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This has been a good year. When it stared I had mostly two goals in mind and both came to be. Now I’m engaged and very happy living with Albane, and work wise 2008 has been very exciting. I started the year afraid of what was to come work wise. Starting a company?, working by ourselves with international clients?… are we nuts?. A lot of people were less than suportive, but we’ve been doing pretty darn good so far. Yes, there have been stressing times! (more that I’d have liked), but in a way I think I have learnt more than I could have in an MBA. Dealing with deadlines, clients, paychecks and peope… sheeesh. Heh. But we’ve come through and are now working on a game title. Good times!.

So yes… Work wise life has been good and I expect it to get even better in 2009. Love wise its been awesome. Albane and I keep learning to be together and adapt to each other and enjoy each other’s company and differences more and more. Its been good. She’s the one. But I did neglect a couple of things this year: my health, my relationships.

I was so focused on work that I couldn’t be around people I cared for. Now is too late for one of them. I miss Pollo and I feel horrible I wasn’t around him enough, and that made me wonder. If I do achieve all that I want to achieve professionally, will I be happy?… Mmmh. I don’t think so!. I think I’ll always want more and more. I’m addicted to learning new things and the way I am I’d just need bigger and bigger challenges. So while professional life could bring me a lot of satisfaction and the means to achieve some goals, it won’t be the source of happiness in my life. For that I need my friends and loved ones. I’ll focus on that during 2009.

Likewise, I had some major health problems during the year because of being a tad too stressed. Turns out I had a tumor that could have gotten nasty, I had surgery and all that. Why did I decide to go to the doctor despite the fact that I had been feeling ill for so long already?… Again, Pollo. It was him that conviced me to go in appreciation of my health. I’ll consider that one of his best gifts to me. Had it not been for his commets maybe I’d still have something inside of me growing and able to destroy me… So health is my second one. 

I think its better to have one or two goals and really focus instead of having a ton… I’m setting two: re-connect with friends and be healthy. Lets see how it goes. :-) 2009 will be very very interesting. :-)