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Happy New Year to everyone, a lot of good things happen in 2008 and a couple bad made our life a bit sour. I’m happy for all the cool technology related advancements we had this year and for all the new things I learned along the way. After having the best of my years with my family and a stumbling economy, I have come learn how to better prioritize my personal life.

Happy New Year.

While on the subject, how many of you have made your new year’s resolutions? This is the best time of the year to plan ahead on a short term what do you want to accomplish in 2009. I have managed to create a short but doable list of items that I don’t want to miss doing this year:

1. Health – I want to be more active, not just join a gym. The reality is that almost everyone that joins a gym after a new year doesn’t even last the first couple of months. I want to be more active, get out and do stuff like rock climbing, bicycling, and some sort of sport. If you plan to lose weight, it makes it easier if you are having fun along the way.
2. Career – Like many people, I want to stop working for someone else. I want to grow my online presence, sell stuff, and do whatever it takes to get to a healthy financial independence. This requires a lot of time-investment, but if you have the right tools, the desire, and your family’s support, you can do great things in a short time.
3. Financially – Don’t confuse this one with financial independence, the trick is not to know where you are today but where you will be in the future. I don’t want to open an IRA, I want to work for money so that in the future the money work for me. I plan to invest only in items that result in secure earnings, watch out for revitalized real estate market, this is my chance to really make a big return on investment out of it.
4. Technology – I plan to get deep into technology and green solutions in my life, this can even be a side business. If it’s good for your health and for the environment, it can be good for your pocket too. Don’t spend money on stuff like a water filter, spend money on a water filter opportunity that pays you back (this is just an example.)
5. Family – And I’m not talking about my wife and kid, but also I’m not talking about doing anything without them. Don’t try to make your family more close to each other, instead remind everyone what is a family. Don’t make a birthday party for one person, make an opportunity for everyone to remember why you are there and why you are needed exactly where you are.

Make this New Year a year of opportunity, don’t look back, don’t listen to those who don’t believe, and listen to those that really matter to you. Don’t forget to go to church, don’t forget your neighbors, in the long run they will be grateful to have you around.

I want to be firm and successful this New Year 2009, and I’m going to do it. If you have a couple of words to share with this community, go ahead, write a short comment for all of us. Thank you for reading.