2010 in Reflection

Well it's that time of year again where a person tends to look back on the years accomplishments and make goals for the next year! I didn't make a lot of my resolutions from last January, but I did accomplish some of the one's I was most interested in (like going to the UK) and survived meningitis and right now that seems like something of an accomplishment. Despite that traumatic experience, this year was a fairly good one.

Top 5 best things about 2010

1) Trip to the UK

2) Spending time with my parents in Winnipeg in the summer

3) Spending my birthday with many of my friends and family at the Olive Garden

4) Moving to my own apartment

5) Reading and being inspired by Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series

Top 5 worst things about 2010

1) Suffering through Meningitis and viral pneumonia
2) Health issues after a long recovery (muscle pain, fatigue, anemia, etc)

3) Missing Jonathan and watching his family miss him

4) Worrying about bed bugs (didn’t actually get any though thank goodness)

5) Fighting with my brother-in-law Isaac (we get along fine now)

Resolutions for 2011

1) Take a creative class (writing, cake decorating, painting, etc)

2) Go on a retreat

3) Win NaNoWriMo

4) Take care of health by eating well, exercising regularly, stretching, taking classes, seeing the chiropractor regularly, and going for occasional massages

5) Watch less TV

6) Pay down credit card (at least 50% by the end of 2011)

7) Save $1000 for trip to Ghana in 2012

8) Read 12 books from my TBR pile

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