Happy to the 2007

Festivities
I went to a party out in BFE - past Newberry, nearly in Greenwood - at a hunt club. They had cooked half a hog. It was tasty, but the BBQs I have hosted have generally produced better Q. No offense to anyone that might have been at the thing last night.

I went with what is best explained as a connection through work, and enjoyed cuttin' loose with everyone. It was nice. It did make for a late night though.

2006
I know I made some last year, but cannot find the list, and apparently did not blog about it because it is not in the archives. So, at the moment I cannot comment as to whether or not 2006 was successful.

I can however, recap some interesting things that happened.

-- Justin & I bought 21 acres of land in Hopkins, a tractor, and with much help and hard work cleared the land and built a house
-- I visited Canada for the first time & went to Niagara Falls and Toronto, which was amazing
-- I made a major decision to leave GraySail for a "big business", and regret it 0%
-- I cultivated a true and honest friendship
-- I made the most critical decision of my life thus far and as a result am now alone, but thankful for strength, happiness, and family/friends
-- I most recently lost about 20 lbs, but tonite do not feel like it because my dinner was crazy filling

I would say that 2006 was probably the most productive year I have ever had. It was also with out any doubt the most life changing year I have had so far, and even with the stress, sweat, pain, heartache, and hecticness I know the things done will be correct and put me in a much happier and healthier situation.

2007
Someone told me this afternoon that they were not going to make any resolutions that were outrageous. And I think I should do the same. Why set expectations of yourself that you really do not have any real plans for achieving. Besides, one of my issues is meeting expectations (real or fictional ones). So...

-- Continue to drop lbs. I would like to get the remaining 30 off my a hopeful trip to the caribbean (just not sure when that trip may be).
-- Plan less. I think planning is part of my problem, so I am going to choose to plan less and live more!
-- Celebrate life. Find (and hopefully blog about) one thing each day that makes me happy is worth celebrating.
-- Be true to myself and others. Which I guess is also one of my problems, so in order to do the other things I have mentioned I think doing this is a must.

So, the fundamental problem with these is that other than #1, they are not measurable and as a result I will not be able to measure success. Normally that would bother me, but not this year. Not in 2007. Happiness will be my measure of success and if I stick to the 4 items listed then I should be happier, and on this day next year I should be able to read through blog posts and old journals in order to determine if I did well. Heck, I should just know in my gut.

To a wonderful 2007. To a wonderful life!