A Year Well Spent

New Year’s Eve is a good time for reflection. If you are in want of some kind of structure to support your retrospective, I can recommend the Korean model BEST Sustainability Report, or my friend Julie’s “Zest for Life” questions. Also, I very much recommend naming the coming year, a practice I’ve learned from my friend Helena aka Maja.

I called 2009 “Stronger, slimmer and more agile”. Did I achive that? Well, yes I really think so. Both in terms of physique and mind. Although I definitely could do better. Anyway, I had some really fantastic moments during 2009, both on my own and with colleagues, friends and family such as

• Brussels with Marit and Else-Marie learning more about the future of IT
• Nairobi with Mårten seeing the results of phytomedicine research and innovation
• Koh Kood with Anne spending just the right amount of time in the sun
• Kansas City and San Diego with innovation ecosystem colleagues
• Stocken with friends from Västergötland kayaking among the island
• Sätila with my sister and her family and all Frisksport friends
• Pilane and Läckö just me and the new digital system camera (we are still not true friends)
• Berlin with my Mother trying to capture the creative spirit there
• Vinterviken chilling out after intensive days with the international ITP I2W group
• Wuxi and Shanghai visiting new and old ITP friends together with Marit and Kjell-Håkan

In order to get some inspiration for 2010, I did a wordle on my blog posts during 2009. This is the result:


Well, I hereby declare 2010 as the year guided by the words “One time is also really good”, wherever that will lead me...

Happy New Year!