Big Things in 2010, Bigger Things in 2011

At the end of 2009, I wrote about the possibilities of 2010.  I wrote about accomplishing something extraordinary; about the potential of a brand new year. Looking back over that year, I admit some extraordinary things happened.

One accomplishment would certainly be graduating.  In December, I finally earned my BA.  I worked very hard to do this: I endeavored to balance work, school, and family… and I succeeded with a cumulative GPA of 3.99.  That’s me praising myself, not bragging, and it’s probably all you’ll ever hear about my grades.

Onto the more important accomplishment.  When I say I balanced family, I certainly did.  I balanced home life with my husband and our pets, but also pregnant life.  In the spring of 2010, I conceived our first child, a soon-to-be-born baby boy.  While the particular art of conception may be less impressive than achieving graduation, the results are even more life-changing and incredible.  I could not have predicted how much my life would change, or in what ways it would change, over the past 35 weeks.  And I definitely cannot predict how it will change again in another month or so, although both my husband and I are ridiculously excited about those changes.

Hopefully, my big accomplishment for 2011 will be the successful delivery of a healthy baby boy!

 

© Alexis Jenny, 2011.

Welcome to the End of 2009

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It’s almost 2010, and that means big things.  For starters, it means the game is changing.  The history we make will belong to a new decade.  You might be thinking that time is just a human creation; that this silly time-line of ours is meaningless.  But it’s important for at least two reasons.

One: Time is how we record our evolution.  Time makes sense out of our species and our pasts as individuals.  Because of this, time helps us when we endeavor to shape our futures.

Two: The New Year is something to celebrate.  Regardless of what culture influences you or what calendar you plan by, a new year is simply a new beginning.  Shed your skin and plan for something extraordinary.

Some have predicted that our world ends in upcoming years.  Such beliefs are evidence of an encroaching realm of possibility.  Anything can happen, and all endings give way to new beginnings.  If we can trust in anything, it’s that our lives and the lives around us exist in cycles.  The seasons will always take their turns, regardless of how they may change.  Nature will always give and take energy.  We are simply the borrowers of that energy.  Let’s do something with it.  If we imagine greatness, we are more likely to achieve it.

With every year that passes, I become more amazed with my survival and the survival of those around me.  Our lives are so fragile and our world so complex, we can’t underestimate the value of our own existence.

It’s the end of the first decade in a new century.  What better reason to celebrate?

 

© Alexis Jenny, 2009, 2010, 2011.