bang bang

the year 2011 is inevitably drawing to its end. no matter how nonchalantly one tries to approach the matter i reckon it is more or less compulsory to look back a bit and try to make some kind of summary of the past 12 months. what has changed since the last time rockets were fired to the sky, what has remained the same -- what has disappointed and what has been rewarding. what was good, what was bad, and most importantly -- how to improve that balance during the next year.

but as convenient a focus point the start of a new calendar year is, it might be more useful to have those kinds of reflection points more often. it doesn't take a new year's resolution to get rid of a nasty habit or otherwise make changes in your life -- as obvious as it may seem, it is sometimes easy to forget that every day can be the start of something new, or end of something old. all it takes is a little bit of courage, and a little bit of blunt honesty as well.

you do, after all, choose the way you live your life.