At this time it's common to hear "Wow, how quickly the year passed!", and I've heard it a lot, but I've responded the opposite: the year passed slowly and was very intense! I can't remember carnival or the last New Year's Eve, it seems like the Rio Parade in October was a long time ago, but it was only two months ago!
Without fear of making mistakes, I say that 2008 was the best year I've ever experienced. Both personal and professional. The central words were maturity and achievement.
Personally, I finally have a two-way relationship, we complement each other and I feel that I am rewarded for donating my time and attention. We're practically living together, and next year there won't be "practically" anymore.
Professionally, it was the year of internalizing, qualifying and improving the services we provide. We gained prominence, awards and praise, the team has never been so in tune and willing, and we almost broke big news in 2008, but our excessive prudence makes us wait for the right moment. Now in December again, we will have the biggest marketing actions in Rio de Janeiro, Florianópolis and – as a bonus – Recife.
The most interesting thing, in both areas, is that in addition to accomplishing and achieving a lot this year, we also sowed a lot, and we will start to harvest in February. It seems that the most interesting thing is that for every problem or deficiency we have, the solution is already underway or we have three options on how to solve it.
Last year I made a post/retrospective here on the blog with links to the important moments of the year, but in 2008 so much happened that I don't remember... I would have to do a lot of research in my diary, blog and Outlook and, honestly... "Laziness "!
This Saturday I travel as I planned and dreamed of since the beginning of the year, and also with the person I most wanted to be with at that time. But to tell the truth, I'm already missing the day-to-day, ordinary days that will come... It seems that in December everything is very intense, either very good or very bad, and it's a lot of things at the same time! I hope to find peace now in January when I return.
Of course, not everything is rosy. I travel worried about my sick dog who will stay in a hotel; my office is no longer in a building so concerns about security increase (despite all measures in this regard being taken); the property of my house, the same thing. I will miss my friends and family on the trip and I am also worried about business as I will be inaccessible for some problems, but there are very competent people taking care of everything. I had losses this year, relatives and friends who passed away, several problems we faced, some took hours of sleep. But everything resolved! Bring on 2009!
2009 will be the year of changes, positioning and no crisis or American problems... This will pass, they will clean up their mess. Obama will bring a great result to the world. My companies' projections are incredible, in two months we will be even calmer and more comfortable.
I wish you, readers of A Capa and my blog, great holidays and an incredible 2009! I don't know if I'll write about the trip, but in 2009 we'll be together, for sure!
