2009 has been a wonderful year, completing two semesters (MBA Friends, Fall 2009), internship (Baroda et al), a trip to Florida(Disney) and Wisconsin (Midwest), and nice vacation at home. As from links above you can see all have been blogged. Now time for promises I made last year and how did it go?

• Take YAP to newer level and at least have 30 episodes in 2009: This was a disaster. I apologize to all YAP listeners that I was not able to keep the promise. I would not give any excuses or make any promises in this field. I am working on something and when it is time, I will release it out.
• Start running, I don’t want to be a marathon runner but at least want to do 5 KM in a stretch. This goal was achieved on April 16, 2009 when I ran the 3.2 mile Run for Remembrance at Virginia Tech. I was helped by some friends in inspiration to make myself stretch for this kind of run, otherwise it used to be longer but short bursts with walking breaks.
• Learn a lot about photography: This also worked out well, this has been the year with most learning in field of photography. Currently I am fairly confident in shooting sports, nature and can handle wide variety of cameras to shoot specific stuff. Still a long way to go but I am happy with this start. Mostly I shot Basketball, Volleyball and Football this season and all galleries can be found here.
• Reduce weight, at least by 4 kg: This seemed like a hard goal, but ‘running’ and ‘running for photography’ helped a lot. In fact I was able to double the figure and lost 8+ kg. I feel really good about it now and don’t want to push it forward but maintain the same.
• …and learn, learn, learn…. : I learned a lot this year especially in field of management, made a lot of plans and tried to keep my learning to practical purposes. But this is a continuous effort, I should not be satisfied ever and am not. This would be my primary goal for 2010 too.

What next: I will let this picture talk -

This is not a randomly selected goal but chosen from a set of goals. I believe this is one area where I need to improve. I have noticed that I am patient to most of the people, but when it comes to someone close I am not that tolerant. I get irritated by small issues, my expectations are high and it leads to friction. So I am going to learn to be better friend.