So. Yeah. 2009.

[tzikeh]

There has been, at least within my close circle of friends, a general consensus that 2009 sucked, but I don't know if we're the norm, or we're outliers--so I'm broadening my sample base.

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Comments

[starwatcher]

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If you average things out, everything was "okay"... but parts of each really sucked. I definitely hope for improvements in 2010.
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[ellen-fremedon.livejournal.com]

If there'd been a category between 'okay' and 'really bad,' that's what I'd have checked for every question. 2009 could have been much worse, but it could have been a hell of a lot better, too.

[lanchid.livejournal.com]

I did not enjoy 2009 as much as I thought I would. The highs were very high and the lows were very low so the year as a whole, averaged out to semi-okay. But I would rather have less roller coaster, plz.

I have "goals" not resolutions. I will go to Hungary this year to visit. I will do more stitching. More serious about getting a new job.

[redangel618.livejournal.com]

the things i checked off as resolutions are in general things i always try to keep in mind rather than goals declared once and subsequently forgotten.

[magdalene1.livejournal.com]

Last year my resolution was to finish my grad school thesis. And I did.
Two years ago my resolution was to learn to walk in heels. And I did (though only cushy, Fluevog heels).

So maybe I should be less skeptical of New Year's resolutions? The back half of 2009 has had me seriously rethinking and reworking how I spend money.

In 2010 I'd like to:

Be a better teacher. I'm good, but I could be great.

Get the movie into festivals and promote it well.

Polish my feature screenplays.

Do a form of exercise I like because I like it and it makes me feel good, and not pretend that I'm going to lose weight, and do it so routinely that it becomes a habit as basic as brushing teeth.

So this is less "Shiny Resolutions!" and "Stuff Wot I Should Be Doing Anyway."

[lydiabell.livejournal.com]

Resolutions: Half-marathon, baby!

Also, I want to write more. Of course, I say that every year.

I wanted to mark "really bad" for my job because of all the ridiculous bullshit stress we've had all year, but OTOH I ended the year with a full-time job in a less stressful position, so all in all I have to call it okay.

[terrie01.livejournal.com]

Mine was okay, but a good friend had the year from hell. And many other friends were also only "okay."

[carta.livejournal.com]

I feel like I'm dragging myself through to the end of a decade that got increasingly wretched. TIME Magazine named this the worst decade ever, and at least for me, that holds true. My only goal for 2010 is to make it better. Just - be happier at the end of it, get my self-confidence back, be employed, be BETTER.

But on the whole, 2009 sucked.

edit: One of my friends had possibly the best year of her life, personally and professionally. It's all her fault! :D

[jackiekjono.livejournal.com]

For personal, I put kill it with fire because my brother Pete was diagnosed with MS which really sucks but, I think I was being a bit unfair.

I mean, the MS still really sucks but, my other somewhat disabled brother has been looking after him which gives him a way to feel useful and he has seemed a lot less fogged over than he has in a long time. And, hey, Pete's home now so that we can actually see him instead of worrying about what is happening to him God knows where.

So far, we haven't seen his wife. She will be coming in January. Possibly 2010 will need to be killed with fire.

Hm. Yeah.

[epistrophia.livejournal.com]

My 2009 was like the curate's egg - good in parts. But utterly crappy in other parts. As others have said, it averages out to "okay", pretty much.

[vickita.livejournal.com]

My 2009 rocked, right up until Dec. 20, when a close friend literally died in a house fire. (God, I wish people would stop saying "DIAF" -- that's nothing to wish on *anyone*; I've never been comfortable with it, and now, of course, it pings my brain every. time.)

*sigh*

But aside from that, Mrs. Lincoln...

2009 was a very good year for me. 2010 looks to be at least as good, maybe better. And my "other" thing? Which is not really a resolution, per se, but more like a plan... I'm going to start trying to sell prints of my photos. I've got two different places (a restaurant/bar where a lot of my guys play, and a music festival coming up in the spring) wanting to do hangings of prints for sale, and I've had several people express interest in buying prints through a website, so I've got to hop to and make this stuff happen, tout de suite.

Gonna be a busy, busy year.

[xenacryst.livejournal.com]

Well. Personal, I can't imagine anything more amazingly wonderful than the fanlet, although she certainly has thrown our personal lives for a major loop. And two is just about to start.

Job, well. I still have a job, which is definitely a good thing. And it's a reasonable job. But it could be sooooo much better, and I've struck out on the new job search so far. So, meh.

Resolutions? AHAHAHA. Vague goals, more like. And the other one is to figure out our family together time balance better. And get us all on a more even keel. Also, keep up that job search, even if it is gruelling at times.