tomorrow, a brand-new year.
today, i slept in, and woke up with our stray foster kitty curled up beside me. i had cheesecake for breakfast, and am getting ready to watch a little of the Detroit Red Wings/Toronto Maple Leafs Alumni Game before work.
as a kid, ringing in the New Year gave me mixed feelings. i always felt like there was so much unfinished business, so many more things i ought to have done, so many things i could've done better. every January brought the same "clean slate" speech from my teachers, and by February, no matter how hard i resolved to do my homework, all the old behaviors had reasserted themselves. same story, year after year after year.
today, i am full of gratitude for the year we just had - it was wild, intense, and full of so much joy. i firmly established my massage practice, had a wonderful Fest, hugged Amma, enjoyed my city and family, and reveled in all the love and laughter E and i share. and i am full of excitement for what 2014 has in store!!!!!
not having the best track record with resolutions, i'm more interested in figuring out what i'd like to do more/less of, what i'd like to accomplish, and then taking small steps toward those things. in 2014, those include the following:
- Build two or more raised garden beds
- Grow more food that we'll eat
- Preserve more of our surplus produce
- Drink mostly water
- Build my practice to at least 20 clients a week
- Toss or donate one bag of unnecessary stuff a week
- Move in with E
- Learn to use my sewing machine/actually use my sewing machine
- Travel with E - Boston? Portland? New Orleans?
- Get licensed in MI
- Learn five new massage techniques
- Pay off my credit card
- Make consistent student loan payments
- Get health insurance (or at least dental insurance)
- Read ten books on my Must-Read List
- Actually run the Warrior Dash, and run one additional 5k
- Create More.
what are you looking forward to in 2014?
Happy New Year!
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