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2009...The Things I've Learned

It wasn't a bad year in the business sense and it wasn't a really terrible year either, personally but, somehow, I spent those 365 days learning something new. Here they are, in the nutshell.
  1. I am the most important person to me. Next, my kids. Then my family. Business is important but it has taken up the number 1 spot for the longest time. So, for 2010 rearranging my priorities
  2. I can say no.
  3. I have to trust people. One of my biggest problems, actually.
  4. Fine-tune my goals
  5. Be more 'there' with my kids
  6. Focus
  7. Every single one of my friends is a blessing. I am sorry for having neglected you guys all this while. And thank you for still being here and willing to be my friend, despite me being an ass and all
  8. Family will be there even when you are a biatch to them
  9. I am not indestructible. I am human
  10. I love me
All in all, it's been, basically, a whole year of learning how to bring the focus back to what's important to me. Previously, I've been led down a road of financial gain and meeting the needs of others (business and personally), so, I've been waylaid. The kind of laid that is not good whichever way you look at it. I also resolve to write more for myself and put 'Marsha' as one of my clients.
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