2009 fare thee well

I have seen many a blog, Facebook update and Tweet bidding 2009 farewell with curse and the finger. While I have had better years, 2009 taught me a lot. So instead of cursing it here is a little summary of the useful lessons and useless facts I learned in 2009:

• Qantas is an acronym.
• There is only so much I can achieve in a day.
• Australia has hornets, and they are non-agressive.
• Real freedom is freedom to do what you must, not what you choose.
• Worry is pointless. Real trouble blindsides you.
• Retail therapy isn’t a solution; it’s part of the problem.
• The ability to be flexible and decisive both stems from self-trust.
• That the loving answer isn’t always ‘yes’.
• That the person who cares the least controls the relationship.
• Balance will reassert itself, whether we like it or not.
• Honest feedback is invaluable.
• Lasting change is incremental, more often than monumental.
• Sometimes the dice are loaded. Thats when we earn our stripes.
• When you make a mistake, trust your instincts. You know how to fix it

Above all else 2009 has taught me that we are measured by what we have learned to love.

2 comments

1. 

   Fiona

   Posted on January 4, 2010

   I giggled at the first one. the others not as much

   
2. 

   Rae

   Posted on January 4, 2010

   Yeah. Its a pity 2009 wasn’t a funnier year. Qantas was the best I could come up with =)