2010 In Review
My annual year end survey- go back in my journal to find the same survey from 2009, 2008, 2006 and 2005 (but apparently forgot 2007?).
2010, a year in review.
1. What did you do in 2009 that you'd never done before? I went white-water rafting, I got a Master's degree, I sang in from of a group, I got a full-time job with benefits, I got my own apartment, I bought a couch, I got a passport and traveled internationally, I had my own Christmas tree, and my boyfriend and I decided to move in together.
2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I kept most of my major resolutions and will list new ones at the end of the year.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? My good friend Amy from grad school gave birth to baby Noah. I also know of a bunch of girls that had babies this year.
4. Did anyone close to you die? My Nana (my father's mother) passed away last January.
5. What countries did you visit? I took my first international trip to the BAHAMAS! I went to the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island, a manmade island right off of New Providence Island (where Nassau is located). Anna Nicole Smith and her son Daniel are buried there. I also traveled to San Diego (twice) and Los Angeles.
6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in in previous years? Financial security.
7. What dates from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? Hmm..I got my Master's Degree on May 15th, and I met my boyfriend on September 30th.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? It's a three way tie between getting my Master's Degree, getting a full-time job (with benefits!), and getting back into great shape.
9. What was your biggest failure? I wish I had gotten on the ball sooner in terms of getting my foot in the door in my industry, but I did the best I could.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? No. Getting back into shape and working out regularly really boosted my immune system and so 2010 was actually probably the healthiest year of my life.
11. What was the best thing you got? MY APARTMENT! And it's furnishings :) I also got some really nice clothes.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? C's [as always] my own, my brother (finally applied, got into, and moved away to college!), my boyfriend has just been so supportive and so much fun.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? A work colleague and a formerly close friend who, for lack of a better way to describe it, went into bitch mode.
14. Where did most of your money go? It was pretty evenly split between living expenses, and fun. I also put a pretty significant chunk into savings for the first time in awhile.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Graduating school, getting a job, getting my own place, going to the Bahamas, meeting my boyfriend and starting a relationship with him.
16. What song will always remind you of 2008? Down.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? Happier for the THIRD year in a row.
b) thinner or fatter? Thinner for the second year in a row :)
c) richer or poorer? Richer! Funny how getting a full-time job helps with that.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of? Scrapbooking, honestly. For the second year in a row. I'd love to spend more time on the beach, maybe traveling. I wish I had gone out with my friends more when instead I had to work.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of? Working.
20. How will you be spending Christmas? I spent Christmas morning with my boyfriend in my apartment. I made a nice brunch and we just cuddled and talked and opened gifts for each other. We actually went grocery shopping too, so I could get some items to cook to take to his family's Christmas celebration. Then that night we went to his sister's condo and had dinner with her and his parents. On the Sunday of Christmas weekend we had Christmas dinner with my family and my aunt and uncle. Afterwards we opened gifts and played cards.
21. Did you fall in love in 2010? Yes!
22.How many one-night stands? None.
23.What was your favorite TV program? I love the same shows as last year- What Not to Wear, Hoarders, Say Yes to the Dress, Weeds, and Breaking Bad. Jersey Shore is a new addiction/guilty pleasure.
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? I'm happy to say that I don't hate anyone.
25. What was the best book you read? I listened to a bunch of murder mystery books on tape, but none stand out from the rest.
26. What was your greatest musical discovery? I saw Mary J. Blige in concert and she really impressed me. I also got into Drake, Nicki Minage, Taio Cruz, Drake, Ke$ha, etc.
27. What did you want and get? My own place, a full-time job as a therapist, a passport, a great boyfriend, greater financial security.
28. What did you want and not get? More scrapbooking time, maybe publication in a scrapbooking magazine, an opportunity to do some psychological research to add to my resume. A raise.
29. What was your favourite film of this year? It wasn't a film but Jersey Shore was a MAJOR influence in a way.
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? My birthday was the weekend right after graduation. A girlfriend threw a "girls' night" for me on my actual birthday and I went out to a nightclub in a tiara at her insistence. I threw myself a BBQ birthday/graduation at my uncle's house. We grilled lunch/dinner, had cake and ice cream, hung out, played pool, played badminton and had a fire in the fire pit.
