2010 is Mine

I’ve been thinking a lot about resolutions and whether or not I’ll make any this year.  Typically, I make one or two, mostly revolving around eating and exercising.  They last all of one to two weeks before I forget about them.  If I make resolutions this year, I don’t want to forget about them, but I also know that they won’t be ones that I should forget about.

2009 was a sucky (is that a word?) year.  The recession affected me, my family and my friends.  It affected my lifestyle and left me in a bit of a depressed mood.  Granted, I kept my job, kept my insurance and generally came out unscathed.  Many other things happened this year that has resulted in 2009 leaving a bad taste in my mouth.  I’m more than ready to SLAM the door SHUT on 2009.

As the year has drawn to a close, I realized, though, that I let 2009 happen to me.  There were far too many times that I didn’t take an active role in my own life.  Unhappy about your financial situation?  CHANGE IT. Not happy about your job?  DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. Wishing I’d hit publish more on the blog?  HIT IT, ALREADY.  Want to run farther and faster?  GET YOUR BUTT IN GEAR. Unhappy about your dating life?  MEET MORE INTERESTING PEOPLE.

So I’ve decided that 2010 is going to be my year.  It’s going to be the year I get my butt in gear.  The year I stop letting the world happen to me and instead the year when I make things happen.

I don’t have any specific goals or things that must happen in order for this year to be good.  Instead, when I’m unhappy about something or I want to make a change, I’m not going to sit back and just let it happen.  It’s high time I stop using the oft over used phrase, “It is what it is.”  I mean, don’t get me wrong, I like the phrase.  I understand its place.  But too often this year, I’ve let that phrase happen rather than ACTING on it.

Do you hear that 2010?  You’re mine.  This is my year.  Get ready.

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