(intro) Didn't We Almost Have it All

Two years ago, I had the most amazing apartment, met an amazing guy, and well…not such an amazing job, however life was good. And in the blink of an eye it was all gone. No. Seriously.

Soon that amazing apartment notified me via roommate, "oh, our building is building renovated for new condos, starting...in 2 months". That amazing guy told me a week following our first meeting that he didn't want to date anyone at the time (uh huh, riiiiiight). And the not so amazing job gave me the pink slip.

Life certainly hands you lemons at the right time, huh? With that, I decided to make my own blank slate, start over and that is how I landed in Japan for 5 months last year.

Before leaving I thought I'd made a solid plan--I was going to stay for an entire year and after that, relocate from the home I'd known for 25 years, to a city that offered more job opportunities in the industries I was interested in. And of course, it didn't exactly happen that way.

Which brings me to my current state of affairs. It's January 2008, what are you going to do with your life?

I've certainly grown tired of the rollercoaster of good and bad news in my life since 2006. I'm ready to make the relocation I've wanted for so long and actually DO something about my career. I want to know that whoever reads this, it serves as motivation if you're in a similar situation--you've had your ups and downs, do something that you know will make you happy and give you a good outlook on the new year. Find that job, take that vacation, fall in love, get married, throw out your clothes from 1985--just do it now (come on, I'm not completely ripping off Nike's slogan!). And along the way, you can read about what happens next :)