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? A higher paying job. Work less and play more.
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008? I tried to put together some really polished, classy looks with interesting and eye-catching pieces.
33. What kept you sane? I identified some of the things that were really important to me and focused on those things. I felt really accomplished.
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Channing Tatum. AGAIN. Forever and always. Fourth year running.
35. What political issue stirred you the most? Still the recession.
36. Who did you miss? Cee, when she's at school. Jay, now that he's moved to New Orleans, and Natalie now that she's moved to Utah, and Bailey and Andrew now that they've moved to San Fran. SAME. Friends and family I wasn't able to see as it felt like I was always working.
37. Who was the best new person you met? My boyfriend Parker. My coworkers at my full-time job. I also hired some really great girls to work for me at my part-time job. I also had another opportunity to meet Clinton Kelly again at a fashion show/book signing and that was really fun.
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008: Tell people how you feel instead of emphasizing your anger.
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
So baby don’t worry, you are my only,
You won’t be lonely, even if the sky is falling down,
You’ll be my only, no need to worry,
Baby are you down down down down down,
Down, Down,
Questions I'm adding to the survey:
4b. Did anyone close to you get married? My cousin Tamara was married to Steve in June, and I attended that wedding. My cousin Emily also got married in October but I was not able to attend her wedding.
4c. Did anyone close to you get engaged? The engagements were constant this year. My good friend Stephanie got engaged and I was really excited for her. Another sorority friend named Stephanie also got engaged and I'm looking forward to attending her wedding, another celebrity sister Michelle got engaged and I'm pretty excited for her too.
40. Did you attend any concerts? I saw Mary J. Blige, Drake, LMFAO, Sheryl Crow, The Temptations and the Four Tops, Blake Shelton, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Spike and the Impalers, Billy Idol, Buddy Guy and Robert Cray, and Chicago. I also saw a couple musicals- Wicked, Legally Blonde, and Chicago.
Drumroll please....here are the resolutions for 2011!
1. Figure out how to use my new health insurance to see a dentist, doctor, and fill my perscriptions.
2. Submit to work some type of event for Playboy.
3. Interview to be a Jagerette.
4. Update my resume.
5. Do some type of psych research project to add to my resume
6. Provide a training at work
7. Take a vacation with my boyfriend
8. Submit to a scrapbooking magazine
9. Take more scrapbooking classes
10. Get a great new pair of black heels (learn to walk gracefully in legit stilettos?)
11. Maintain my bikini-ready body
12. Update body and headshots
13. Refinish at least one piece of furniture (patio table to start?)
14. Finish another knitting project
15. Continue to decorate the apartment
15a. Hang my wall art
15b. Decorate my dresser top with his and hers jewelry boxes
15c. Get lamps for the living room
15d. Get a entryway table
15e. Get closets cleaned out an organized
16. Save Money- my goal is to save $10,000. Not sure I can do it but I'm going to try!
17.. Take Chloe to Disneyland. Preferably in October.
18. Go to sports games in some new arenas for teams I haven't seen
In case anyone is curious how I did with my 2010 resolutions, they were:
1. Take Chloe to Disneyland. Preferably in October.
2. Get a professional job that pays a livable wage. CHECK
3. Take new professional head and body shots. CHECK
4. Attend a party at the playboy mansion
5. Submit to a scrapbooking magazine for possible publication.
6. Take more scrapbooking classes. CHECK
7. Get a coat to wear with fancy dresses. CHECK
8. Take a vacation with my boyfriend.
9. Throw a graduation party for myself and Erin. CHECK. Well, Erin threw her own and I attended, and I threw my own.
10. Fix my car door. CHECK
11. Maintain my bikini-ready body. CHECK
12. Attend dance class regularly- preferably ballet.
In addition to my 2010 resolutions I achieved, I also went back and accomplished a few of my resolutions in 2009 that I hadn't gotten around to (or I added to them):
2009 RESOLUTIONS:
6. Get a passport CHECK
12. Go to sports games in some new arenas for teams I haven't seen CHECK- San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Angels
14. Get a new computer (or fix mine) CHECK
20. Paint my bedroom CHECK
2010, a year in review.
