This year has been quite adventure, complete with both highs and lows. I've learned a great deal throughout the year and quite a bit about myself as well. I don't want to bore you with a recap of the events of 2009 (and really, if you're on my Christmas card mailing list, you've already gotten my traditional card and letter), but I will tell you that the most consistent lesson for me this year was humility. A hard lesson to be sure, and one I am continually experiencing, but one that is very much necessary.
I'm sorry to say that I failed miserably in achieving the goals I set for myself at the beginning of the year. I think I was only successful at two of them consistently throughout the year (I had successful spurts of nearly all of them, but lacked a good measure of consistently). My two successes? Be a better blogger (I hope you agree with me) and read at least 30 books (total count, by the way, is currently at 60 and I'm hoping to finish a couple more by the end of the year). What's sad about the achievement of these goals is that I willingly chose to pursue them over the others- which really, does flossing take up that much time that I couldn't put down a book for it once a day?
I've already written out my goals for 2010 (they are much more specific and measurable), but I'm waiting to post them because I want to give my few faithful readers a chance to process what they've learned from 2009 and determine what goals they may set for 2010. I also want my readers to be honest with me- do you know of a goal you think I should pursue in 2010? Let me know what your thoughts are.
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Ugh, I don't even want to look at my post about year goals because I know there are a lot I didn't accomplish. I set so many monthly goals that I forgot about the big yearly goals. I am so impressed you read 60 books this year; I don't know how many I read, but it was definitely less than 20. Sad, I know.
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