2022: Year of the Weird Christmas Socks

I start this year in conscious reflection that I really like who and what I am right now. I’ve been living intentionally, succeeding at being who I want to be. I’m a place where I want to enjoy this peace for awhile instead of knocking myself out over incremental improvements; the relative modesty of my year’ ( Read more... )

• Make things easier on other people.
• Seek examples from role models who inspire me.
• Live as a good example of what I believe in.

Give Back, Give Forward

• Be the tortilla chip person to someone else’s chicken enchilada dip.
• Say yes to others whenever I can.

This year's theme is regrowth and positive renewal. Cherry blossoms are such a lovely symbol of the hope that every spring the world is made new once more, and it comes alive again no matter how harsh the previous winter may have been. Tiny strands of pink flowers welcome the earth into the joys of spring every year with awe-inspiring beauty and ( Read more... )

In 2002, I adopted the tradition of naming the new year for myself as something of a year-long meditation on a theme. 2013 has been the "Year of the Next Generation." It was the first year in a long time that I really nearly entirely blew off my New Year's Resolutions, which ordinarily, I take very seriously. I had hoped to accomplish the following ( Read more... )

As last year's resolution to Make A Baby did not come to fruition, it tops the charts for 2013. Therefore I'm looking at this year as an extension of last year's Year of the Enterprise. 2013 is the now the Year of the Next Generation!This year's theme is one of going with my gut, trusting my emotional instincts, and resisting the urge to self-edit ( Read more... )

I've making a very scary resolution this year - Make a baby ( Read more... )

This year’s meditation is about kicking Envy in the teeth. I’d like to defeat the green monster by concentrating on what I believe to be the antitheses of wanting what I think others have got: gratitude, appreciation, charity, generosity.

My name for the year comes from my all-time favorite movie, “It’s a Wonderful Life.” George Bailey spends ( Read more... )

This year my goals for myself are few in number, but far-reaching in potential awesomeness. I present you with my two guiding resolutions for the Year of the Renaissance:

1. Try new things.
2. Challenge my old way of thinking.The ideal "Renaissance man" was one accomplished in diverse fields of expertise: art, engineering, invention, philosophy, ( Read more... )

At the opening of this new year, I feel great yearning to express myself creatively. The notion of the "creative spark" led me to consider fire metaphors for the new year, and eventually I arrived the notion of a bonfire. Certain metaphors about passion, adding fuel to the fire until it becomes a great conflagration are easy to see here. It occurs ( Read more... )

A leopard can't change its spots... but they sure can make fabulous fashion accessories ( Read more... )