I meant to do this on the 31st to see out 2010 and ring in 2011 but I guess it actually works now since 2010 is well and truly over. So here goes, my official review of 2010:
1. What did you do in 2010 that you had never done before? Even though it feels like there were a million things, the one that stands out has to be I travelled by myself. I spent 4 days in Agra and Delhi totally by myself. I don’t think I like solo travel.
2. Did you keep your New Year resolutions and will you make more for this year? Well I made some that I promptly forgot so I guess I didn’t keep them. I’m making some for this year and I hope that at this time next year I’ll be feeling smug because I kept them all
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? I guess the interpretation of close is fairly loose here but there were a lot of births. My cousin Amara had a baby, my friends Ada and Kpoms had babies too.
4. Did anyone close to you die? Thankfully not!
5. What countries did you visit? Italy, US, Thailand, and India
6. What would you like to have in 2011 that you didn’t have in 2010? Savings – like proper long term savings
7. What dates from 2010 will be etched upon your memory, and why? I’m not terribly good with dates. I remember key events from last year but it would take an awful lot of digging to reconcile them with the dates
8. What was your biggest achievement of this year? Getting promoted in March
9. What was your biggest failure? Not getting a transfer that I applied for. It might be sour grapes now that I think I didn’t really want it but at the time I felt like a massive failure.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? From a seriously wimpy perspective, yes. I had crazy stomach issues, chronic lower back pain and a recurring injury to my medial ligament
11. What was the best thing you bought? Ahhh, there’s some serious competition between my Blackberry and my iPhone 4. However, I have to say the BB. It literally saved some of my closest friendships from dying.
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration? My parents were absolutely awesome and amazing. I finally understand unconditional love.
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed? I don’t know anyone whose behaviour could depress me and I guess no one (other than politicians and public figures) appalled me last year.
14. Where did most of your money go? Other than bills, I guess it was travel
15. What did you get really excited about? Lots and lots of stuff - visiting Asia for the first time, Miami, my friend’s wedding, the most awesome work party ever are just a few
16. What song will always remind you of 2010? This is so easy since I already covered it here. Tie My Hands by Lil Wayne.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you: a) happier or sadder? b) thinner or fatter? c) richer or poorer? Fatter and richer. The happiness thing is a little trickier. If I think about January 1st 2010 alone then I’d have to say that I’m definitely happier today because I flew back to London from Nigeria on that day. Having thought about it a bit more now I think it’s safe to say that I’m happier now. I spent the last day of 2010 with one of my favourite people in the world and my forecast for 2011 is sunny and bright.
18. What do you wish you’d done more of? Followed through with my plans
19. What do you wish you’d done less of? Sat on my arse and procrastinated
20. How did you spend Christmas? With two of my siblings at home.
21. Did you fall in love in 2010? Nope
22. What was your favorite TV program? Mad Men
23. What was the best book you read? Oh, this is really tough. There are a few books that stand out and I’ve never been able to pick out a favourite thing – like ever. I know I’ll probably revisit this when I’ve had a chance to check the deep recesses of my brain for the awesome books I read last year but right now I’ll go with Brooklyn by Colm Toibin.
24. What was your greatest musical discovery? Florence and the machine. “Lungs” is so amazing!
25. What did you want and get? A promotion
26. What did you want and not get? A transfer
27. What was your favorite film of 2010? Oh boy! Another tough one. I really liked Inception. Kick Ass was seriously memorable. I’ll go with The Kids Are All Right though. I saw it in cinema three times!
28. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? I turned 27 and I went out with 3 of the coolest girls on the planet. It was a great birthday.
29. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? Probably loving a guy who loved me back.
30. How would you describe your personal fashion concept of 2010? Evolving. I’m neither stylish nor fashionable but I made some effort in 2010.
31. What kept you sane? Music
32. What political issue stirred you the most? I don’t know if I’m allowed to say it was the healthcare reforms issue in the US. Is that political? I don’t even know.
33. Who did you miss? A lot of my friends are far away from me and I miss them all the time.
34. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2010. That much as I love to live in the now, it’s probably best to think about the future a little more.
35. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year. This is super tough because I’m not really a lyrics girl and it will probably take hours into days into weeks and maybe months for me to figure out a lyric to sum up my year. I’ll update the post once I figure it out though.
So that’s it for 2010. It wasn’t the best year of my life so far but it was a pretty good one.
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