2009 in Summary
29 Dec
As the final days of 2009 approach, I feel the need to evaluate the last 365 days before I bid it farewell.
Starting with the best, and worst, memories of 2009:
- Discovering the complicated and competitive world of summer and full-time job recruiting, particularly during a recession.
- Learning to rely on friends to get through the tough times. Shout-outs to ALS, FF, and BI.
- Drinking too much of everything.
- Ambiguous boys: one, two, and three.
- Working for a terrible boss at Law Office but learning so much: mostly, what I am capable of when I put my mind to it.
- Deciding to love MFL, then deciding to let him go.
- Family drama, but also making us stronger as a result. My most important realization this year is that: family will always be there for you. And that’s something to cherish.
- Dealing with WAF‘s drama (one and two), resolving never to leave her side.
- Finally, finally, getting my dream job.
- Completing six items on my Life List.
If I were to score myself on each aspect of my life, how did I do?
Love Life
Wasting too much time chasing ambiguous boys that were never really available: -1
Letting go of MFL: +1
Family
Lying to my parents and running away: -1
Realizing that family is (or should have been) the rock in my life: +1
Friends
Allowing myself to rely on my friends (or at least let them in, even if they can’t help): +1
Not giving up on WAF: +1
Finding, and maintaining, friendships that are worthwhile: +1
Career
Believing in myself and landing my dream job: +1
Getting into law school: +1
Overall, I’m in the positive for friends and career, but I definitely still need to work on my family and love life. Although there were a lot of lows this year, I’m happy to say that I’m ending on a high note. A very high note.
What about you? What does your scorecard tell you about 2009?
Oh man….
Love Life: +1
Moved in with boyfriend. Made it to the 3-year milestone
Family: +1
Moved away from home but still manage to remain close.
Friends: -1
Felt like I lost a lot of close friends this year due to distance and changes. Hard to deal with.
Career: -1
Got another teaching pink slip. Quit. Moved to SF instead.
+1 Found a new job
-1 New job is only part time. Oh money, how I miss you dearly.
Overall, pretty balanced! Re: moving away from family, I actually think my relationship with my parents is vastly better when I’m not living at home. However, if I’m too far away (aka Singapore) and unable to come back as often as I do now, I don’t know how that will affect us.
Wow, San Francisco? That is definitely my favourite American city. Good luck on the money front, I’m sure you’ll figure it out in 2010!
I haven’t really made a score card or anything yet, but I definitely feel much happier this year!
I am totally going to make a scorecard. Not right now because I’m lazy. But I loove the end of the year because I get to be nostalgic and read all my old journal entries and sum up my life. It’s so nice to just be like “A+” or “C-” and then move on. And even if a year gets a bad score, it’s still good because you can learn from it, ala you!
I think that’s one of the best parts of keeping a blog/journal. It helps you keep track. When I was writing this entry and going back through the year, there were so many important things that completely did not pop up in my mind until I saw my entries, and it was like “Doh! Of course!” I don’t know what I would do without a blog… I’d forget everything!
this sounds like a successful 2009 to me :)
I like your idea of a score card. Very clever! I believe my scores would be rather even keel, but only because I think this year was more ordinary then anything. Still, knowing that the end is positive is always a great way to start anew with even more positivity!
This is a unique year-end post! C: Seems that the year 2009 had given you lots of ups-and-downs. Let’s look forward to have better for this 2010.
Happy New Year!
Thank you! Happy new year to you too!