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

[Candlelight]

It's been a busy year for me. My wife and I had twins which was a great shock to the system. I spent much of my time at work helping to build our new building, which was amazing and tiring (so much for coming to work for a break!).

Next year I would like a nap. I think a little more stability would be great for body and soul. Winning the lotteries wouldn't go amiss either...

 

[Jetfire]

2010-Hell
2011-???

I need work/$$$, out of where I am living and away from my family and I just want to be able to enjoy each day.

 

[Amaris]

I want 2010 behind me as quickly as possible.
As for 2011, I don't know what to expect.

 

[RoJoHen]

2010 has been the single biggest waste of a year that I have ever had. I have in fact taken steps backward. After moving in late 2009 to a new [really crappy] job, I quickly blew through all of my savings and was forced to move back to my old job 6 months later. I could have saved a lot of trouble and money by never moving. Now I'm struggling to get my savings back (and I'm still about $6,000 short).

My only hope for 2011 is that ANYTHING GOOD happens!

 

[Davros]

2010 sucked 2011 will be worse.

 

[Lookingglassman]

Forget 2011! I can't wait until Dec 22, 2012 when I can laugh at all those who believed the world was coming to an end on Dec 21, 2012

 

[ancientone51]

Too many deaths in 2010 (7 and hopefully not still counting)

2011 please let it be better

 

[Mr Light]

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

 

[Holdfast]

Winning the lotteries wouldn't go amiss either...

Are twins so expensive that you need to win more than one lottery?




By contrast to some of the other stories in this thread, I'd class 2010 as really positive year of progress and development, reaching some key milestones ahead of schedule. Hopefully, 2011 will continue on in that vein, fingers crossed!

 

[sidious618]

2010 was a pretty good year. Next year will be even better.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ I agree. 2010 was all right. I like to think that things will get better still.

 

[TerokNor]

2010 had up and downs like every year...it was, like 2009, emotional very stressful and exausting, though the second half of 2010 is somewhat better.
2011 will be like 2008 a year of many personal changes again, difficult ones, but positive (I hope).... and I guess 2011 will also be the year of another Good Bye, which will be very hard for me.

TerokNor

 

[DarkHelmet]

2010 was, by most accounts, a good year for me. I have two wonderful children, a great wife, a (mostly) stable small business. I have no problems making my mortgage payments or other financial obligations. We finished several projects around the house, and I reconnected with a couple of friends whom I hadn't seen in many years.

Of course, it's not perfect, and work has been stressful - three of our clients cut their annual budget for us by 20 to 35%. One client left us after 10 years for a competitor who was cheaper without giving us the chance to rebid/renegotiate a new contract. We responded to three RFP's in the 2nd half of the year, but did not land any, which has forced me to make hard choices in terms of how we structure proposals and the fees we charge.

Wants for 2011? Business to stabilize and/or grow. I'd love to have a third baby, but that will require moving. Which isn't out of the question, but requires a good deal of planning.

 

[Marie1]

Too many deaths in 2010 (7 and hopefully not still counting)

2011 please let it be better

I'm so sorry!

I was at least working through 2010 some, and I've got some prospects.

But 2010 was a pretty big jerk, I'd probably smack it if it were a person.

 

[RandyS]

2010 was just like every year of my life for the last forty years (with the exception of 2003, a year I'd like to erase from history, then slap whoever the hell thought it up), a mix of good and bad. Nothing I couldn't handle.

As for 2011, I expect more of the same.

If I'm lucky, that is. I try to live with this thought: "no matter how bad things might seem, they could EASILY get worse.". If I'm lucky, things won't get worse.

 

[PsychoPere]

2010 sucked. In January, due to a crappy roommate situation, I had to move back in with my parents. In July, I was terminated from my job after 5 years, the only work experience I've actually had. I've had 2 job interviews and thought for sure I'd nailed both, only to not receive either position. The only positive aspect to being unemployed is that I've had plenty of time for classes this semester, although I'm currently procrastinating on putting together a short, simple presentation for class tomorrow based on a paper I finished writing yesterday.

For 2011, I'd really like a new pharmacy job, preferably not in retail again though I certainly wouldn't say no to it, so that I can start planning to move out again.

 

[clint g]

I have mixed feelings about 2010. It started off awesome and then somewhere towards the end it started to feel sucky....even though the year has been very good for me professionally.

I guess the best way to describe it is

socially: One of the least fun years I've had, especially compared to the amazing 2009
professionally: probably one of the best I've had and the start of some pretty promising things.

 

[MetalPants]

I started writing a book this year about my comic dating misadventures. Other than getting material for the book, the year has been pretty much forgettable.

 

[ByrdMan]

After starting to look up the first part of the year, the latter half of 2010 has been god-f*cking-awful. Everything just seems to be (or about to be) falling apart on me.

 

[Nowhere Man]

2010 was a rollercoaster ride, peaks and valley's. I have a fealing 2011 is going to be a lot of fresh starts. Whether that is a good thing or not, i'm not sure. Movie wise, 2011 is looking good.