I’ve been thinking how I might want to sum up the year just passed and I’m not sure I can do it without mentioning a lot of things that I’m not comfortable sharing online. But without them, there’s not much to say. A dilemma, for sure. But perhaps I can be reasonably vague and still manage to get my point across.
I had hoped that 2011 would be a break-out year for me in a number of areas of my life, but it wasn’t. I’ve been setting yearly goals for myself for a number of years and I’ve not managed to achieve most of them year after year. 2011 was no exception. It’s clear that it’s time to rethink the whole process and replace it with something more manageable and achievable. I don’t know what that is yet, but I’ll figure it out.
I don’t expect 2012 to be exceptional in any way. I don’t expect my career will advance at all. I will be happy to stay employed, actually. I won’t succeed in anything else in my life. I won’t be happy about this but on the other hand I won’t be disappointed. I know this comes across as defeatist, but at some point you realize that positive thinking just doesn’t work for things beyond your control.
My one wish is that a year from now I can say things turned out better than I expected. We’ll see, I guess.
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