There is another way of looking back over the year. Instead of how little you accomplished, look at how much! A year, that's 364 days, to fill with breathing and talking and learning and crying and regretting and learning all over again...It almost never felt like it at the time, but every day last year was a step forward to who I am today. That's a nice thought: that no matter how pointless a day might have seemed, as 2011 arrives it brings with it perspective. That day was a step, not a very exciting step, but it was a step nonetheless. We, Creation, Humanity, are intrinsically designed to move forward and so we do, sometimes slowly, sometimes with great speed, sometimes laughing and so many other times crying. But we are moving forward, we are going somewhere, we are, dare I say, progressing.

So whether you have spent your first day of 2011 nursing a hangover, enjoying the company of your loved ones or a little bit of everything I hope today is the start of another wonderful year, a clean slate which, like those tempting chalkboards at school, we can fill with equations and work, but doodles and smiley faces too.

Have a great year.

Kika