Reading so many posts in the last week or so about preparing for the new year ahead; several of the bloggers mention taking time to look back at 2010 to think about what worked and what didn't, and then they make their resolutions or plans for the year ahead. This is honestly the first year I've read this about looking back first. I guess this might be a good thing to do, but I'm not sure if I want to dwell all that much on what didn't go well last year. I pretty much take things as they come, deal with them and then move on...it's over after that.
This last year was a bit difficult; we joined the thousands of people across the US that went through a foreclosure, but we opted to do this, we walked away from our home that was way underwater. We had bought the house just a few years prior during a move across the state and thought this would be our retirement investment. Not to be. We thought it out, did our homework and proceeded with what needed to be done. We are now renting a beautiful little home in a wonderful community and are glad that we made the move when we did. We handled it, we did what we had to do and we moved on. No real need to look back.
Looking forward to the year (s) ahead opens up a panorama of possibilities and dreams. I am spending some time thinking of what I want to do this year, really giving it some thought. I've not been a person to make resolutions for the new year, but now I will write a "to do" list of what I want to accomplish; not so much resolutions, but goals.
I guess I am getting older...I've never liked setting goals, it felt constrictive to me, I just did what I needed to do; I guess I was reactive. I now begin to see things a little differently.
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