Probably an unpopular opinion, but I’m generally annoyed to hear, “Good Riddance 2009!” or, “Don’t let the door hit you in the ass, March!” Days, months and years are not bad or good to you. Bad things may happen to a person in a particular period of time, but I think we can all agree that a day, month or year is not to blame for bad luck. I’ve read several tweets/posts/Facebook statuses today that have said these things and I just need for 2009 to know, I’m not mad at you, and I think you’re getting a bad rap.

This was a pretty big year for me – I said goodbye to a job where my experience and talent was not respected and said hello to a job where I’m appreciated and challenged everyday.  It’s hard to believe that in just 3 short weeks, I’ll have been in my current position for a year. Time flies when you don’t totally hate your job. And, of course, in perhaps the biggest news of the year:  on September 20, 2009, a wonderful man asked me to be his wife.

I’m excited for 2010. This will be the year that I become a homeowner, get married, finally travel to Europe, and work on starting a family. This will also hopefully be the year in which I get a totally awesome new car (kidding, sort of.) I’m really not a fan of making resolutions but I definitely have some things that I’d like to work on, so here goes:

Friendship has been a big struggle for me this year and I’d really like to start looking critically at the friendships that have caused me pain and annoyance and decide if these are really people I’d like to have in my life. At 31 years old, I’ve finally realized that being friends with someone “forever” is not a good enough reason to keep being friends with that person if they are toxic.

I pushed myself physically this year by changing the way I eat and by beginning a running routine. Unfortunately, I abandoned both of those things after my vacation, but I’m back on the saddle and have actually seen the inside of a gym several times this December.

This year, I’d like to reacquaint myself with this here blog. If you even know a little bit about what I do for a living, you know that I’m immersed in social media all the live long day. Turns out, it’s nice to have a little break from it in the evenings. I hope to find a routine that I’m comfortable with and thus begin posting more in the near future.

I made great strides in getting out of debt this year. I would have been DEBT FREE today (NOT counting student & car loans), but because of some silly rule payday is not until Monday, so that very last bill will have to wait until then. Thus making 2010 the year I get out of debt.

So, there you have it. 2009, it was nice to have met you and 2010, I look forward to making your acquaintance very, very soon.