Time for a recap

From time to time it’s good to stop and try to look into our own lives from the outside. And the New Year is as good a time as any other. I’m hoping that, since I forgot to think about any new year’s resolutions, I can try to make some sense of the mess that have been the last 12 months.

And the thing is that most of the year was pretty good. I had a lot of fun: drunken nights out (maybe a few too many), trip to Sintra, the amazing holiday in Germany, meeting lots of nice and interesting people, applying for a better position at work… and getting it!! But as always, I tend to focus on the few (or the only) bad thing of the whole year, that is, not getting one person’s attention.

It’s funny how writing things down kind of gives you some perspective, and I still have a lot of things to work at during the next months. First of all, I got the promotion, but that is going to involve a lot of studying and focus to pass the training course before I officially become an SEP instructor, so that means no more alcohol until that’s done. Second, my future new job will give me the opportunity to travel with work a lot more, so there should be a lot of interesting new cities to discover, and will force me to meet and deal with a lot of people, which is always a challenge, a pleasure and a learning process. And third, I’ve always been crap at keeping in contact with people, so I better not mess it up this time and appreciate the friends I’ve made over the last year and a half.

I would probably add another new year resolution, which is try not to make a fool of myself when I’m drunk, but since I’m not trying any alcohol again until I am officially an instructor, I can kind of call it a summer resolution and put that on hold for a few months.

Oh! And try not to kill my bonsai!! Which, by the way, was my favourite Christmas present. Not because the others weren’t good, but because it was really thoughtful and came from someone truly special.