Ah, a retrospective post. If there's one thing I think everybody should do this year: write about your lives. I don't even mean on Tabulas - anywhere. Write. In a journal, on a sheet of paper ... anywhere. It does not matter you think there's nothing to write about or that it's not interesting. You're doing it for yourself - I would hope, at the least, you find your own life interesting. The benefit of online journaling is the convenience of it - my most honest posts come at the tail end of a draining day, where I just need to vent. Best therapy ever. And although I cringe with embarassment when I read my old posts, it's also reassuring to know that I have grown this year and it is embarassing.

I was just going back through some of my past entries for the year (333 entries!), and it was nice to rehash so many of those memories. Lots of smiles ... but time to leave that in the past!

A couple things I'm going to work on for 2009: not dwelling in the past so much and accepting the uncertainty of life (I'm generally good with this, but I had flashes where I tried to control situations I couldn't). 2009 might turn out to be a rather tumultuous year (Let's hope the economy holds out) ... but so far I feel very optimistic.

Good bye, 2008 ... and hello, 2009!

Time to head off to a New Years party ... adios!