2009: I’m not dead yet…

Posted on 19. Nov, 2009 by sethcaskey in Posts

42 days and counting.

That’s how long we have until it becomes 2010. (Which raises the question is two-thousand-ten OR twenty-ten?) Verdict still out.

Anyway, a friend of mine posted to Twitter a few weeks ago that he was disappointed that he hadn’t reached one of his goals for 2009. Now granted it was a lofty one, but an attainable one none the less.

My first response was to say, “2009′s not over yet. There’s still time.”

That was met with a, “Yeah, but it’s not likely to happen.”

Grrrrr…..

One of my favorite things to do over the holidays is to sit down and write out my goals for the coming year. I buy a new notebook, get a new pen (I’m a bit of an office supply nerd) and spend a couple days thinking through the areas of my life and come up with goals I want to accomplish.

A few days ago I went back and looked over those that I set for 2009 to see how I am doing. (I try and do this at least once a quarter to stay on track)

I opened them up and realized that it’s November and I haven’t yet reached many of them. Most of them are acting related, and when it comes right down to it, I really have no control over. I can’t “make” someone hire me for a “minimum of one co-star role on an episodic television show.”

So what’s my point?

2009 is NOT DEAD YET!

While there may only be a few short weeks left, why not close out this year with a bang. Why not hunker down and spend the next 42 days taking some specific steps to achieve one of your goals.

You may not reach it, but I guarantee the New Year’s mojito will taste much sweeter knowing that in these last 42 days you really did something and “mint” it.

Tags: acting, goals, realityofdoing, sethcaskey