And here I am at work. Almost everyone has left for the holiday. I'm the lucky chosen one that gets to stay until 1700 hour and closes up. Great. I come to realize that the end of the year is just around the corner and it's time for me to determine if I've met the goals I have set for myself in the beginning of 2005. I took my '2005 GOALS' list down from my board. I kept it there for the whole year to constantly remind me of the things that I still needed to do. I checked off most of my goals.

I had come up with short and long term goals this year. Short term as in going to the dentist and doctor’s office for a routine check up and long term as in going back for my master’s degree. The only goal I did not make this year was to get into grad school. Back in March I decided to take the GMAT to go back to SDSU for my master’s degree. I gave myself one month to study my ass off. In the end, one month was just not good enough. I later learned that most people give themselves at least six month to study. No wonder my score was so low. Since I didn’t get to go back to school, my alternative was to purchase a condo. All those long hours of calculating my expenses and income, I bought my first condo in November 2005. So much for grad school.

As the year comes near, I realize I didn’t do so badly. I met most of my goals with the exception that if I didn’t get into grad school, I would just spend the money on a place. Now I’ll be in debt for the next 30 years of my life. Now I just need a lifelong partner to share my experience with.