January 15, 2009

Oh my! A whole year went by and our little recession that started in 2008 as a tiny whimper of anxiety has now blossomed into a strapping young thing. It makes one proud.

Thanks to the awesomeness of economic recoupling, if you take a look at any random financial market over the last year, you’re likely to see something like this:

Oh noes! Capitalism is 50% off! Everything must go.

But I found it striking that by simply inverting the financial disaster graph, we get an accurate visual representation of how my year actually progressed. Look:

The year started rather uninspiring. But then it just took off — I started new a new photo project, finished putting together a book, got naked on islands, went on road trips, discovered rangefinders, sunhats, and rainy days. And because I suddenly have tons of free time, I even got a bit more serious about the whole photography thing. Best of all, today I ate so much Christmas candy I can barely move. It was 50% off. Score!

We obviously need more financial disasters to improve the quality of our lives. Thus, I’m eagerly anticipating the rest of 2009.