I've been struggling with rationalizing 2012. I keep sensing so much more to be done beyond 2012, and yet I've been told about the end of consciousness as we know it come 21 Dec 2012.
Finally, I read something that helps me put things in perspective. Essentially, 2012 is not going to be cataclysmic at all, or at least NOT in the way that the mass media would like you to believe.
See
http://www.kryon.com/2012blog.html Kryon's been pretty spot on in outlining major events thus far.