I can’t believe we’re not only nearing the start of a new year, but a new decade as well! I can’t even fathom how much my life has changed over the 00’s. Here are just a few highlights from the 00’s:
- Graduating college, and then moving on to grad school and getting an M.F.A.
- Moving to Boston, and then twice within Boston.
- Having 4 different post-RPI jobs. (More on this later.)
- Realizing my love for running and photography, and rediscovering my love for folk music.
- Leaving the continent several times (for the first time) for Europe and the Middle East.
This past year has been a big one for me as well. Here is 2009: the good, bad, and ugly:
- After a 5-year long tenure at CIDC (or, GrandVirtual, from the good old days), I made the decision to quit my job there. This was a decision that I did not make lightly. CIDC was an
amazing gig while it lasted. It really just stopped being amazing, and it was time to move on. - I worked at Nokia – for 3 1/2 months. I call Nokia my rebound job. I wasn’t quite ready to move on past CIDC. I’m sure Nokia is a fine company, but we weren’t a good fit. It’s not you; it’s me.
- I found my current job at Optaros, and I’m loving it! This just barely made the cut for 2009. I started at Optaros in December.
- I attempted to belly dance… and discovered that I have 2 left feet.
- I (finally) went back to Lebanon! It had been over 8 years since my last visit there, which frankly, was way too long. I flew over to visit my family in August and stayed about 10 days. I flew through London on the way back and spent a couple nights there for the first time. Both legs of my trip were completely fantastic!
- I ran about 454.8 miles over the course of this year. I did run another 5K race this year in well under 30 minutes. However, a 10K race just wasn’t in the cards this year. I hurt my knee after a pretty bad fall over the summer and spent the last half of July in a knee brace. I’m fine now, but wow did that hurt! (As an aside, I also discovered just how easy it is to get a tan line from a knee brace.)
- I went to Falcon Ridge again this year. The festival survived the tornado of 2008, thankfully, but it was noticeably smaller in attendance. Still, I had a good time and bought way too much music.
- I moved… across the hall. Really. Easiest move ever! I now live in a real apartment, with a separate bedroom and everything. It’s wonderful!
I don’t really like making resolutions for the new year, but I do like planning. It’s probably the same thing, really, but in either case, here are my plans for 2010:
- Run in a 10K race… for real this time!
- Read much more often than I have been. (My reading habits have picked up over the past month… I’m hoping to continue the trend.)
- Learn more Arabic. I barely know any right now and it’s embarrassing. I don’t need to be fluent right now… just somewhat conversational.
- Travel, including: seeing my cousins in Los Angeles and Chicago; gambling, eating, and shooting in Vegas; sitting on a beach somewhere (warm) for a week.
- Start going to yoga regularly try boxing classes again.
- Meditate.
- Watch classic movies… seriously. It’s amazing how many good, classic movies I haven’t seen.
May 2010 be happier, more peaceful, and more stable than 2009. Happy New Year!
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