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Au Revoir 2010

I've been slacking on the blogs as of late.  Had planned on buying a new computer, but it wasn't in the cards.  Also been gallivanting most nights and haven't found time to hit the office.  So I was working on some thoughts about 2010.  It went by pretty quickly.  It was pretty uneventful, but it had quite a number of crazy and fun evenings.  So I decided to take a look back and found that not one of my 2010 resolutions was fulfilled. Not one.

This is quite depressing when you take into account, my resolutions were not very difficult to accomplish.  I didn't clean my apartment and make it more of a living space as opposed to a lair.  I didn't keep up with friends the way I promised myself.  Some I didn't even speak with in 2010, or if I did, very briefly.  I didn't travel other than a visit to my father's once or twice.  My one vacation was more of a staycation.  I didn't spend more time with my brother.  I don't know if  I held people accountable.  I don't think I did.  I know I let a lot slide in 2010.  I don't know if I became smarter.  Sure, things that interested me got a little research, but I don't think I dove into the unknown the way I normally do.  It's somewhat depressing and almost feels like a lost year. 

If 2010 did anything for me, it was meeting new friends.  Some I knew, only as acquaintances and got to know them.  Some I met for the first time.  If 2010 did anything, it made me realize that a change of scenery, no matter how subtle, can make all the difference.  It made me realize that we've become a society of routine.  Sometime that routine needs to be shaken up.  Maybe it's a walk instead of a drive.  Maybe it's a switching from beer to vodka, hitting different bars instead of the same ones.  Maybe it's a change of crowd or maybe just mixing it up.  Maybe it's a book instead of a movie.  Sometimes we just need a change.  Sometimes it's as simple as turning left instead of right.  Just to see what is there.  That's going to be my resolution in 2011.  Every once in a while, take the long way home.  Walk, instead of drive.  Who knows, that may be the day that changes my life.  Then again, it might just be a time for me to spend some time in my thoughts.  I'm tired of wondering what if. 

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