2008, please don’t let the door hit you on the way out
Posted on January 5, 2009 in Endless Navel-Gazing by DM
You might think, after the year I’ve had, that I’d be reluctant to post a “year in review.” Although I did recently vote 2008 my Least Favorite Year in Over a Decade, there were a few good things that came out of it. So in the spirit of putting a positive spin on a truly horrible year, here are the good things that happened to me in the year just past:
I started a new job that I really like.
We bought a very nice new house. (Bonus: I got to experience the whole house-hunting/buying process for the first time ever.)
I was given, once again, the opportunity to purge my earthly belongings and redefine the type of “stuff” that’s important to me.
I learned a new craft/creative skill: digital scrapbooking.
I was reminded of who my true friends are.
I was given the opportunity to realize how well-liked and widely known my father was.
We had a lovely holiday season in our new house, with plenty of room for visitors and the amazing feeling of no longer being the largest object in any room.
How about you? In spite of whatever troubles you faced, were there positives that came out of them? Share them here!
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In January of last year, I learned the rudiments of snow skiing in Steamboat Springs. Last August, I purchased a digital single-lens reflex camera and improved my photography skills big time. With the latter, I learned how to better edit and present my pictures on the internet and off the printing press in such formats as JPEG and RAW and about color management. Photography became the big obsession with me during this past year.
That is awesome, Joel – weren’t you working on some sort of photography project where you were looking for letters of the alphabet on buildings, or in nature, or something like that? How did that go? Also – if you have a link to any of your photos online that you’d like to share, feel free to post it in the comments here! Thanks as always for reading and participating! ~ Janet
I didn’t win the recognition for which I hoped. The letters were supposed to be found in nature, as I later found out, not printed on anything . . .
. But I learned a few things about photo contests, I hope.