The year 2009

My



year 2009 was heaven and hell. It brought me both the best and the worst three months of my life.
My life-time came on winter (math) doctorand course in Barcelona. Let me skip the boring enumeration of factors, that made the unique blend of conditions of my dreams. I just suply you with an evidence of what it meant for my mates there: among the best results of the doccourse were three brand new couples. Considering the usual gender imbalance of math communities, you won't be surprised by the fact that the doccourse pushed the outcome very close to its theoretical heterosexual limits.
The catastrophic period came surprisingly soon - in the summer, not surprisingly it is located in Prague, mostly. If I were to characterize the reasons in one word, I would say frustrations. Frustrations caused both by my stupid expectations/plans and bad planning as well as by unlucky coincidences of failures, external reasons. I don't wish anybody to experience such a black spiral of depressions and lost self-confidence, but as long as one survives, I believe, he can even make good use of such crisis, after all.
Anyway, getting into troubles is always easy, the miracle of the year was definitely my return back to earth. The process was a long and complicated story but if I had to pick a single moment that kicked me most in the right direction, it would be trip to Berlin in September (for the doccourse reunion). In general, staying active at all cost was the right cure, but I can't deny a touch of love and happiness from "above" as well.
How will the year 2010 look like? Am I immune to the following storms my life? Definitely not entirely. More feel like a small boat in the ocean. But the current weather is more than good.