Saying Goodbye to the 'Aught'

I was, as usual, reading the New Yorker - yes, my tombstone will probably say 'one of the many who reads the New Yorker religiously'. There was this article about naming the decade we just all said goodbye to and where I learned the words Naught and Aught. Of course it was a political / current affairs article, but the words seem unseemly appropriate in describing my life - nothing and anything.

Last year marked the end of the first decade of my work life. Naught - I am still in the same organization, going to work in the same office location, working in the same category of projects with more or less the same people. Oh, how I have come full circle!! I found myself experiencing the same frustration and pondering the same 'what do I want to do' question. Aught - it was indeed a long ride having left and came back to the same organization. I have worked with people I admired as well as those I despised, I have gained as well as lost friends, I have worked on creating something that no longer exist today, and I have been both extremely hard working as well as unbelievably lazy.

What kept me going these days is my project with Mom. As with all businesses, it is more likely that we fail rather than succeed. But, to have the chance to create something with your mother, I guess it is something beyond naught or aught that I can look forward to, right?