1. What did you do in 2009 that you'd never done before? I went white-water rafting, I got a Master's degree, I sang in from of a group, I got a full-time job with benefits, I got my own apartment, I bought a couch, I got a passport and traveled internationally, I had my own Christmas tree, and my boyfriend and I decided to move in together.
2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I kept most of my major resolutions and will list new ones at the end of the year.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? My good friend Amy from grad school gave birth to baby Noah. I also know of a bunch of girls that had babies this year.
4. Did anyone close to you die? My Nana (my father's mother) passed away last January.
5. What countries did you visit? I took my first international trip to the BAHAMAS! I went to the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island, a manmade island right off of New Providence Island (where Nassau is located). Anna Nicole Smith and her son Daniel are buried there. I also traveled to San Diego (twice) and Los Angeles.
6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in in previous years? Financial security.
7. What dates from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? Hmm..I got my Master's Degree on May 15th, and I met my boyfriend on September 30th.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? It's a three way tie between getting my Master's Degree, getting a full-time job (with benefits!), and getting back into great shape.
9. What was your biggest failure? I wish I had gotten on the ball sooner in terms of getting my foot in the door in my industry, but I did the best I could.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? No. Getting back into shape and working out regularly really boosted my immune system and so 2010 was actually probably the healthiest year of my life.
11. What was the best thing you got? MY APARTMENT! And it's furnishings :) I also got some really nice clothes.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? C's [as always] my own, my brother (finally applied, got into, and moved away to college!), my boyfriend has just been so supportive and so much fun.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? A work colleague and a formerly close friend who, for lack of a better way to describe it, went into bitch mode.
14. Where did most of your money go? It was pretty evenly split between living expenses, and fun. I also put a pretty significant chunk into savings for the first time in awhile.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Graduating school, getting a job, getting my own place, going to the Bahamas, meeting my boyfriend and starting a relationship with him.
16. What song will always remind you of 2008? Down.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? Happier for the THIRD year in a row.
b) thinner or fatter? Thinner for the second year in a row :)
c) richer or poorer? Richer! Funny how getting a full-time job helps with that.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of? Scrapbooking, honestly. For the second year in a row. I'd love to spend more time on the beach, maybe traveling. I wish I had gone out with my friends more when instead I had to work.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of? Working.
20. How will you be spending Christmas? I spent Christmas morning with my boyfriend in my apartment. I made a nice brunch and we just cuddled and talked and opened gifts for each other. We actually went grocery shopping too, so I could get some items to cook to take to his family's Christmas celebration. Then that night we went to his sister's condo and had dinner with her and his parents. On the Sunday of Christmas weekend we had Christmas dinner with my family and my aunt and uncle. Afterwards we opened gifts and played cards.
21. Did you fall in love in 2010? Yes!
22.How many one-night stands? None.
23.What was your favorite TV program? I love the same shows as last year- What Not to Wear, Hoarders, Say Yes to the Dress, Weeds, and Breaking Bad. Jersey Shore is a new addiction/guilty pleasure.
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? I'm happy to say that I don't hate anyone.
25. What was the best book you read? I listened to a bunch of murder mystery books on tape, but none stand out from the rest.
26. What was your greatest musical discovery? I saw Mary J. Blige in concert and she really impressed me. I also got into Drake, Nicki Minage, Taio Cruz, Drake, Ke$ha, etc.
27. What did you want and get? My own place, a full-time job as a therapist, a passport, a great boyfriend, greater financial security.
28. What did you want and not get? More scrapbooking time, maybe publication in a scrapbooking magazine, an opportunity to do some psychological research to add to my resume. A raise.
29. What was your favourite film of this year? It wasn't a film but Jersey Shore was a MAJOR influence in a way.
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? My birthday was the weekend right after graduation. A girlfriend threw a "girls' night" for me on my actual birthday and I went out to a nightclub in a tiara at her insistence. I threw myself a BBQ birthday/graduation at my uncle's house. We grilled lunch/dinner, had cake and ice cream, hung out, played pool, played badminton and had a fire in the fire pit.
