Year in review 2009

And my now traditional (for six new years running!) review of the year, because I don't like the standard survey one. 2009 was a very eventful year, with lots of new experiences and life upheaval, but overall really positive. Essentially, I escaped from a less than positive job, spent some time flailing about the transition, moved countries and started a new job which I hope will become a staple theme of my life for many years to come!

Also, 2009 was the year of Dreamwidth; I got involved in volunteering from very early in the year, ended up with an account whose low number I'm ridiculously proud of, and started teaching myself programming so I could work on making journal styles modern and usable. It's hard to see my renewed enthusiasm for blogging reflected in more frequent updates, because all the moving has meant very limited internet access for the second half of the year.

Significant events

• I left Sweden for good, very sad to leave the country where I was starting to feel at home, and of course my lovely Swedish friends and community. But I was very glad to escape from the drawn-out misery of the job, even with no real future prospects at that time.
• I visited New York, Montreal and Berkeley / San Fransisco (which I never got round to blogging, oops!)
• I spent a gorgeous month getting properly into text study at a yeshiva.
• I celebrated Passover by leading the first Seder in Copenhagen and the second in Stockholm.
• I got a new job, moved to Stoke-on-Trent, and bought a house []

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Since we seem to be indulging in nostalgia with the calendar change, here are my previous review of the year posts:

• 2004
• 2005
• 2006
• 2007
• 2008