The very first prompt for this year’s Reverb project calls for me to summarize 2010 in a single word.  Well I think that’s fairly easy:

Slow

Why was 2010 slow, despite the magic of being named after Arthur C. Clarke’s Odyssey II? Well, mostly because it took me half the year to get a job, another month to get a place to live, and then by the end of the year I was out of the job and the home.  So, from a fiscal point of view not a lot happened, I pretty much broke even.   Did I grow from it all, maybe a little, but not as much as I could have in other settings.  And if I’m forced to stop distracting myself with the wonders of technology and the joy of friends, I am able to take full responsibility for how slow 2010 was, the lack of personal growth and development.  It was always my choice and not making decisions is one of the options.

So what would I like 2011 to be?  Well, I think it’s a stretch to go directly into huge success, but I see no reason not to be overly optimistic in a self-reflection blog posting.  I would like 2011 to be Enriching, on both a personal and financial level I want it to be a year to reap rewards.  There’s a lot of little things I can do for myself, like continue to diet and exercise so I have better self-image, socialize with new friends more and try to bring old friends out of their routines as well, or let them be content and not consider that any failure on my part.  I think devoting more income into savings would let me start feeling more confident about my 30s, which aren’t close but they’re near, in a “how far away are the hyenas” sense of distance.  Also, the romantic endeavors of this year were lackluster at best.  I was in full control of those reins and scorned most advances and let many opportunities pass.  If it takes some reflection on why that was, then I should make that a priority as well, because having an enriching but lonely year doesn’t appeal very much, even in slow 2010.