Last year, as many of you know, wasn’t the best for me. After graduation my relationship with the CEO gradually degenerated, and though my job hunt was incredibly successful on many different levels, the subsequent crappy situation when the mortgage market evaporated and took my new job with it left me in a precarious situation. Even so, life continued to be good and the lessons I learned from independence were invaluable, and eventually I managed to settle in a phenomenal job that I would have never considered under more secure conditions. Hindsight? Everything happens for a reason, and right now I am in a really good place professionally. The name of 2007 shall therefore be the “Year of unexpected awesomeness”, because every single moment of suck has turned into such an excellent thing for me that I can’t attribute it to my own general sense of optimism. Yet even though I am surrounded by opportunity- I still have to grab it.

I am now in a new city, with (as mentioned) fantastic opportunities, and though in the long run I’m not certain I’ll stay here in Columbus, I am nevertheless going to make sure I take full advantage of everything it has to offer. Thus my resolutions this year will be all about that, what I want to accomplish for myself, and the bright and shiny future that I am building for myself. Except… well, last years’ resolutions I completed in less than 6 months, so this year I’m going to put a slightly different twist on it, one garnered from the ranking systems that make console gaming so much fun. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, this year my resolutions will have Bronze, Silver, and Gold levels of accomplishment.

In many ways, 2007 is going to be an interesting year for me. I’m fairly confident in saying that this year will probably contain my final major life transition for the foreseeable future. Yes, I know, I’ve been moving back and forth and moving faster than a caffeinated squirrel for a few years now, and if that trend continues I won’t be capable of staying in one place for any appreciable amount of time, however I’d like to eliminate a certain amount of uncertainty from my life so that any short term or long-term whims can be anchored in. Above and beyond that I would like to take a significant step on a career path, ensure my long term fiscal liquidity, and in general continue to live as awesome a life as I have been so far.

Contrary to 2004, 2005 didn’t quite kick as much ass as I was hoping it would, but given that I’m ending it on a high note I’m certainly not complaining. Thinking about all the things that happened I have to admit that I’m amazed- so many things happened last year that I’m not even certain I can recount them all. I’ve switched jobs twice, completed another year in my MBA program, starved myself, Traveled to Phoenix, DC, Chicago, and Maine, broke up once, been infatuated more times than I care to count, paid a whole semester out-of-pocket (agh), stared into my psyche so often it’s starting to expect it, and figured out a so-far-effective method of removing all the defensive barriers and personalities I’ve established.