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? A higher paying job. Work less and play more.
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008? I tried to put together some really polished, classy looks with interesting and eye-catching pieces.
33. What kept you sane? I identified some of the things that were really important to me and focused on those things. I felt really accomplished.
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Channing Tatum. AGAIN. Forever and always. Fourth year running.
35. What political issue stirred you the most? Still the recession.
36. Who did you miss? Cee, when she's at school. Jay, now that he's moved to New Orleans, and Natalie now that she's moved to Utah, and Bailey and Andrew now that they've moved to San Fran. SAME. Friends and family I wasn't able to see as it felt like I was always working.
37. Who was the best new person you met? My boyfriend Parker. My coworkers at my full-time job. I also hired some really great girls to work for me at my part-time job. I also had another opportunity to meet Clinton Kelly again at a fashion show/book signing and that was really fun.
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008: Tell people how you feel instead of emphasizing your anger.
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
So baby don’t worry, you are my only,
You won’t be lonely, even if the sky is falling down,
You’ll be my only, no need to worry,
Baby are you down down down down down,
Down, Down,
Questions I'm adding to the survey:
4b. Did anyone close to you get married? My cousin Tamara was married to Steve in June, and I attended that wedding. My cousin Emily also got married in October but I was not able to attend her wedding.
4c. Did anyone close to you get engaged? The engagements were constant this year. My good friend Stephanie got engaged and I was really excited for her. Another sorority friend named Stephanie also got engaged and I'm looking forward to attending her wedding, another celebrity sister Michelle got engaged and I'm pretty excited for her too.
40. Did you attend any concerts? I saw Mary J. Blige, Drake, LMFAO, Sheryl Crow, The Temptations and the Four Tops, Blake Shelton, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Spike and the Impalers, Billy Idol, Buddy Guy and Robert Cray, and Chicago. I also saw a couple musicals- Wicked, Legally Blonde, and Chicago.
Drumroll please....here are the resolutions for 2011!
1. Figure out how to use my new health insurance to see a dentist, doctor, and fill my perscriptions.
2. Submit to work some type of event for Playboy.
3. Interview to be a Jagerette.
4. Update my resume.
5. Do some type of psych research project to add to my resume
6. Provide a training at work
7. Take a vacation with my boyfriend
8. Submit to a scrapbooking magazine
9. Take more scrapbooking classes
10. Get a great new pair of black heels (learn to walk gracefully in legit stilettos?)
11. Maintain my bikini-ready body
12. Update body and headshots
13. Refinish at least one piece of furniture (patio table to start?)
14. Finish another knitting project
15. Continue to decorate the apartment
15a. Hang my wall art
15b. Decorate my dresser top with his and hers jewelry boxes
15c. Get lamps for the living room
15d. Get a entryway table
15e. Get closets cleaned out an organized
16. Save Money- my goal is to save $10,000. Not sure I can do it but I'm going to try!
17.. Take Chloe to Disneyland. Preferably in October.
18. Go to sports games in some new arenas for teams I haven't seen
In case anyone is curious how I did with my 2010 resolutions, they were:
1. Take Chloe to Disneyland. Preferably in October.
2. Get a professional job that pays a livable wage. CHECK
3. Take new professional head and body shots. CHECK
4. Attend a party at the playboy mansion
5. Submit to a scrapbooking magazine for possible publication.
6. Take more scrapbooking classes. CHECK
7. Get a coat to wear with fancy dresses. CHECK
8. Take a vacation with my boyfriend.
9. Throw a graduation party for myself and Erin. CHECK. Well, Erin threw her own and I attended, and I threw my own.
10. Fix my car door. CHECK
11. Maintain my bikini-ready body. CHECK
12. Attend dance class regularly- preferably ballet.
In addition to my 2010 resolutions I achieved, I also went back and accomplished a few of my resolutions in 2009 that I hadn't gotten around to (or I added to them):
2009 RESOLUTIONS:
6. Get a passport CHECK
12. Go to sports games in some new arenas for teams I haven't seen CHECK- San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Angels
14. Get a new computer (or fix mine) CHECK
20. Paint my bedroom CHECK