Last day of the decade

It has been 10 years since I was that clueless teenager just out of school ready to enlist into the military. What does one do in 10 years? Well, we grow up, for one. Military training, university, a year abroad, and two years in legal practice. I daresay that this decade, more than any decade, will be the decade that has most shaped my life, my beliefs, my psyche.

We are the Y2K generation, we lived through 9-11 and economic booms and busts. We are a cacophony of citizen media, the generation that has gained so much but (almost) lost it all as well.

Looking forward, what does the next decade have to offer? Reconciliation between the Koreas and the Chinas? Increased social and political freedom? The economic emergence of Africa? No one knows, and the above is conjecture at best. It's out of my hands, and what I can control, is but my own destiny, and the hope that my life may have some impact on others.

I'm still working on that. May the next decade be even better than this one. Happy New Year one and all :)