It occurred to me today that we are about to enter the 10th year of this millennium. How did that happen? It seems like just yesterday that we were all expecting computers to crash on January 1st  and plans for the biggest and best fireworks demonstrations and parties were under way in every corner of the globe.

With that in mind the past year seems to have whizzed by in a blink of an eye. They say that happens as you get older!

I have been sifting through my blog entries for this year to put together an end of year compilation and it has been fascinating. One of the benefits of blogging for me is that I have a record of what was happening and how I felt about it.  Things that were tricky then have faded into normal life now. Somethings have happened that I could not predict. I have made new friends, had completely new experiences, learned new skills.

Inspired by this post by Phil Gerbyshak though I have been thinking about who I met and who touched my life. I have memories of those who offered help, advice and support at varying points in this year. Sometimes it was an old friend, others a colleague  or member of my family. But increasingly it is someone who without internet connections and social networking capabilities I would never have met . Small kindnesses have often have the biggest impact have come from unexpected places and for that I am immensely grateful.

There are many people out there who play a part in my online life but I would particularly like to thank

Brad Shorr for his words, Career Encourager Peggy Andrews,  Robyn McMaster for her insights to my brain, Joanna Young for her great writing ( and who lives in Scotland), All Things Workplace Guru Steve Roesler who just seems to know when to send an e-mail/post a comment at the right time, John Connell who created GLOW for Scottish Education and is a great source of information ( and another Scot), fellow Speakersbank trainer and so much more Dave McQueen,  the always unpredictable and great fun  Robert Hruzek , Rosie Sherry at Talent Social who was an enormous help in  sourcing fellow HR bloggers and last but not least Jo Jordan at Flowing Motion whose comments are always challenging and thoughtprovoking.

In addition a special mention to all of my new friends at HR Bloggers, Linkedin and Twitter.

Happy New Year to you all.