The World Keeps Turning

It's that day. I've been on this Earth another year. I wish I could say I feel like I've been productive. I wish I could say I have learned some sort of life lessons. In reality, I don't feel any different today. In fact, I feel like I'm taking some steps backwards, and some steps forward... so I end up staying about the same.

I don't know if you need to make progress every single year though. There's always going to be ups and downs, right? If life was always looking up, by the time we pass away we'd all be billionaires with great families and lives.

Last year, my goal for the year was to be happier and healthier. As far as happier, I'd say I'm actually about the same. My relationship quickly plummeted in early June, looked very dismal until December. But since then it's been great. My career has been also on the right track. Not as great as it was the year before when I worked at Medtronic, but not anything to be ashamed of. My relationships with my family have been also progressing - I feel much closer to my extended family than ever thanks to Facebook.

Am I healthier? Well I only had one emergency room trip this past year. I've been generally eating better. I've lost a lot of weight since last year. I'm slightly less active. Physically though, I don't feel as weak, generally not as tired... I'd say overall better than the year before.

Do you think I should set more specific goals for this year? What should I focus on now that I'm 28?