2010 was kind of a wash. I got a lot of good things accomplished, but not nearly as much as I set out for and I’m a little very disappointed in myself about it. I started with a lot of ups, but didn’t act on those ups the way I should have. I’m not going to dive in to what went wrong or where the plan deviated. The long and short of it was that I was just wasteful. I can tell you that I wasted my time being unemployed just as much as I wasted my time working. I wasted the generosity and patience of my friends and family on simply getting by instead of doing more. As much as I’d like to vow that 2011 will be different, not enough pieces have moved and too many things are still the same. My only playing advantage for 2011 is what I learned in 2010, and in that, maybe 2010 wasn’t a total bust. This isn’t so much of a would-a/could-a/should-a as much as it is a reminder to myself of how easily things can slip out of focus. This is a record that I felt this way. So that I can look back and be reminded of disappointed I am in how I utilized my resources and, for the love of God, do better. There’s an upside here. I find the year change to be completely arbitrary (unless it falls on a week day, in which case — yay for a day off of work). There’s no reason to wait until the new year begins to gain a sense of refresh. You can start doing whatever you’re waiting to do right now.

2010 was kind of a wash. I got a lot of good things accomplished, but not nearly as much as I set out for and I’m a little very disappointed in myself about it. I started with a lot of ups, but didn’t act on those ups the way I should have.

I’m not going to dive in to what went wrong or where the plan deviated. The long and short of it was that I was just wasteful. I can tell you that I wasted my time being unemployed just as much as I wasted my time working. I wasted the generosity and patience of my friends and family on simply getting by instead of doing more.

As much as I’d like to vow that 2011 will be different, not enough pieces have moved and too many things are still the same. My only playing advantage for 2011 is what I learned in 2010, and in that, maybe 2010 wasn’t a total bust.

This isn’t so much of a would-a/could-a/should-a as much as it is a reminder to myself of how easily things can slip out of focus.

This is a record that I felt this way. So that I can look back and be reminded of disappointed I am in how I utilized my resources and, for the love of God, do better.

There’s an upside here.

I find the year change to be completely arbitrary (unless it falls on a week day, in which case — yay for a day off of work). There’s no reason to wait until the new year begins to gain a sense of refresh.

You can start doing whatever you’re waiting to do right now.

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