2011 Recap

It's been a heck of a year...

Finished school for a second time. The good is that I've added another credential to my name, although very few people will ever know what it is. The bad is that school days are really over now and it's time to move into the "real" world.

Work started out as the work term at the beginning of the year. That was more challenging than the first work term, but I did well enough to round myself a big bonus. Now, it's the real thing. Hard to believe that I've been working FT for almost 3 months now. The bad is I don't like working with a classmate that I'm not close with. The good is I have a lot more free time now.

Professionally, the exams are all done. Done and passed. This has been the most insanely stressful exam process I've ever gone through. So glad it's over. So glad that me and my two friends/classmates made it all the way through together and nobody got left behind. Perhaps, now is the time to think about what I will pursue (academically/professionally) next, if anything.

Socially, I think a lot of things have changed. There are people that were in my life this year that I know I'll probably never see again. There are people that have gone through a lot with me and I think we can be friends for life. And then there are people that I've developed a stronger or deeper or more meaningful friendship with than before. For the most part, I guess things have changed for the better.

Family-wise, I guess nothing has really changed. My impression is that the same problems and issues still exist. But then there are times when some things hint to me that perhaps it can get better. Maybe it's just me trying to be optimistic. Or, hopefully, time can really change some things.

Personally, it's been more down than up. I made several hopeless attempts in many different ways this year. All were a failure. Sometimes I don't know why I even bother to keep trying when it just gets harder every single time. But, I do admit, when I saw this person in front of me again for the first time in 5 years, it still got to me.

It's been quite a year, mentally and emotionally. But, overall, I guess it was still a good year.

Perhaps, 2012 will be better...