2011 - the recap
So 2011 was a big year, yeah? The Arab Spring. The death of notorious dictators. The East Africa Famine. More natural disasters. The continued evolution of social media. Climate Change. It seems like it’s all happening.
Back in my own little corner of the globe, I’ve experienced a seismic shift too:
- I fell in love, am in love, and am loving it
- I stayed in one city
- I found a job I still enjoy, a year on
- I saved some money
- I started cooking more
- I blogged less, and generally spent less time online
- I took a beach holiday
- I held my friend’s hand through tragedy
- I only moved house once, and
- I watched my sister get married, and my brother have a baby.
Those are the things I count as really big and important in my life, and I’m pleased to say most of them are in the right direction of where I want my life to go. After so long being restless, traveling, being absent from the lives of my loves, and feeling like was always in a rush to get there, I’m starting to feel like I am there. Which is a pretty cool feeling.
If 2011 was the year of committment, 2012 is the year of consolidation.
So, what next? As a tragic goal setter, here are a few on my list this year:
- Get super-fit and healthy and climb Mt Kilimanjaro
- Continue enjoying my day job
- Move into a place which feels like home, and stay there
- Include someone else in my bigger life plans
- Drink less
- Camp and hike more, see more of my own backyard, and
- Keep up the family stuff.
While the list seems a lot more ‘boring’ than my goals in the past, I like the idea of consolidating the big things I did this year. Of stopping to smell the roses. Of strengthening my links with family and friends. Of continuing to read and write and stay nerdy (like there’s any other choice!)
Happy New Year everyone, and here’s to a sensational 2012
p.s. Want to know how I went with my 2011 goals? I did stop eating tuna. I didn’t become debt free, but my net worth is greater than my current debt. I did cook many, many, many more meals at home than ever before in my life, and while I didn’t drink as little as I would have liked, I certainly cut back compared to 2010. Not bad, not bad at all.
