2008 started out with so much personal promise, but looks to end with little personal success. But in the words of the great John Lennon, "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans," and there ain't any words more truer than that. Despite the big picture ideas, the little things seem to take over your day to day especially the older you get.

I know that for the most part I'm generally the oldest guy in the room, especially in a room full of daydreamers. I guess people give up after time and settle into just being happy with the day to day. Me, I still dream of what I would like to do and if I have more failures than successes well I'll still have my successes.

Fanciful as it might be to dream of success, it's hard not to look upon the new year, this new era, with a little bit of hope. My country is in one heck of a transition. The market is the worst it has ever been in nearly 80 years. We, as a country, have taken a step against our own prejudices our own status quo and voted in someone I hope will be looked back on a great man. The country is changing and I'm going to be turning 40, leaving behind 20 years of daydreaming in pursuit of many more. I think this could be the best time for personal transition, a time to be aggressive and build upon those dreams. I think it's possible to come out the other end of this recession (possible depression) with complete fulfillment.

This year might end with low but thankfully that means the only place to go is high. I'm banking on it and I hope to share a lot of new things with you in the new year as I say good-bye to 30-something.

Till next time, be fabulist,

Ron Earl Phillips
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