New Years Resolution And My 2015 Predictions

Every year, I make a new years resolution. I’m sure you all do too. And every year, it’s something like eat better and exercise more. Original, I know.

I did go through with my 2014 resolution, though I won’t say what it was. That was a first and pretty exciting right now. But for 2015 . . . I don’t really know.

I saw a book challenge on Goodreads, and they were talking about their reading goals for next year. That made me think about all those books I keep saying I’ll read but never do. I still have Casual Vacancy in my car after getting it when it first came out. smh

 

 

So I think one of my 2015 goals will be to read those books I said I would. This includes the Divergent Series and D.J. MacHale’s latest SYLO trilogy. Seems pretty good.

 

I don’t know what else I’ll include in my resolution, but I do have a few ideas on what the year is going to look like.

For me, I think I’ll find a full time job pretty quickly. And I think it’ll be an interesting year with Grandfather and how my publishing experience goes. More importantly, I think I might be able to travel somewhere awesome.

Now, I’m about to get all economicie over here. Everybody is always talking about how the economy is crap and everything is going to collapse. I don’t think that’s going to happen. At least not for many, many years.

 

A report just came in that the economy grew 5%, the biggest growth America has seen since 2003. Unemployment may still be high, but compared to what it was a year ago, it’s a lot better. Right now, it’s 5.8%. Did you know that there’s a Natural Rate of Unemployment? In 2007, it was 4.31% That means that the normal rate of unemployment isn’t 0% because Supply and Demand doesn’t intersect at 0.

5.8% isn’t great, but when you compare it to the natural rate, it’s a lot better. And the way things are looking, it’s going to keep getting better.

So my prediction is that the recovery is going to really take off this year. By the time 2016 rolls around, I think we’ll be at our natural rate and expanding.

Speaking of 2016, a lot of politics is going to go on this year. That’s a given. It happens the year before every election. But I think this one is going to be a lot more . . . hmm . . . I guess brutal is the word for it.

It just seems like the two parties are growing further apart – which drives me INSANE. But that’s another post for later. With everybody fed up with Obama, it’s going to be a huge fight for 2016. I predict a lot more fighting, arguing, separation, and close-mindedness.

And, of course, I think it’s going to be a great year for technology. Hell, Google just unveiled their first self-driving car, and they expect it to be on the road next year! And with this whole Apple Pay thing being successful and Samsung wanting to come up with their own thing, I think people are going to start leaving credit and debit cards for their cell phones.

I know I’m thinking about it with all of these hacks at places like Target.

That’s pretty much it. Huge advancements in technology and huge improvements in the economy. And for me . . . well, it’ll be an extremely interesting year. I have no idea what opportunity I’ll be snatching, and I have no idea where I’ll be. I’m clueless.

And that, to me, is the exciting part.

Next Stop . . . who knows

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