Farewell 2008

I couldn't be happier to end this year given the series of personal and professional challenges I faced. In order to usher in the new year, I would like to enumerate my resolution bullet-points for 2009:

1. Blog more. I intend to populate all my blogs meaningfully.

2. Work effectively. No longer will I just do a job for compliance but seek specific tasks that translate in quantifiable results.

3. Eat better. No more diet soda. Less processed flour and sugar products (goodbye brownies and cinammon rolls, I barely knew you). Less fast food. More fruits.

4. Engage more. I will exert more of an effort to get out and meet people, especially interesting people with unique perspectives.

5. Deeper self evaluation. I promise to no longer be stumped when asked for my strengths & weaknesses, my most defining professional/personal decisions and core beliefs.

I know I will discover more points moving forward but this is a good start.

Happy New Year all!

The Year in Review

This would be a good way to wrap up one's year then think about the coming one. Got this from a High School & Facebook friend.

1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?


2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?


3. Did anyone close to you give birth?


4. Did anyone close to you die?


5. What countries did you visit?


6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?


7. What date from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?


8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?


9. What was your biggest failure?


10. Did you suffer illness or injury?


11. What was the best thing you bought?


12. Whose behavior merited celebration?


13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?


14. Where did most of your money go?


15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?


16. What song will always remind you of 2008?


17. Compared to this time last year, you are:


18. What do you wish you'd done more of?


19. What do you wish you'd done less of?


20. How will you be spending Christmas?


21. Did you fall in love in 2008?


22. What was your favorite TV program?


23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?


24. What was the best book you read?


25. What was your greatest musical discovery?


26. What did you want and get?


27. What did you want and not get?


28. What was your favorite film that you saw this year?


29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?


30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?


31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?


32. What kept you sane?


33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?


34. What political issue stirred you the most?


35. Who did you miss?


36. Who was the best new person you met?


37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008.


38. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.