Eff Yeah 2012

As the year draws to a close I have to admit that another year has passed and I didn't get around to a lot of those things I set out to do.  I set out to juggle and now it's December 29 and I most definitely cannot juggle.  But here's the thing, maybe I didn't learn to juggle and that's ok.  Maybe I learned along the way that juggling wasn't necessarily the best use of my time or energy.  That's fine.  I am forgiving myself for all my faults and failures thorughout the year and I hope that as the year ends, you all do as well.  Don't be Michelle Pfeiffer in New Year's Eve.  I did find some things along the way that I am pretty proud of accomplishing and so I'm pleased to present my "Eff Yeah 2012' list.

EFF YEAH 2012
Started a new job
Got promoted at said job (32!)
Ran 4 5ks
Ran a 5k alone (talk about doing uncomfortable shit)
Made about one dozen new pinterest recipes
Went to therapy
Learned to eat sushi with chopsticks
Placed 3rd in Fantasy Football
Had a great Halloween costume for the first time in my adult life
Voted for a winning president (I'm 2/2, thanks Obama!)

I am currently in the processing of dreaming up my 2013 goals and intentions and I'll be sure to share them with you here. 

The kids don't stand a chance/The kids are all right

I think an important thing to reflect on is where you were and where you are now.

One year ago I was completely miserable at work.  To the point it was affecting my personal life and health.  I was basically told I wasn't good at my job and was called a bitch almost daily by people.  I've blogged about it several times previously so I don't feel the need to go into too much detail here.

Today a customer wrote in that he loved working with me so much that he'd like to take me to dinner.  People tell me thank you almost daily.  I rarely get yelled at.  I feel lucky and blessed beyond all reason.  I'm told I do a good job and on Wednesday I'm taking my salary test.

Pretty much a 180 there.  And so grateful for it.  Thanks 2012 for that.

Reverb12 Day 1

Holy cow, this is officially my third year of doing Reverb.  I'm super sad it's not organized the way it was in 2010 and so far what I've found online for 2012 posts hasn't been super great but I'm going to make it work because I love doing it and I think the idea of reflecting on the year gone by is important.

For day 1 I'm going to do the classic day 1 post.  "Pick one word to describe how 2012 went and pick a word to describe how you want 2013 to go.  Bonus: Reflect on the word you'd picked to describe 2012."

2012: Nice.  "I urge you to please notice when you are happy and exclaim or murmur or think at some point 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.'" -Kurt Vonnegut

This year was very nice and I was very lucky and things were very lovely.  I've come a long way from where I was last year and I feel very good about it.  I look back on this year as largely positive and I like it.  My word that I'd chosen last year for this year was epic.  I'd say I fell largely short of that but not in any sort of way that's left me disappointed.

My word that I've chosen for 2013: Achievement.