So I didn't name last year.
2012 was the Year of Making.
2013 was the Year of Manifesting/PublishingI didn't name last year.
I think, partly as a result of being nameless, last year was a haphazard whirlwind of big changes. If I had to name 2014 retroactively, I think it might have been the Year of Mayhem. I wasn't entirely unfocused but my focus was rather like a light house beam, spinning around in a spiral to highlight different things at different times. As a result, everything changed in 2014, just not in any kind of linear fashion.
Everything changed.
My residence- a significant upgrade. And I now live alone, which has its pros and cons, but for the most part, works beautifully for me. My job - In addition to my writing, I now manage a rad team of beauties who make the world more beautiful - and more importantly, help women realize their own unique beauty. My children are wonderfully successful and happy in the main. I wrote and performed a cabaret that I am developing into a one woman show. I played Marie Lombardi (wife of legendary football coach Vince Lombardi) on stage, as well as the comic book villain version of myself on another stage. I became a BeachBody coach and committed to helping other people be/stay healthy. There's still a part of me that whispers in my ear - "You haven't done enough, accomplished enough." What's enough, I wonder? What did I miss?-I didn't write every day. I wrote, but writing is like water - if you want it to flow, you have to turn on the faucet regularly. I had some self-inflicted plumbing issues in 2014.
-I didn't care for my health properly. I turned 50 in September. And while I'm pretty fit, I didn't take care of some important baseline medical stuff.
- I let sporadic time management derail some important progress, and allowed myself too much tech distraction.
So let's name 2015... The Year of Motion.
Forward Motion- not haphazardly, but rather on purpose.
Part of that is going to be blogging more. In the past I have focused on blogging about things to help others. If something inspired me, I'd pass it along in the hopes of inspiring someone else. The funny thing about that is the things that actually inspired people were almost always different than my expectation. It was a continual surprise. So I'm just going to tell my stories. Tell my truth. And continue to be surprised by what moves people. Forward motion.
Another move forward will be to protect my health better. Get my behind to the doc's more often and get my important testing done (mammogram and colonoscopy etc.) Because all the fitness in the world can't cure cancer.
The final vehicle for motion is better time management. Less distraction, more presence.
Being here, now.
Doing the work in front of me.
Not forecasting or projecting.
Not rehashing the past.
Just gifting myself and others with my mindful presence.
Here's to 2015!
The Year of Motion!
