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Years End

According to Marion’s blog, an end of year post is obligatory, and according to Monique’s blog, a listing of 25 things about yourself is in short order. SO, I have decided to share 25 things about my past year, in order to be more efficient. Or lazy. Whichever.

1. This past year has turned my entire life upside down. Not necessarily a bad thing, since I hate to be bored.
2. This year I have become much more self-confident.
3. I have lost and then regained about 12lbs this year.
4. I decided this year to make my photography business focus on the art that I love producing, instead of boring stuff that is a dime a dozen.
5. I got a cat (or rather Larry and I both did). My first since early childhood.
6. I used internet on my phone for the first time. Now I am addicted to my iPhone.
7. I have learned to eschew extremes in favor of balance (ie trying to stick with a 100% raw diet in a cooked world).
8. I have gotten addicted to stupid internet games. Hmmm, sounds like a New Year Resolution to me.
9. I “discovered” indie music.
10. I loved two men at the same time.
11. I realized that my families approval or disapproval can’t keep me from being myself.
12. Discovered that my family is not nearly so judgmental as I had imagined.
13. I went skinny-dipping for the first time.
14. I realized how dependent I had become when I finally got a car of my own and noticed how weird it felt to drive myself somewhere alone.
15. I have noticed that I can be a bit indecisive.
16. I moved out of my first house, back into an apartment, and realized that I didn’t really mind living in an apartment.
17. For the first year ever, I can say that every wedding I shot turned out really well.
18. I lost all respect for a high school friend who could not recognize what my favor to her cost.
19. I got my second root canal.
20. I went to the East Coast for the first time.
21. I got a desk with space beneath it for my legs, after working the same job for 6.5 years without one.
22. I rented my first photography studio
23. I left my 2nd husband, even though we still love each other on some level.
24. I did not have a Christmas tree or give anyone in my family a gift.
25. I learned a lot about myself and life and my own ability to step outside the box.

So there you have it, 2008. I survived. 2009, bring it on.