A Year’s Reflection

After talking to one of my oldest friends last night, I starting thinking about the last 12 months or so. After a conversation about all the things that are going on for me right now, he just told me it is amazing how far I have come in a year. I think it might be the very definition of contrast.

Last year, I was further down than than this friend had ever seen me. He didn’t even know who he was talking to anymore, I don’t think. I hated where I was living. I had hardly any friends nearby, which proves that even if you are within the vicinity of the town you grew up in, it doesn’t mean you are home. I had an hour-long commute to and from work every single day. I was bored with life. The holidays were particularly bad. I was miserable and that rubbed off in the way I was interacting with my family.

Well, it is now a year later. Here are the things that have changed. I bought a house that is 5 minutes from where I work. It is 20 minutes from my parents’ house instead of 45 minutes. I am also 5 minutes away from my sister and brother-in-law. I started playing guitar and now have written 10 songs. I played a successful show in front of probably 400 people. I started my weblog and have built up a lot of my traffic. I started writing for BlogCritics and doing concert and CD reviews. Last but certainly not least, my relationship situation has improved considerably, from nothing to something great. There are also a couple of other things that I don’t even want to talk about yet.

I do realize that I might be taunting the Karmic Gods by writing this. I am probably giving them all the ammunition they need to send my life spiraling down the toilet. I hope the fact that I have seen the lows, and appreciate the highs so much, that it will save me the future pain of everything collapsing. Certainly not everything will go well forever, but as long as I don’t reach the low point that I hit last year, I think I can deal.

Anyway, it’s just one of those times when it’s actually fun to reflect.

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