The year of a coffee addiction, a practical gym routine and How I met your mother...

Firstly, this is my first attempt at a blog, I love writing and did a lot of it this year (My articles for the beloved Jag Journal and my Arsenal and Boston Celtics rantings and ravings on Bleacherreport.com), but honestly - My boss told me that I need to have one and I decided to finally jump on the "communication" bandwagon. (I also recently got on twitter, although i'm not too sure i'm a big fan of it.. yet).

SO, this has been a crazy year for me: getting done with college, moving to Fishers Indiana, Getting hitched and finally starting my career in Public Relations. Wow, I had a class that mentioned all four of those events as major life changes that would highly stress a person out! It's also been a year of no fast food, cleaning out the crude fratt-boy tees and changing the lifestyle to be taken more seriously as a professional. (Insert a lyrical ode to college here, via Asher Rother)

But looking back on this year, and let me clairfy that a year for me goes from May to May, you Gregorian fans can call it too many years of schooling i guess, but it really only makes sense, I don't think I had a stressful year. I think I had a great year and that I have added a lot of useful scars and dimensions to my life that I needed, both literally (note the new scar on my nose) and figuratively.

But, as cliche as this sounds, I guess I should have some words of advice from this year of metamorphis. This being good food for thought, I thought it would be good material for my first blog post...ever (I never had a diary as a kid and used to laugh at those who did... i sense another apology).

Now What Have I learned this year? I've learned to live in the present, and although I dream of success and about making lots of money and travelling the world, I've come to learn that the present is what is really most important. It's the little things done and said everyday that really spark meaning in life.

Don't take anything for granted and really work on the relationships that count. Family is essential, and for those of you who know me, I really haven't had the joy of doing the fun and boring mundane things with my family. This year has really taught me to work on those relationships.

Talking about relationships, I've been blessed with great friends and a beautiful wife that have stuck by me through the good and bad, and i'm extremely grateful for that. And even though my parents raised me with the thought that friends come and go and that family is what's most important, and as true as that statement is, I still beg to differ.

I've also learned to relax more and to not worry about things too much because they will work themselves out. One thing that we all need to remember (especially in this economy) is that life could be a lot worse, remember the little girl in the red dress, a la Schindler's list? or I guess Slumdog millionaire might be a more little more appropriate. So smile more and laugh harder and look fondly on all the memories that have created us.

Well, I think this post has been way too long, but it is my first, so I think it's justified. You might find yourself asking "Wow, he went through all that and that's all he learned? Dope!" To which i respond "Tsk Tsk my faithful blog reader from somewhere across the globe, there's a lot more to come!"

I hope you enjoy reading it and leave me some feedback. For me it's a way to express myself and network more, which apparantly "every PR professional needs to do!"