WRITTEN ON December 31st, 2009 BY kiwivera AND STORED IN life

Tags: 2010, new year

The year is just about to finish here in Portugal while, in New Zealand, my home on the other side of the world, people are already waking up to their first day in the new decade. I’ve been having an absolutely fantastic time catching up with friends and family, despite the disgusting weather. I guess to me, Christmas and New Years only really make sense with this kind of weather anyway.

I have a gazillion blog posts to catch up on, in this little virtual journal of mine. For example, I’ll be returning soon with photos not only of our time here in Portugal but also of our amazing 24 hours in Bangkok. I’m committing to it right now - blogging more often is one of my resolutions for the new year. Resolution number 1 is to remember the resolutions throughout 2010. My track record isn’t that brilliant but you can hold me to that. Now that a blank year is unfolding in front of us, and I have 365 days to make everything happen. And boy do I want to make lots of stuff happen!

Anyway, 2009. I am not going to complain about this year. I missed my family and friends terribly, every day. But I also made new friends, friends that I know will be a part of my life for a very long time. I’m also in a job that I enjoy, so I’m not going to complain about that department either. I spent an amazing 14 days in Beijing, I bungee jumped off the Auckland Harbour Bridge (holy mother of freakiness, I still can’t believe I didn’t die), I went skiing for the first time, I completed my first ever NaNoWriMo challenge… So really, 2009 was good to me. Still, 2010 will have to be even better. The only way is up.

My list of resolutions includes little things and big things. In the great scheme of things, they are all almost equally important (since they all end up contributing to make it a special year).

Blogging more, editing my NaNoWriMo novel, do the Tongariro Crossing, learn to ride that god damn bike and go strawberry picking are only some of the things on this things-to-do-in-2010 list. There’s a lot more and hopefully, in a year’s time, I’ll be writing a super positive blog post about how I achieved everything I wanted to achieve in 2010 (hey! I might! Have some faith!).

Anyway, the champagne bottles are chilled. Bring on 2010!