Category: Life

1. What did you do in 2010 that you’d never done before? Skydive.
2. Did you keep your New Year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year? No, I did not. Ever the optimist, I’ll give it another try in 2011.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
4. Did anyone close to you die?
5. What places did you visit?
6. What would you like to have in 2011 that you lacked in 2010?
7. What dates from 2010 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
8. What was your biggest achievement(s) of the year?
9. What was your biggest failure?
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? Pneumonia/Pleurisy.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
14. Where did most of your money go?
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
16. What song will always remind you of 2010?
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder?
b) thinner or fatter?
c) richer or poorer?
18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
20. How did you spend Christmas last year?
21. Did you fall in love in 2010?
22. What was your favorite TV program?
23. What did you do for your birthday in 2010?
24. What was the best book you read?
25. What was your greatest musical discovery?
26. What did you want and get?
27. What did you want and not get?
28. What was your favorite film of this year?
29. Did you make some new friends this year?
30.What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2010?
32. What kept you sane?
33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
34. What political issue stirred you the most?
35. Who did you miss?
36. Who was the best new person you met? Every new person I met was the best new person.
37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2010.

TechnoGymWave: 46 minutes, 7 miles, HR=130.

Our most profound joy is often experienced during ordinary moments. What was one of your most joyful ordinary moments this year?

What did you eat this year that you will never forget? What went into your mouth & touched your soul?

Sift through all the photos of you from the past year. Choose one that best captures you; either who you are, or who you strive to be. Find the shot of you that is worth a thousand words. Share the image, who shot it, where, and what it best reveals about you.

What was the best moment that could serve as proof that everything is going to be alright? And how will you incorporate that discovery into the year ahead?

Let’s meet again, for the first time. If you could introduce yourself to strangers by another name for just one day, what would it be and why?

How did you travel in 2010? How and/or where would you like to travel next year? I didn’t travel at all in 2010. Unless we’re going to count road trips to Walker to see my Dad and the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. I’m not complaining. There are few places that can beat the wonder and serenity of my own back yard. 2011 will be different. The dogs have a kennel reservation for an early March road trip to Phoenix, AZ. There’s the Disney Vacation Club information on my kitchen desk awaiting a decision.

Imagine yourself five years from now. What advice would you give your current self for the year ahead? (Bonus: Write a note to yourself 10 years ago. What would you tell your younger self?)

What should you have done this year but didn’t because you were too scared, worried, unsure, busy or otherwise deterred from doing? (Bonus: Will you do it?) My intention was to lose 10 pounds this year. I didn’t lose 10 pounds, I gained 5. They’ve got to go in 2011. Got to!