A Look Ahead

On this the first day of the year 2009, I'm just taking a few moments to look at the year ahead and some of the things that I hope it contains. Many of these are simply wants from my perspective, but truth be told, I'm quite content with my life as it is today. Certainly I have goals and things I hope to achieve, I am not satisfied to sit back and do nothing, but I am content, I have a blessed life.

Over the next year there are a few things that stand out as priorities for my personal life, primarily in context of my family. We moved into a new house in March of last year, and while we've already done a lot of work getting everything set-up, there are a few things that I want to accomplish this year:

1. Finish the basement
2. Build the fence and shed
3. Get a hot tub (we had one at the old place and miss it like crazy)

Aside from working on the house, Summer is always a family priority, in particular getting out and spending time in the boat, expanding our abilities and also getting many people out and teaching them to ski or wakeboard. Sharing our love for the water is one of my favorite things in the summer and it seems like every year we get great opportunities.

Of course, we always look forward to our holiday in Idaho and this year is no different. I'm also hoping that my wife and I can get away just the two of us a couple of times. My side of the family is also hoping to start a new annual tradition of spending a weekend somewhere as a group to build and ensure we remain connected to each other, even as our lives increasingly take us in different directions and are extremely busy.

For me personally, I'm also hoping to blog more regularly (and maybe shorter posts) and to continue to build relationships and network through various online channels. Hopefully this will also give me some new creative ideas at work.

As a whole, I suppose that my hopes for the next year are really about building on relationships all across the board, with family, friends, colleagues and anyone else who would like to become a part of my life.

What are your hopes for the coming year?