I hear ya on that Jansenov. I can't remember a worse year of my life, outside 2011. 2007 maybe, but that had it's high points, and they were more numerous than the ones in 2011.
Great to hear the NPS is lifting the freeze on hiring in February, Cancerian Tiger! Hope you get in!
February's going to be big for me too, as that's when I can retest for the Foreign Service. This year is either going to make me or break me, and I admit, I felt a bit ominous last night, but I'm going to face it with determination and resolve as well.
On one other note, I just want everyone to live as fully as they are capable of doing this year. I look around me and see that the abilities to conceive, believe, and achieve are diminishing, and that the world's spirit of "can and must do" has turned into division and complacency. We're all mostly young here. Let's step up to the plate. Let's do our fair share to thrust our national and international psyche in the direction of innovation and motivate, to quote a friend, who said it much better than I could. Let's focus our hearts and souls on common goals, united mission, and joint sacrifice. I know we can sit back and feel dread when we look at all that's going on around us. It's terrible, and can lead to defeatism, but I see it as a gut check. The time to doubt your ability to contribute is over; the time to act is now. Even if it's small, limited to just your local region, your impact is still important, and since we're the future of the world by and large, we can shape it when our turn comes.
Happy New Year everyone!
