- earning and feeling useful
- watching Nala (our kitten) grow up and begin to cement her personality
What went incredibly well?
- not getting as sick as I did October 2008
- coped with having to quit a good job, moving house for 3rd time in 2 years, driving halfway across the US from KY to TX and coping with all the stresses associated with the move.
What did you dislike?
- having to move at all
- realizing how much this new home reminds me of all the things I despise about Jamaica
What were some of the challenges you faced?
- money
- a winter ice-storm, at best 30 degree weather and no electricity (i.e. warmth)
- husband, 2 kittehs and myself in a hotel room for an indefinite amount of time at the end of a long drive cross-country
What goals were important to me that I did not reach? Why?
- saving – too many needs to fulfill
- getting out and making friends – while I have made friends, I am not getting out as much as I had wanted to. I need exercise and external input. I think sitting at this computer all day every day is bad for me and my health… maybe.
What did you accomplish last year? What successes were you most proud of?
- making it to one year of marriage with no skid marks whatsoever
- making a home 2 times over
What are some of the things in last year that you want to duplicate this year?
- WRITING! and more of it!
- keep the skid marks off my marriage
What were some of the most important decisions of last year for you?
- switching to iPhone’s and AT&T from Nextel – while not perfect, the experience is far more rewarding for us both
- working at tax return preparation – it helped me understand the process and prepared me in a lot of ways for the working world here
What are some of the big and little things that you want to do or accomplish this year?
- finish my book
- cope with hubby’s deployment
- get fit – already working on this with yoga classes
What liberates me? How do I work best?
- silence – I need it to recuperate, meditate and ruminate
I left out a couple of the questions simply because some of them felt repetitive and because … really … this is all I want to examine at right now.
Well, that was a little exhausting just re-reading all of that … what about you guys? Anything you wanna share?
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