How has 2010 treated you? What do you want for 2011?

[Finn]

An amazing year for me, about to end with a very Christmasy Christmas that would only be better if there were actually kids...

It'd be forever be remembered as the year I first taught.

2011 will be a big one- getting married, getting my second degree and leaving DC for a brand new life.

 

[Captain Shaw]

I finally managed to get a permanent job in May so a little better than last year.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I did like 2010 a lot. Roy Scheider was a great actor, and I liked the scenes on the Russian spaceship. The Discovery interior didn't really match what it looked like in 2001, and they didn't even have the centrifuge.

 

[Itisnotlogical]

The first half sucked. The last half has so far been pretty good. I learned some quality lessons this year which will hopefully make 2011 that much better. At least it wasn't as bad as 2003, 2006, and 2008 were.

 

[Too Much Fun]

Did school for 6 months, then was unemployed for 6 months. So frustrating! All that hard work and money spent on school, just to sit around as almost every job application got ignored and the only jobs I was offered were the reason I went back to school in the first place. I went back to school so I'd have better job prospects. I'm not going to do the same stuff I did before I went back.

Two weeks ago I finally got offered a job that sounds good and I will start in January. It's been a long time since I've been able to work for the better part of 12 months, I hope that's what I'll do.

I guess the best part of 2010 was realizing what job I definitely want to do, how good I could be at it, and how much I enjoy it. If only that realization wasn't followed by 6 months of unemployment. On a more positive note, I don't think I've ever rented so many movies in one year. And a lot of them were even good!

 

[The Boy Who Cried Worf]

2010 has treated me horribly as all years have and therein lies the problem. At age 40 I still see myself as a passive participant in my existence. Life is something that happens to me that I am powerless to control or effect in any way. There have been certain seeds planted this year though that if I make an effort might produce fruit in the coming year. We shall see.

 

[Kestra]

I could count individual moments or look at trends, but I really only want to assess things as they are now. The people I love are all relatively happy and healthy. I don't want to ask for much more. My relationships may not be perfect but there has been no shortage of love in my life and for that I'm simply grateful. I hope to say the same at the end of 2011.

 

[captcalhoun]

it started okay - work situation improved. took a brief dip, then plateau'd. then it sank considerably over the summer, but is now looking a lot better.

 

[Tora Ziyal]

2010 started out well but turned into a nightmare.

What I want for 2011 is for me either to be approved for Social Security disability or to ready (psychologically) to go back to work. And for the trial to be over and the person who caused the nightmare to be sentenced to life.

 

[Bears Discover Fire]

This year was about rebuilding and maintaining and staying the hell away from all the crap that happened to me in 2009.

I coasted professionally this year while trying to come to terms with events in my personal life. I'm still proceeding two steps forward, one step back, but I close 2010 looking forward to returning to school and rebooting my career, committing to my SO for the long haul, and rebuilding my savings for a future of some sort. A marked difference from the close of 2009, where I looked into the future and saw nothing but a black sucking void of dispair and the next inevitable, unavoidable and unknowable catastrophe.

This year wasn't without its setbacks. I've slogged through some huge disappointments, I busted my ass and really strained myself emotionally toward a big goal only to lose spectacularly, plus a couple of smaller scale traumas and a lot of depression, most of it fallout from the year before.

But it was all a cake walk next to 2009.

 

[Bears Discover Fire]

2010 started out well but turned into a nightmare.

What I want for 2011 is for me either to be approved for Social Security disability or to ready (psychologically) to go back to work. And for the trial to be over and the person who caused the nightmare to be sentenced to life.

Best of luck, honestly. I hope things work out better for you than they did for me.

 

[Mary Ann]

2010 wasn't too bad. In a way I was recently driven out of my job but it gave me the momentum to begin studying towards what I really want to do. Whether 2011 is good or bad may depend entirely on whether or not my autistic son gets into the only secondary school that is suitable for him (a special needs one for higher-functioning kids). The school is heavily oversubscribed and we won't know 'til March whether he's been accepted. If he isn't I honestly don't know what we're going to do.

 

[Tora Ziyal]

2010 started out well but turned into a nightmare.

What I want for 2011 is for me either to be approved for Social Security disability or to ready (psychologically) to go back to work. And for the trial to be over and the person who caused the nightmare to be sentenced to life.

Best of luck, honestly. I hope things work out better for you than they did for me.

Thanks, Bears Discover Fire. If you want to elaborate on that any, feel free to PM me.

 

[tomalak301]

2010 has been a pretty good year. Got to continue working as a Substitute Custodian until I get a real job and did it quite a bit. Also got a lot of things accomplished and I will never forget the night of November 1st, the night where I sat down to watch a Baseball game and it ended with me choking up after Brian Wilson got the final out against Nelson Cruz and brought a World Championship home. It went beyond sports for me, it was just an ultra cool and special moment and something I will never forget.

I hope 2011 is a better year. I hope to find that real job, and get a step closer towards moving out of the house. I also want to meet so many more new people and actually have a social life. I hate spending so much time at home and any excuse to get out if a good thing.

If anyone has any advice to help going into the new year, that would be cool. I really need to improve on the "Social" game and I hate to admit I'm not sure how.

 

[trampledamage]

2010 was excellent for me. After nine months of unemployment I got a new job as a bank teller last August... early this year I got promoted to full time with medical benefits. I moved into a great new apartment two minutes from work with a washer/dryer and got high speed internet for the first time since college. I then got promoted again to an even higher paying job that doesn't involve customers! Very happy

Hey, that is fantastic! I remember you going for the interview for that job, I'm glad it's working out so well for you.

2010 wasn't too bad. In a way I was recently driven out of my job but it gave me the momentum to begin studying towards what I really want to do. Whether 2011 is good or bad may depend entirely on whether or not my autistic son gets into the only secondary school that is suitable for him (a special needs one for higher-functioning kids). The school is heavily oversubscribed and we won't know 'til March whether he's been accepted. If he isn't I honestly don't know what we're going to do.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed for your son - I hope it works out. Getting your kids into good schools can be hard enough even for children without problems.

For me, it's been good. 2010 has been nice and stable - little miss trampledamage is really enjoying school, and the second half of the year saw young master trampledamage start pre-school a couple of afternoons a week (that took some sorting out but he's settled and happy now). I continue to be impressed with the school little miss is at, which is a huge weight of my mind (I worry )

2011, I hope, will be more of the same. Slowly building relationships and connections here and nothing much happening.

(Although a lottery win would be appreciated by me too!)