Its the end, and its been a year of transformation for a lot of people in my life. My father retired, a number of my students are getting ready to graduate in June, I left my job in Washington and moved to San Diego to pursue what I thought was going to be an easier life change, and my sister traveled around the world in a mere few months to finish up research for her PhD program....yes people 2010 has been a crazy year!
I was looking at this blog and realized that I only contributed one entry in this month, and felt and urgent need to add one more entry in before the new year and the craziness of another year starts....So to recap, I think I feel old. A number of my friends are getting married, or having kids, or buying actual houses, and the time that we used to have together consists of board games where we hope from square to square instead of hopping from bar to bar. Gosh how times have changed, 10pm is late, where 10pm used to be the time that we thought about going out and what to wear, and while we all cringe at the idea, the next year holds a 10 year high school reunion....yes its been 10 years!
Times are not as easy as I remember, I have bills now, and student loans to take care of. Yet, I feel like I have more power over my own life, making decisions that will inevitably choose one path or another. There are other things that I don't think I have power over, friends and family that are drifting away and moving in different directions and time and space creating gaps which were once filled with get-togethers, but I guess that is a fact of life, and as always there will be friends for the moment and friends that will always be there regardless of how often you keep in contact or how far away you are apart.
Change is the only constant, and if you are an optimist, change is always good. I like to think of myself as an optimist, so I am going to go with that. Change mixes things up and ultimately makes things more interesting. Here is a single shout out to all those that have helped me make this year a year of influential and dramatic change for myself as well as those close to me! I hope that you all will have a fantastic start to 2011 and that things will continue to change as it is all about the journey and not the destination!
Bye Bye 2010, Hello 2011!
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