Tis the Season
You know how it is – you sit down to write a blog post about Thanksgiving and then the next thing you know Christmas has come and gone and it’s almost 2011. I’m not really sure if a recap of the past few weeks is even possible – especially not right now while I’m just thoroughly baffled that tomorrow is the absolute last day of 2010.
I don’t normally get a lot of time to reflect this time of year – January 1 is traditionally a big content release day at the Vault and all of my energy is usually focused on adding new features, writing descriptions of new and exciting things, and prepping for the 12-or-so hours of downtime we often have to roll out the new stuff. I haven’t cooked (or had time to) in about a week – tonight is going to be a leftover night, too – and the usual staples are scattered about: the white board is crammed with half-finished ideas, a dozen notebooks are sprawled open on the dining room table, my Pandora only has about two hours left of it’s free time, and my parents knowingly sent two boxes of Junior Mints to get me through. It’s that time.
Yet, this year – it’s hard not to reflect. I always found this kind of thing cheesy – after all, Saturday is going to be just another day; another blip on the calendar that’s hardly worth noting. But this year…this year has actually had plenty to reflect on.
This time last year I was holed up in my bedroom at my parent’s house, after having moved back home. I was going to make either the stupidest or best move of my RPG-running career: the site I’d been running for eight years or so was getting a name change and a complete overhaul. Turns out, this was the best idea I’ve had in my life.
I’ve moved several times this year, picked up new hobbies, abandoned some old ones. My life is completely different – far removed from the sand and wind blowing off the ocean and tucked away in a typical middle-American town where people still say please and thank you and use checks at the supermarket. It’s perfect.
I’ve got a good feeling about next year – even if I have to sludge through all this last-minute work over at the Vault to get there. Here’s to a repeat of all the good things from 2010 – only better than ever before. :)
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