Battle Plans

It's officially a new year, and while it may feel like the same rubbish from a few days prior, I'm trying to stay in that "new slate" frame of mind. My troubles are as mighty and mountainous as before, but I'm trying to hold on to the hope that may be on the horizon because of something as insignificant as a new marker of time.

Last year, I was certain that 2008 would be baptismal. Surely it couldn't be worse than 2007. I was, for the most part, wrong again. 2008 was a soul-sapping nightmare for nearly everyone I know (myself included) that left many of us broke, hopeless, and on the verge of being emotionally crippled. But, 2009 .... ah, 2009 will be different. And I will hold on to this foolish optimism until I am vindicated and proven correct, or until 2010 steamrolls me.

There are relationships I feel the need to sever or alter. There are others I feel the need to renew or to grow from scratch. There are huge plans I need to bring to fruition.

I feel it in my bones, friends. This year is the tipping point. And if not, I'll do everything within my power to force the stubborn hand of the cosmos.

Happy New Year.