It's a wonderful life.

Ah, the end of another year is again upon us. As TJH2 put it, the "taking stock time." I walked home tonight thinking about how much happier I am this year than last. And really, how much happier I am now than I've ever been. 2007 was a wake-up call year for me. I knew I needed to make changes in my life to really gain a true sense of myself again. I did that. As you all know, and are probably tired of hearing already, quitting the law firm was the healthiest thing I could have done. I feel like I grew up this year. In my 20s I had a job that didn't require me to work all hours of the day and night. I didn't appreciate it then, I was trying to find myself and figure out what I wanted to be when I grew up. I was angst-ridden, suicidal, angry, confused, anxious, all sorts of awful things like that. It's taken me a while, but I think I've finally outgrown that phase. I think the last few years, while challenging, were the final vestiges of that earlier self. Today, I am finally a grown-up. I have a professional career -- yes, a career that I know I can be happy with, perhaps in different iterations, but a career nonetheless. I own my home. I have wonderful friends of a terrifically eclectic variety. I have men who love me (not in the literal sense, but in the I don't need to settle down with anyone because I'm having too much fun sense). I feel like I have the proverbial "all." 2007 has been a very fine year indeed. Here's to 2008.