December 31 has taken me a bit by suprise. Maybe it's because I'm on call, and I have two kids , AND the temperature (with the wind-chill) will reach zero by the time the year is through, and the ground is full-o-snow. No watchnight service this year, except via online (my wife adopts technology when it suits her, amen). No dinners, party, etc. No illness either. Everyone's healthy.
I started thinking back on the year and what I had spend time doing, what my blessing were, what were my regrets, accomplishments, and so on. Back when I wrote in a journal would be easy, just flip back the pages and voila. Now, my blog isn't a good candidate because the audience isn't just me and it doesn't have the frequency my journals did.
Back when I wrote in a journal, I would compare the current New Year's Eve to those of previous years. It's a very cool exercise, I recommend it. This day ten years ago, I was on a flight from Texas to Costa Rica. I was a great way to ring in the New Year. It was the first time I had every seen fireworks, from above.
So back to 2008. Sure I remembered the highlights. Obama '08, check. New son, check. But the details. Then I got an idea. What if I went into my sent e-mail box and looked at all the subject headings? It was a pretty accurate picture of how I spent my time. I spend most of 2008 in school, half of it inquiring or responding to job opportunities, motorcycling, and the last quarter was chock full of celebrations over our latest addition to the family and Barack Obama's election.
All in all, no regrets. Time well spent. So, what's in your sent e-mail box?
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