New Year

Years just fly by now. 2008 didn't seem much different from 2007. Graduate school manages to be terribly challenging but superbly monotonous at the same time. It's a huge struggle to know and read and do so much but yet everything seems the same, day in and day out.

2008 was my hump year in graduate school. I'm about halfway through and over the hump (or so I hope!). It makes the light at the end of this dark tunnel that much closer. In retrospect, 2008 has been pretty decent, although it doesn't feel so. I've managed to hold on to my sanity at school, accomplish some semblance of decent work and passed through my qualifiers. Personally as well, things have been doing fine. A solid relationship, good friendships, stable (but scant) finances and such. If I had to assign 2008 a grade, it will probably be a B.

My personal aspirations for 2009:

1. Be more patient. My stress-filled job has managed to permeate my personality, making me impatient and irritable. I hope this is not a permanent effect.

2. Be more reflective. I need to take time to wind down, read and reflect at the end of the day.

3. Girlfriend(s). To find some! All my female posse have left NY. I need to find good girlfriends who possess the same vibe. Applications being accepted!

4. Be healthy. I need to find more time for yoga, exercise, fish, fruits and vegetables in my life.

As an afterthought, I wish I could do more volunteer work. Work doesn't allow anytime at all (or is this just an excuse?). This aspiration has been put on hiatus. Hopefully not for long!

Happy New Year!