Cheers to the end of 2009. I don’t know about you, but that year –2009– not in my top ten for the decade or the prior 28 for that matter. I won’t begin to contemplate the future years. Woo. There’s one thing 2009 taught me, kids. Don’t be too hung-up on the future because trust me it’ll bite you and that bite burns.
2009 in review: amid many changes — jobs (both gain and loss), unemployment (Mr. Unemployment and his unreliability), road trips, weddings and the death of a close friend — I became an adult. Seriously, don’t laugh at me, we all become adults at different times in our lives. I was just lucky that like all things in life mine came much later. Awkward high school photos FTW! Stupid learning curve. Truthfully the idea of adulthood at 18 only makes sense to those who are 17. Freedom is in your reach until you turn 18 and realize nothing has changed. Yeah. I woke up at 25 and still felt like that. It took a change — one I hadn’t fit into my five year plan — to force me to grow up because like adulthood, unemployment comes at different times, or not at all.
Obsession over dates: It starts as simple as celebrating a week of employment and moves into the over-neurotic nature of counting down until you’ve hit six-months of employment. I personally am looking to remain employed past Jan. 16, 2010. I mean, of course I want to be employed longer and more permanently, but that would be a good start. Nothing says I’m awesome-and-wonderful like being employed a year later. Source
I had made it. One year later and I am working. So here I am. Awesome? I was always awesome. Wonderful? That’s debatable depending on my mood. At least I’m honest. One year later? Life still exists.
I don’t know what’s going to happen. My good-at-life-pay-off-my-credit-cards has me refusing to answer my phone. After being unemployed on and off for a year the idea of financial stability has yet to rejoin me in my happy dance. It’s ok. I’ll figure it out. It’s a scary world out there, but it’s nice to know other people are continuing to stay positive and put their best work forward. It’s time to be smart. It’s time to be creative. Isn’t that right, Katie? Here’s wishing you the best of luck.
