Happy New Year! Don't forget the leap second. (The comments are worth reading, if you're unaware of just how arbitrary timekeeping is.)

Somewhat uncharacteristically, I think, I start 2006 with some goals/desires/intentions. At the beginning of 2005, I think I'd forgotten exactly how my intentions and internal state determine the opportunities and "coincidences" that come my way.

• Open up. I started 2005 with a relationship crashing and burning in an all-too-familiar way, though I managed that iteration vastly better than in the past. Still, I figured it'd be good to stay single for a while and "sort things out". It really just led to a hermetic year of some useful processing, but mostly just not having sex. Let's not do that this year.
• Chill the fuck out. Following on the above, I'm remembering that I can just lay it all down. Everything. Be free. A leaf on the wind. I took a hiatus from the Flow; I hoped, I wanted, I desired. It fucking sucked. Get back with the program, you dumbass monkey.
• Continue kicking ass at work. This encourages them to pay me more money while continuing to work less, which all keeps me feeling good that I can stay employed through the next recession.
• Keep training toward that black belt, certainly because it's training, but also...
• ...I have a dream, wherein I store or sell my stuff and go to Europe for several months, especially France and Spain. I'd rather do this after I get my shodan, which should be 2-3 years; this handily coincides with the end of a lengthy term at my current job (or a time when I can arrange a leave of absence). This also gives me some time and a goal for doing some investing.