The Significance of Closure

At the end of each year, folks around the world take personal inventory of accomplished goals, missed opportunities and prospects for tomorrow.  With 21 days left before this year is officially over, I have taken the time to focus on the importance of closure and self-reflection.  I began this digital diary at the start of 2010 thinking that this was a great medium for sharing my personal message and hearing from folks out in cyberspace about their experiences.  The only drawback is that my marketing tactics were weak and nearly non-existent.  What the blogs have morphed into resembled more of journal pages in digital format for public view.  However, I am appreciative of the courage to begin to share myself with such candor.  Today I know that this journey would not have been complete if I did not comprise a list of the things that actually got completed in 2010.  At this moment I want to acknowledge myself for the following:

1. Having the courage to start the Brown Girls Talk Blog
2. Inviting a few friends to actually read my words
3. Self publishing my 1st self-help book entitled "Always the Victor, Never A Victim: Healing, Loving & Laughing While Affirming Yourself
4. Taking 2 all female trips to New Orleans & Las Vegas for the 1st time in my life
5. Visiting 2 cities in California for the purposes of relocation
6. Driving cross country to relocate to San Diego, CA
7. Applying and entering a PhD program
8. Submitting, serving and awaiting the final decree for a divorce
9. Living on my own for the 1st time in my life
10. Caring for my mother who had major surgery

While the aforementioned accomplishments may not seem so grand, they are events which have made me feel a sense of pride.  They can be used as reminders for what I am capable of achieving despite the appearance of madness and confusion all around.  The way we begin a thing is typically the way that we end it.  I'd like to believe that I began 2010 with a sense of strength and resilience.  And it is only natural that I close the year out in the same way.  Although there are some other areas which I intend to bring closure to by December 31, I know that acknowledging my personal accomplishments had to get completed.