2010 A New Year
Wow, I cannot believe 2009 has already flown by. I can’t even believe we are 10 years into the millennium. Trying to enjoy my youth while I can.
Before I get into my goals for 2010, let’s take a quick look at my life in 2009.
My daughter turned 1 in the first part of the year. She has made huge changes from then and now. She’s putting words together, making me imaginary food in her little kitchen, telling me no, getting more dramatic, and the lists goes on. What was my world like without her? I said over and over I wanted a boy first, but now I would not have had it any other way. There is something special about a dad and daughter relationship.
Career Opportunities. I started the year working for The Log Cabin Democrat in Conway. Met some really great people, was a good job, and was sad to leave. Bryan Jones from CJRW in Little Rock contacted me and offered me a job. Let me tell ya, I am not a fan of change. So making a big decision of change, with a daughter at home, to leave a new job and begin a new, was not easy. It’s fair to say I almost didn’t take it. I had just adjusted from a life of freelancing and working at home, to working for a company in an office; something I had not done in a couple of years. But I had met Bryan from Refresh and CJRW seemed like a great opportunity. I soon discovered that was an understatement. CJRW has been the best move of my career. The company is strong and passionate. The people of I have met here and through CJRW, are talented and exceptional people. I have made friends, and learned new things. I hope that my journey here continues for years to come.
The starting of a geek/nerd group. Cotton Rohrscheib and I got together one afternoon to chat about Wordpress, Drupal, and other geeky things. Both of us for some time had been wanting to get some other guys (and gals) like ourselves together. Pick each others brains and just meet new people. That is how the Central Arkansas Refresh Group came about. You can read more about that from a post Cotton wrote, here. It’s gone from 20 people in the first meeting to 60+ now. We have 150+ members on our facebook page. We have some ideas for Refresh in 2010 that we hope will continue to grow and strengthen the group. I will be speaking at Refresh in January, about the Wordpress plugin Pods. Details will be up on the site very soon.
I could write additional lengthy posts on these and other things that have been going on. But there is one more that I want to make mention of, that will one day get a much more lengthy post.
The greatest parents anyone could ask for. I have no idea how I am going to trim down what I could say about my parents into a moderate paragraph. I was truly blessed to have the parents and siblings that I have. Growing up we did not have a lot of money at times, but we had each other, and we had a blast. My parents bought land in 1996, moved out there on a dream, and built there house. It helps that my dad is a carpenter, but it wasn’t his crew that built the house, it was us. We managed to survive living in close quarters for years. But this year, my parents are being blessed, they have started adding on to their home; building their dream house. My dad has worked too hard is whole life, and I am glad to see him get what he has dreamed of. Oh, and guess what, family is still the hands building it. Primarily him and my brother.
Wow. After writing all this down, what a year I had. I pray that 2010 will only be better. We don’t know what is in store for us tomorrow, I just trust God and live life to the fullest.
A New Year. I have a few goals, here’s a list:
- Get back into shape. I am sure this is on everyones list. My goal is to lose 22 pounds. Got my dailyburn iphone app, p90x, and motivation. Begin!
- Learn. Learn all that I can, about everything I can. This has always been the driving force behind everything I do.
- Career. I hope to get a few more clients this year. But I plan to do less freelancing, focusing on CJRW and my family.
- Big Idea. I’ve watched many ideas pass me by, and others fail and succeed. This new year I hope to launch my Big Idea that i’ve been secretly working on.
- Meet new people. I have never been much of a people person. But with facebook and twitter, connecting with people has been easier, and has peaked my interest. I have made new friends this last year, and hope to strengthen those friendships, and make more.
- Grow Spiritually. I’ll admit, my relationship with God, though growing and great, is not what it should or could have been. I also want to give more to others and love others.
- Most Importantly. Enjoy my friends and family. Life is fragile, and short. Live it to the fullest.
Oh, and I got an iPhone!
