My Predictions for 2011 (and the Problem with Predicting)

It's that time again. Many are getting their "Nostradamus" hats on and making their forecasts for the coming year (2011).

And so I'm doing it myself, too, and to make a point.

Let me just give you some predictions real quick before I get to my point. So here goes (drum roll, please)...

My Predictions for 2011:

1. It will be a bad year.
2. It will be a good year.
3. Gas prices will go up.
4. Gas prices will go down.
5. The real estate market won't come back.
6. The real estate market will come back.
7. People won't like you.
8. People will like you.
9. You will mess up.
10. You will do well.

And let me just stop right there. Did you get my point? (Maybe?)

Depending on who you listen to, you will hear one side or the other about the coming year. Up or down. Down or up. (Right?)

The bottom line: No one can possibly know the future. (Oh, but you already knew that.)

It's the problem with predicting. You might as well flip a coin. (I think that's how some people put together their predictions.)

So what are your predictions for the coming year?