Well, I haven't posted anything here since July and when I went back to NJ for Christmas I was reminded of that fact. A lot has happened here since my last post. I moved into my apartment, still haven't sold my place in NJ, car died, bought new car, visited 2 state capitals (Raleigh & Columbia), met some new people and pissed off some friends.
All in all, 2008 was another bad year for me. Each time I felt that I was making a step forward in financial and personal issues - something would happen to cause me to take two steps back - or maybe to be somewhat optimistic, I should say for every 3 steps forward I made 2 steps back.
I've sat down a few times and started blog posts, but never got around to posting them. My New Year's resolution is to be more focused on these posts. If anything, they will help me say stuff out loud that I need to -- and it really is good for my family and friends to know that I am still alive and just haven't fallen off the face of the earth (although at times I have felt like that would be a good thing).
I'm sitting here at 11:35am on December 31, 2008 - getting ready to go to bed because I have to work today from 5:00 pm to 5:00 am due to turnover in my overnight staff. It is a perfect way to end 2008 -- working ... but I hope that going forward, 2009 will be a much better year.
Just as when any New Years holiday rolls around, we all will reflect of what we have done this past year -- are we better off than last 12/31? are we happier than the last 12/31? have we made any sort of impact on the world or others since the last 12/31? We would all love to say a resounding YES!! to all of those questions, but can we? I'm not sure I can say yes to any of them. So the next response would be ... there's always next year. . .
My plan for this year is to focus on my financial situation ... starting tomorrow all extra curricular spending will be restricted. Except for necessities, all income will go toward working on paying off my outstanding debt. When I can only have my rent and car payments left, then I can look at traveling again, going out on weekends and updating my furniture. This time next year I want to be able to say YES I am better off than I was last year, YES I am happier than I was last year and YES I have made an impact on others this year.
To anyone who reads this blog - I hope that you enjoyed the posts from the beginning of the year. I hope that you will continue to read as we go forward - I will try to bring everything current in the next month -- so it may be weird as you read about stuff that happened 6 months ago and then read about something happening this past week - but please bear with me on that.
Thank you for reading this blog and for putting up with my ramblings today. I close with the following statement:
As 2009 rolls in tonight - I will be looking forward and smiling at what is to come instead of looking back and crying over what has been. Happy New Year to all and to all a good night (afternoon).
