Y2K +10

Actually, a lot is different. Strangely, it had little to do with the infamous "computer glitch" that was rumored to be a potential armageddon when the clocks struck midnight on 12/31/00. In fact, while many major businesses, ours included, developed plans and strategies to deal with everything from computer crashes to power outages to missile strikes, nothing happened. I remember watching nervously as the clock neared midnight from my seat in the lobby of the Holiday Inn Express as WJVL hosted its "Millenium Party" with the Kentucky Headhunters.

Would the stations go off the air? Would power be interrupted? Would I have to dash back to the station for grisly news reports? Nope. Nothing.

21 months later - no one was prepared for the incident that WOULD change the way we lived forever on September 11, 2001. It seemed that since then, the economy was on a precipice and many of us began to feel insecure for what has seemed like a very long time.

And now, just when some say we've "turned the economic corner", we're supposed to worry about December of 2012 -- another prophesied day of demise.

Well, I just can't muster the energy to be all that concerned about the "next Y2K". Seems like we have plenty of work to do right here and now -- so what say we get at it? Lets resolve this year to stop pointing fingers and placing blame on what led to our current state, and begin to do what we can to make a positive difference. If we all do a little, we can do a lot.

I believe that if the companies and people who put so much time and effort into disaster plans for Y2K would put forth the same effort to adapt to the "new normal" that some say we are living in since last year's financial and housing crisis, we could contribute to a new era of growth and stability. It all starts with an attitude, and I, for one, will be trying to shake off the "gloom and doom" and make Y2K+10 a great year.

I hope it is for you, too!