While end of the year Top Ten lists get obnoxious, it sure is fun to look back on last year’s 10 Cool Things of 2008. I can’t believe it’s been a full year since making that list. But, here it is, ten cool things of 2009 (in date order):

1. I was a bridesmaid with my best friends
2. I started a new job… the youngest Director on the Vegas Strip
3. I got a hammock. I’m in love
4. I gave my first keynote presentation
5. I got invited to speak at many a conference in 2010
6. In a time when people were being laid off left and right, I got four job offers, all promotions
7. Thanks to the FIRST flash mob in a Vegas casino, I had a #1 video on YouTube
8. I visited a lot of new cities and a few old ones
9. I rediscovered skiing. I’m a total ski bum
10. I put myself out there for the first time. Ever. Fairy tale ending or not, at least I did it