It’s a new year and while we may get older each year, we gain one clear advantage – we learn more about what genuinely makes each of us happy.

So keep hunting for the thrills in your life and realize that each year you can get closer to those final goals.

One of my highlights of 2006 was attending a holiday party for a videogame organization in the city. A sponsor of the party, Gibson Guitar, donated their marketing space for the event, which meant all of their top guitars were up for previewing. Everyone at the event was either designing games or avid fans, and they all more or less respected the guitars on display.

My favorite one is shown below. It’s a special Noel Gallagher Epiphone that went on sale in 1996 through roughly 2004. There were better sounding guitars on-hand but nothing as visually appealing or iconic as this instrument. I still smile thinking about it.