Countdown to 2010: Do You Have Friday Fever?

Christmas Bustle via WrldVoyagr @ Flickr

I’ve got Friday Fever big time today. It’s the last Friday before Christmas. Kids get out of school for winter break today. People are coming and going for holiday festivities. It’s really hard to pay attention to work – but there are still some client needs to be met, so I’m sucking up another cup of coffee and trying to focus. TGIF

But more than being antsy just THIS Friday, I’m reading messages of ‘thankfully, 2009 is ending’ all over the place. People have 2009 Fever, and it’s not hard to understand why. It’s natural to want something painful or difficult to end (and the media agrees on this one: 2009 has been painful for most). My teens are happy this is the last day of finals – and they won’t have to cram for tests anymore. At least until spring finals…

Are we all hoping that these next couple of weeks are the last time we’ll need to worry about all the stuff we’ve been agonizing over this year? Probably. Hoping, that is. But not realistically.

2010 sounds exciting because it’s NOT 2009. It’s also the start of a new decade. We like fresh starts – or symbols of them. I remember how excited I was this time last year, because we were getting a new President in the White House and everything was going to be much, much better. I know there are mixed reviews on that topic, no matter your political persuasion, but the reality was just different than expectations – as it always is. Oh yes – and in 2010 the Canadians are hosting the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. (Shout out to my in-laws and friends up north)

I liked a post this morning from Kneale Mann, author of One Mann’s Blog, who urges a New Year’s resolution “Let’s Get Stuff Done”. I’m with him. Hoping, wishing, pining, whining, blaming, waiting or giving up are not action verbs. They’re inaction verbs. So instead of ‘waiting for things to change’ – make things change! Put out some effort, use your imagination, share ideas, volunteer to do more.

I promise myself to follow this advice. It’s what got MarketUP started, and kept it going. And it’s allowed me to meet and work with some amazing individuals, for which I am thankful.

What will you be doing in 2010? I’m going to be MAKING IT HAPPEN.

I am Making It Happen

Happy holidays to all (with the help of Blues Traveller, a Christmas Song) –Donna