I t's a New Year, but unfortunately things aren't all that new. Now, I'm not going to whine like a baby. I'm just observing how many of my relationships and situations have eased into the new year right along with the idea of starting over. I'm going to be positive. I want to make this year, a year that I make progress in my personal life and reach my career and relationship goals. In fact, I didn't need a new year to change my attitude about things I didn't like or agree with in 2010. For starters my relationship has seen ALOT of ups and downs and I'm just not sure how to take it anymore. At one point I was determined not to let the status of the relationship have an effect on other things in my life, but I found that really difficult to do. So now, we are just taking things one day at a time. I haven't stepped away..or indulged in my infamous "check out" (that's when I just become indifferent about the relationship). I'm much m