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A long time ago, when I first started the blog, I promised myself it would have a positive vibe, never be negative. If it was ever negative, it had to be funny. (I did not realize what a tall order I had set for myself.)
Hopefully this is gonna be a funny post cause, well, because. You'll figure it out.
I cannot possibly tell you in a few words how glad I am to see the last of 2012. I typically spend the last month of the year thinking through accomplishments, missed goals and getting a picture of where I want to go in the new year.
Did. Not. Happen.
I have purposely not dwelled on the year because well...let's just be frank for a minute and say, "it sucked."
From the first month to the last, it was one of the worst years I've had in a long, Long, LONG time. Blech.
My word of the year for 2011 was Revel. And oh, let me tell you, I reveled. In something you would hate to get on the bottom of your shoe!
When I chose Revel, I thought of reveling in happiness, creativity, and success. The joke, it seems, was on me.
Okay. Done. Year OVER.
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Do you get all gooey with excitement at the end of the year and the beginning of a—fresh, unstained, pristine, sparkly, bright—new year?
No, me either.
Kidding.
Yeah, I do. Call me foolish, but I find myself flush with the possibilities and opportunities that the new year holds. All manner of things that have never been.
I also recognize a tempering of my hope. Maybe a bit of caution that has not been there as it was in prior years. Perhaps because I am dragging some unfinished business (like a truly nasty cold) into the new year.
The cold will resolve itself...eventually. The other unfinished business? Not so easy.
I find myself moving forward with more thought as to where I'm going and what I want to accomplish. And while it may seem excruciatingly slow to you, I ask for your patience.
Classes and trips will all be posted soon and all manner of good things will happen.
But this time, as much as I can, I want to make sure I am going where I need to go, want to go and to accomplish what I want and need to accomplish.
And hopefully, by the end of this year, I'll be looking back thinking, "well done."
What are your plans for the new year? Any new art projects or ideas going on?
