Vacation, unfortunately, has come to an end. Oddly enough, that means that I’ll be able to post again, now that I’m getting back into my usual routine. Those days off from work were precious, and blogging just didn’t fit in the fast paced schedule of fun. But before I get back to business as usual I thought I’d take a little while to look back at some of the things that have happened to me in the past year.

• I switched career paths. Back in May I was lucky enough to find a job that was more suited to me with Compuware Covisint. While I still miss some of the great people I worked with while I was at Crowe and even sometimes wish I could get on a plane (occasionally) for work, things are really good here at my new job. In the eight months that I’ve been here so far I’ve managed to really settle in and establish a rhythm around here. It is a little different than I expected, but that’s normal. Overall I’m still very pleased with the move I made. There is an amazing group of people here at Covisint and I’m proud to say that I work there.
• I bought my first home. This is a pretty big step obviously, one I’m still realizing to be honest. It was a good move though. I really like the fact that I have a house and that it is my place to do what I want with. It’s a bit daunting at times too, because all the responsibility falls on my shoulders as well, but really it’s not too horrible. It is a bit interesting being a new homeowner in the market today, we’ll have to wait and see if my decision to buy now was wise or not. I have a pretty good feeling about it though.
• I improved friendships and made new ones. Socially speaking 2007 was a great  year. Now that I’m in one place I’ve been able to see my friends much more regularly, as well as make some new friends and even rediscover some friendships. I’ve also improved ties with my family, which is always a good thing.
• I adopted a healthier lifestyle. My last year of college and then the consulting gig after that didn’t do my weight any favors. Eating out constantly and being so busy and tired that I never felt like exercising were very bad, and part of the reason that I needed to change my career up actually. I’m really happy to say that I made good on my commitments to myself to get healthier and have lost over 40 lbs since May. Better diet (being able to cook for myself) was a part of it, but mostly it was just the access to a fantastic gym here at work as well as re-enrolling in my Aikido training. This is one habit I won’t have any trouble sticking with.
• I became more musically active. I made some good improvements to my home studio and spent more time working on my music. Now I just need to work on recording more of it.

All said and done 2007 was a great year for me. A year with big changes, but almost entirely good ones. My financial situation didn’t improve as much as I was hoping in 2007 (buying a house was a big part of why it didn’t though) but that will give me something to work on in 2008. Things on the romantic front were also mostly quiet - kind of a downer - but with everything else going on I don’t really feel like I missed out on much. It’ll fall into place eventually.

This year should be pretty interesting…

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