Where has 2006 gone? I hardly noticed. But let me just say that it was the best year for me, in the sense that it was a year of major decisions. The year I (finally) found the courage to take fateful turns in several aspects of my life: not just career-wise but personally.

What career anyway? OK, let’s just say that I seized the moment once more and dropped the convenience and comforts (security too?) of an 8-5 job and victoriously closed another chapter of this book called Me, My Life and I.

Seizing the moments…what a line isn’t it?! You and I have heard it before or read about it before. Honestly, I have allowed its power to rule most of my adult life and it’s just amazing how my executive editor used such lines in the context of problogging career goals in her year-end newsletter.

Okay, I may not be proud of all the things I did in the past 33 years but I am not in the least bit sorry that I did each and every one of them. All of those made me who I am and what I am today. (Yeah, including the consequences of moments I’ve seized or at least tried to or even thought so.)

It has been a difficult journey, but I do not regret that I have Raine now. It was both mind-blowing and mind-boggling but I will never regret leaving my previous job. I’ve said things to people and wrote stuff to some people and about some people that hurt and indeed meant to hurt. But really I am NOT sorry for doing those. I’ve seized the moments and reacted like what both my heart and mind told me how to react, I was just being true to myself and yes, i felt much much better afterwards.

Sige na nga, total uso naman ang new year’s resolution:

  • Blog to inspire (and earn more money!) not to spite. But if don’t like what you read here or if you think it offends you, you can always click that small red X box in the upper right hand corner of your browser. :-P
  • Live each day like it is the last. Life is too short to be unhappy, angry, scared and not letting your loved ones know that you love them.
  • I have a life but Raine’s life comes first (as usual). But I will try harder to put Raine’s welfare in anything that I do or will decide to do.
  • I’ll be less gullible but not be skeptic.
  • In my immediate universe, these are the only people I need to please or get approval from: my mother, Raine, my editors and people that truly matters in my life (and in doing so, may be please God in return).
  • Restrain myself from instant explosions (verbal and non-verbal) on situations I deem appalling and hopefully learn how to keep a poker face and keep my mouth shut (or not publish entries) especially if I have nothing good to say. Also, I’ve worn my heart out on my sleeves in the past and even my facial expressions are so darn transparent.
  • Date. Period. He he.
  • Earn, earn, earn and save. Not just earn and then spend.
  • Get wireless internet or a 3G phone + laptop.

There’s nothing much I want to aspire for and change in me or how my life turned out. I love the way things are right now even if my father didn’t live long enough to see it.

I like my new hair and I generally like this me better. Well, I guess except that I’ll just keep working to curb my temper at all times (especially at home), secure the future (financially at least) and to think more out-of-the-box, continue to reinvent myself and don’t mind too much (if not deadma) of those who keep squeezing me inside a box.

All those, plus: an uninterruptible power supply, unlimited internet connection and oh, a glass of cold, bitter-sweet red wine for a nightcap and a good-honest-caring-loving-true man for dessert. ;-)

That’s all for now, suffice to say that my Christmas and New Year were both blessed in the all the things that truly matters: in the heart and in the soul. I hope yours have been equally blessed.