Calendarbots, Roll Over!
So it’s a new year, I guess? And a new decade, although (like birthdays and anything else annual) it’s always a new year compared to a year and a minute ago, and a new decade compared to ten years and one minute ago. But when the numbers change we all seem to get reflective. In a thoughtful way, not shininess. Although becoming shiny when numbers roll over would be pretty cool.
Anywho, I’ve been seeing lots of “what happened in the past decade” posts. They’re fun to read, especially seeing how far some people have come and everything they’ve been through. This is not going to be one of those posts, but it is going to be somewhat reflective.
I’ve not the guy I was 10 years ago. I was a sophomore in high school then, and I had certainty. Now I’m heading in to my first year of grad school, and – while I put faith in several truths – I have uncertainty.
I’m not the guy I was a year ago. I knew I needed a change then, but didn’t necessarily have a purpose. I hoped shaking things up by moving across the country would help me find purpose. I didn’t, not exactly, but I did learn a lot. About myself, about my faith, about people. Most significantly (to me), I had a couple realizations about how the ideas “you reap what you sow/find what you look for” work in life. Not in the “if you’re nice then people will be nice to you” sense so much as looking at the way goals, actions, and strategies work together.
If you’re waiting for the moral, for the lesson of this post, don’t. There is no lesson. The closest thing is a message, and that’s “People change. I change. Change is the result of learning.” Which I guess is more of a couple observations than a message.
So, a toast: To change. I want 2010 to be awesome in all the ways I think about but never wind up doing.
Also, do yourself a favor and check out Neil Gaiman’s New Years wishes. The man has a gift for words I can only dream of and aspire to – at this point. But that could change in the future.