Hello 2008.
I'd like to start this year with a brief look back at 2007 by answering
some questions that I took from
- What did you do in 2007 that you'd never done
before?
Did some long term life
planning for myself and family.
- Did you keep your New Year’s resolutions, and will
you make more for next year?
Yep.
I maintained my general health. I'm not perfect, but could be a lot
worse. I focus on conditioning my heart through cardio exercise. I've
had a few soccer injuries, but nothing to keep me down. I've already
made more resolutions for this 2008 year.
- Did anyone close to you give birth?
Of course
- Did anyone close to you die?
(Sigh) Yes.
- What countries did you visit?
Nada
- What would you like to have in 2008 that you
lacked in 2007?
A dedicated backup external
hard drive with a 500GB to 1 Terabyte capacity.
- What dates from 2007 will remain etched upon your
memory, and why?
New
Year's Eve. My daughter and I just got off my car at my mom's house and
she saw fireworks in the sky. Then she asked me in a confused tone,
"Daddy, it's not my birthday is it?" She was born on the 4th of July
and knows it's her birthday when fireworks are being popped.
- What was your biggest achievement of this year?
Finding more balance in life
between family, work, and my individual time.
- What was your biggest failure?
The depletion of so much of my
savings during the holidays
- Did you suffer illness or injury?
My
lower back gave out on my during a soccer game and had to practiclly
crawl off the field. I've since seen a chiropractor and am rehabing.
- What was the best thing you bought?
Time, by being more effecient
at other things.
- Whose behavior merited celebration?
Daughter's for learning and
experiencing many new thnigs.
- Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
?
- Where did most of your money go?
In the bank and towards
presents.
- What did you get really, really, really excited
about?
- What song will always remind you of 2007?
- Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? happier
ii. richer or poorer? richer(and not nessesarily monetarily)
- What do you wish you’d done more of?
Knock out a certain debt
- What do you wish you’d done less of?
Eat unhealthy foods
- How did you spend Christmas?
Good, with my family.
- What was the most embarrassing thing that happened
to you in 2007?
Eh...I'd
have to ask my better half because I don't get embarrased easily or
much. I'll try to be more conciencous of these moments.
- Did you fall in love in 2007?
Nope
- How many one-night stands?
Zero. But whay are they called
"stands"? I understand the "one-night" part.
- What was your favorite TV program?
Srubs.
I know it's been out for a while already, but I had never seen it till
this year. It's one of the few things on television that puts a smile
on my face.
- Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this
time last year?
Don't think so.
- What was the best book you read?
There
are 2. Career Intensity by David Lorenzo. It's actually a re-read. I
love this book though. I gets me motivated. The other is Why We Want
You to Get Rich by Robert T. Kiyosaki and Donald Trump.
- What did you want and get?
Emergency fund built, but it's
still got more to go.
- What did you want and not get?
I have a wishlist that I'll
post later.
- What was your favorite film of this year?
300
- What did you do on your birthday?
Reflect.
- What one thing would have made your year
immeasurably more satisfying?
36 hours in a day
- How would you describe your personal fashion
concept in 2007?
Jeans and a Polo OR a soccer
uniform. Either way, it's not what you wear, but how you wear it.
- What kept you sane?
My personal time to think
- Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the
most?
Noone really
- What political issue stirred you the most?
Not
really a political issue, but a world issue...Alternative Energy and
the whole Going Green and how it's going to be bigger than the internet.
- Who did you miss?
Grandpa, Grandma, Aunt and Uncle
- Who was the best new person you met?
Mike
- Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007.
Everyone
is going to have problems. Why not look at them as challenges and focus
on the solution rather than the problem. And just be successful, no
matter what.
- Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
I don’t wanna forget the
present is a gift
And I don’t wanna take for granted the time you may have here with me
‘Cause Lord only knows another day is not really guaranteed
- Like You'll Never See Me Again by Alicia Keys