As 2009 came to a close, I took a look back over the year to determine what went well and what didn’t.
 

What went well in 2009:

(I was able to cross off a few more items from my Life List and work towards a few others.)

• studied abroad in Ireland
• visited Northern Ireland, Finland, Estonia
• visited/met the family my wife stayed with while in Finland
• found nice place to live upon return to US
• stayed within budget and was able to build emergency funds
• shifted focus from accounting (which doesn’t interest me) to art (which is a lifelong passion)
• developed a scheduling system that works well for me (something I’ve struggled with for years)
• started Adventure-Some
• took 22 hours this semester while maintaining a 3.63 gpa
• sold some portraits and commissioned others

What didn’t go well in 2009:

• Dad passed away (nothing that I could control, but still bad)
• anything with the Holts (Dad’s family)
• prioritizing time with my wife (she didn’t feel neglected, but I felt we could have done better)
• making time for rest of family
• spending time with God
• working out – I found and started a routine that I like, but didn’t follow through with it
• building the Adventure-Some site to the level I had planned on
• continuing to travel – even though I did quite a bit of traveling in the first half of the year, the second half found me solidly placed in Lexington

Armed with this knowledge, I was able to move forward and set my goals for 2010. I will be building on my strengths and fixing some of the weaknesses. You can check out my plans for 2010 here.