2008 – Anyone Got A Match?
December 24, 2008 (47 Responses)
IT’S A YEAR I’d rather forget, and if I could throw some petrol on it and light a match I would, yet looking forward into 2009 is like standing on the edge of an deep abyss.
It started out so differently and I can remember this time last year being full of hope for the future, where as now I realise I was just operating on bad instincts and false promises at the time. I had thought 2008 was going to bring a measure of personal and professional success, but instead it delivered betrayal, bad judgement and seemingly endless trials.
I write this article not to divulge the details or to bitch and moan for no good reason, rather I commit these words to posterity so that I will not forget, so that I will mark this occasion and remember well the hard lessons learned this year as we all face into an uncertain future in 2009.
The global economy has faltered and crashed, the banks are in disarray requiring bail out packages from governments. The outlook in pretty bleak with over 50% of surveyed companies indicating that they are shedding staff in order to cope with rising costs and falling revenues. Everywhere you look it’s getting tougher, and I suspect it will be like this for a couple of years at least before any semblance of balance is restored. I’m lucky enough to still at least have a job, but I have no illusions about that either. Everything is pretty fragile heading into 2009.
And so, when I consider what could have been, and how differently the past year might have been if things had worked out as originally planned and promised, well I think I would just prefer to douse the entire thing in petrol and throw a burning match over my shoulder upon it as I turn my back on the year once and for all.
Although the burning pyre that was 2008 was a disaster for me I know it was a great year for others and to those lucky individuals I wish them continued success and good fortune. In the great balancing scales of our existence some must go up while others fall further; it is inevitable and rightly so. Good needs bad, success is defined in contrast only to failure. Let this brief post serve as a reminder so that - if I am lucky enough to still be here in one year and find myself looking back at 2009 – I can compare and contrast this low ebb, this point in time. Who knows, maybe the scales will have balanced back in my favour this time next year, or perhaps I’m only at the start of the slide downwards.
Enough said. Christmas is upon us. Whichever shared delusion religion you subscribe to I wish you a safe and happy break from the usual rat race. Enjoy the time with family and friends if possible.
Me? I’m going to warm my hands on the burning pyre that was 2008 
I can feel your pain. Sometimes I begin to think all of my years are like that, but there is awlays someone who has it worse.
In any case, I hope the coming year brings better luck. And if it doesn’t, I hope the catastrophes will be small one.
Have a good holiday as a way to forget this wretched year and begin the new.
Why the hell am I so cheerful all of a sudden?
WTF??!!
Thanks OP; Best wishes to you and yours too, and believe me I know there is always someone worse off, I only vented as a way to get it down on paper so that I could mark the occasion and look forward rather than backward, if that makes any sense:)
Merry Christmas!
As a beneficary of your genius i sincerely wish you the very best for the next year. It is good to put 2008 to bed with a little smoke. I really hope 2009 will be good for you because you deserve it. my good friend. looking forward to reading your 2010, 2011 ……2019,,,,,2022….2030 blogs
Coyote,
I’m with you on this post. 2008 was the pits and I think a sit over in purgatory. I also hope 2009 will bring to light more of something, anything, better. I have at least hope that Bush will finally be gone and in that, I rejoice! Hugs, R
Thanks for all the kind thoughts folks. 2009 is upon us… let the games begin
it’s always good to try and take a step back and gain perspective, its never easy but it can help. Hope 2009 is a cracker for ya.
I agree!
In 2008:
-My car broke down
-My boyfriend’s car completely died (RIP)
-Our house got broken into (all our electronics stolen)
-Kidney stones = pain
-Cancer diagnosed in family member
I can has new year!!!!!??
Love the “shared delusion” line! I’m a year late but my situation iseven worse than 2008. Here in Mich-I-can’t, the land of former Big 3, it’s worse than ever! I’ll be looking for a match this year as well. At the very least, I’ll pee on 2009!
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