The year feels like a phoenix, eternally falling and rising. Personally, I dislike the beginning of the year; all the anticipation of the holidays and celebrations are over, and life fades back into depressing regularity. It is pock-marked with doing things we don’t want to do, i.e. New Year’s resolutions. However, it is also a time to reflect back on what we have done, and what do most people like to do better than think about themselves? Okay, okay, I’ll try not to be so self-absorbed, but here are a few of the things I’ve learned.
- Life isn't all that bad. I can do things, even though it seems paralyzing at first. I can function and be motivated. In fact, life is pretty amazing sometimes.
- I can function in foreign countries!
- Cooking is more fun when you have people to do it with. And people to feed, too.
- My personality is rather elastic.
- I have a love-hate relationship with stuff. Why must it give me such a high when I buy things? Why do I feel so low when I’m overloaded with a bunch of crap?
- I get attached to people. I begin to think that they’re the best in the world, and there’s no one quite like them. This has happened in multiple places. Thus, I can conclude with reasonable confidence that the world, in general, is populated with pretty good people.
- I want to live abroad again.
- Making lists are useful things. I used to make lists, and recently I’ve given them up. That was a bad idea. I need them in my life.
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