I realize that I am over a week late in wishing everyone a Happy New Year, so I apologize for my lethargy. I did not post on this blog throughout December as I was working as an intern for the New Statesman magazine. Overall it was a very good experience and I even managed to get some articles published. If you are interested in reading those articles and have not yet done so, they can all be found here.
Well, 2010 is over and 2011 is underway. A completely arbitrary distinction really but the start of a new year has become significant in the human psyche, at least in Western countries. It is seen as a time of reflection and of looking ahead. I shall attempt to do something along those lines and keep it brief so I do not run too high a risk of boring people.
2010 for me was awful. There are other, more crude words I use to describe it in everyday conversation but I am sure you can figure out what those words are. I am not, however, saying that the year was totally without its high points. The first few days of 2010 actually represented one of the happiest starts to a year I can remember (second happiest to be exact). It just went downhill from there. Yes, there were people and events that gave me reason to smile but when looking at the year overall: it was terrible. Those of you who know me well will probably know a lot of the reasons for that, so I shall not rehash the details.
When looking towards 2011 I see nothing. I do not mean to say that I see no positives on the horizon. I see no horizon. In most years there has always been a significant part of the upcoming months in which I knew what to expect (more or less), or had something to look forward to, or even something to dread. There is none of that this year. It is a complete unknown. I am still unsure if that is a good thing or not. Time, as they say, will tell.
I know what I hope to get out of 2011, but I realize some of them are highly unlikely and others are literally impossible. All I can do is work as hard as I can towards the goals that are merely unlikely as opposed to impossible and maybe by the end of the next twelve months I will have something to show for it. I will also try to post regularly on here, as I feel bad for neglecting this space.
I sincerely hope that 2011 is an improvement on 2010 for me and everyone else. I highly doubt my year will top the one I had in 2007 but one can only hope, and in the absence of tangible evidence that things will be better, hope is sometimes all one has.
Well, 2010 is over and 2011 is underway. A completely arbitrary distinction really but the start of a new year has become significant in the human psyche, at least in Western countries. It is seen as a time of reflection and of looking ahead. I shall attempt to do something along those lines and keep it brief so I do not run too high a risk of boring people.
2010 for me was awful. There are other, more crude words I use to describe it in everyday conversation but I am sure you can figure out what those words are. I am not, however, saying that the year was totally without its high points. The first few days of 2010 actually represented one of the happiest starts to a year I can remember (second happiest to be exact). It just went downhill from there. Yes, there were people and events that gave me reason to smile but when looking at the year overall: it was terrible. Those of you who know me well will probably know a lot of the reasons for that, so I shall not rehash the details.
When looking towards 2011 I see nothing. I do not mean to say that I see no positives on the horizon. I see no horizon. In most years there has always been a significant part of the upcoming months in which I knew what to expect (more or less), or had something to look forward to, or even something to dread. There is none of that this year. It is a complete unknown. I am still unsure if that is a good thing or not. Time, as they say, will tell.
I know what I hope to get out of 2011, but I realize some of them are highly unlikely and others are literally impossible. All I can do is work as hard as I can towards the goals that are merely unlikely as opposed to impossible and maybe by the end of the next twelve months I will have something to show for it. I will also try to post regularly on here, as I feel bad for neglecting this space.
I sincerely hope that 2011 is an improvement on 2010 for me and everyone else. I highly doubt my year will top the one I had in 2007 but one can only hope, and in the absence of tangible evidence that things will be better, hope is sometimes all one has.
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