Logically, I know there's nothing different about January 1, 2009 vs. December 31, 2008. Yet still, as time-bound human beings, somehow dates are significant to us. A new year feels a bit like a fresh start, even if it isn't. In my case it sort of is, because I'm once again jobless and considering the possibilities of the world laid before me with theoretically no limits on what I do.

Every year since 1999, except for one, something significant or life-altering has happened to me. I define my years by their events. For example, 2004 was the year I went to Africa. 2005, the year I moved to the States. 2006, the year of an explosively crappy relationship with a messed-up boyfriend that propelled me back to God. 2007, I immigrated to Canada.

At the beginning of 2008, I wondered what it would hold. I pondered and speculated what life-changing event might occur. Nothing I thought of happened, and at the beginning of 2009, I have to admit that I can't think of 2008's defining moment. Except for the job I found and seven months later quit. So perhaps 2008 could be known as The Year of the Crappy Job?

What about you? What, if anything, marked out 2008 for you? I could answer for many of my friends, but for others, I couldn't. Leave a comment and tell me what happened in 2008 that has changed your life forever. Or didn't.