I'm going a little media crazy. Every channel on tv is talking about 2008, every blog post seems focused on the past. I don't care about 2008. Why? Because I'm looking forward to 2009 and I'm liking what I see.
What do I see?
Change.
Now, change, good or bad, is often scary. It means working outside comfort zones, reacting to new situations, testing out new skills. No doubt about it. Change is stressful.
But change creates opportunities and I'm thinking we're looking at once in a lifetime opportunities in 2009. Do I know what they are? I have hazy ideas of some but nothing I'd put down in a post. Plus I'm horrible at predictions (especially about which way the stock market will move).
That doesn't matter because the impossible task of predicting the future is not as important as recognizing opportunities when they come along. Keeping an eye out for them. Realizing that opportunities are often disguised as disasters (and we will have those in 2009 also, I guarantee it). Adjusting our systems, our resources, so we can run with the opportunities once they present themselves. Being flexible.
2009 is going to be a great year for building wealth.