Oh you 2009

This is a “note” published on facebook which I wrote. Enjoy.

2009

This is going to be a little different than most notes you have seen on facebook. This is not a note about your musical taste, what type of personality you possess, or who you think is going to be the next Oprah. This note is ultimately what you make of it…

In the soon to be prior year, 2009, a lot of things have happened to me. Whether these things have been an encouragement or a terrible let down, I have lived and learned. I have read great books, I have seen great movies, made new wonderful friendships and rekindled old ones, and I’ve had wonderful chats whether they were inspired by liquid encouragement or not. Also, in 2009, I have been laid off due to the economy, I had to pay a multiple hundred dollar fee which wasn’t my fault, lost a best friend, and I have hurt the hearts of a few individuals I have deeply cared for.

The purpose of this note is to simply see if you are living the life you want to live and if you are living it to the fullest. I want you to write down, not type on here, everything you have learned this year or improved on this year. I want you to jot down the goals or something you wanted to try in the year 2009 and then see if you actually completed or even attempted your goal.

You can never be found until you are you lost. You can never love until you put your guard down. You can only fully learn by screwing up and learning from it. Keeping all of that in mind, go out and do something great and/or better this next year. Forget resolutions, just rewire yourself.

- Aaron Holman