New Year, New Resolutions
It is February and 2008 is very much here now. Looking back 2007 was no where near what I had hoped I could make it. I had hoped after the end of my relationship in late 2006 that 2007 would turn out to be a year that I would use to recover and improve myself. I was hoping to do some traveling and perhaps even spoil myself a little bit, build some experiences that I could look back on and maybe shuffle off some of the stress that has built up between work, family and my personal life.
Well, without going into details 2007 saw the depletion of my personal savings, building stress at work, and my optimism biting me in the ass again in my personal life. I can’t really complain completely though, I’m still here, I re-kindled some friendships that I had neglected and in the few little ways I could pampered myself. My more ambitious goals didn’t get met, but sometimes I guess that is the reason one makes the ambitious goals, it is the trying that matters.
This year I will set the same goals, to pamper myself, cope with the stress and to finally travel. There is a whole damn planet out there, and as a resident I must go see some more of it. I already pampered myself in that I have bought the most expensive thing I have ever bought, a Samsung 46″ 1080p LCD HDTV (LN-T4671F). It is gorgeous, and it appears to exhibit no overscan, which means I can now watch fansubbed anime on it without losing some of the subtitles off the edge of the screen!
So 2008 is already starting off with its ups and downs, but if I can set myself some ambitious goals I think I can accomplish them.