I would like to be able to look forward to the future w/ a sense of excitement. I want my future life to be great. This year my goals are really simple: my main goal is to reduce my debt as much as I can w/o being totally broke. My other goal is to not screw up my job...um, in other words: I want to show my managers that I'm worth keeping. I try everyday to be a good employee. I've been trying not to show up late for work. That's a start.

I don't have a lot of events to look forward to this year. I am planning to go to a family reunion in March. After that, I don't know what else. I like to take long walks in the forest. It relaxes my mind. I'll do that once a month as long as gas prices remain stable. It's a one hour drive to the mountains just northeast from here. It's worth the drive. The pine trees are tall and glorious. The dirt trail takes me to green meadows with large stones scattered about. The winter snow melts and forms creeks in the canyons. The wild flowers decorate the landscape in the spring with yellow, purple, orange colours. When I walk in the forest, there are no human problems to deal with. The natural world doesn't tell me to be the best I can be. It just lets me be. That's what I like about hiking in the mountains.