last day

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!