Today is my birthday. Do me a favor and ignore that previous sentence. The only reason I mention it is because I told a friend that this is going to be an awesome year. I'm not sure why I said it. There's nothing particularly special about this coming year. Yes, I have plans to do some good things; I'm scheduled to teach several photography classes, I'll pay off my studio morgage and probably create some wonderful images for clients to treasure. And yes, something could happen that would change my view. Sure, I could sit back and have another "normal" year. But barring anything tragic, why shouldn't this be the best year of my life? I'm sure that with a little extra effort, I will be able to look back on this year and say "Yup, it was a very good year".