Close of the year. Hallelujah!

So it's the close of the year and what a year it has been. I'm super excited it's over. I've done a lot of amazing things, and met people that I will always claim to be my best friends. But along with all the fun, I have also had plenty of heartache and pain. With the new year I hope to start with a fresh attitude and a new perspective and hopefully in 2009 life will be that much better! My life is surely blessed and I can't become complacent in my gratitude for everything I've been given. The Lord knows our needs and I continue to be grateful for His guidance. I don't know what I'd do without the gospel in my life.

Looking back there was and will always be an equal amount of ups and downs you have to go through in life, but with every experience you learn something about yourself, how to deal with people/the situation, and how to hopefully not make the same mistake. Sucks you have to have any sort of hurt, grief, pain...but it only makes you that much stronger! With the new year we tend to make goals for the following 365 days and I've tried to think about what I want to change, improve and I haven't been able to think of anything major. I'm pretty good at setting and keeping goals...for instance, in 2003 I decided to stop drinking soda and I did. Last year I decided I was going to stop eating hamburger meat from fast food joints (don't ask me why, I think I just thought it was disgusting) and I did it for the most part.

I guess this year I just hope to be content in my life situation and to always look at the bright side. I hope I can move on, be strong, and laugh during any hard experiences I will surely have to deal with. I want to manage my money better, I want to exercise on a regular basis (more-so), I want to eat out less...just little things like that but big enough to make an impact in my life.

I hope 2009 is a better year than this year and I hope it's that way for all my friends and loved ones! :)

Love you guys!