I have no idea where 2012 went. I know it’s a sentiment echoed by many but, seriously, I feel like I just started to remember to write 2012 on checks and now I have to start all over with 2013. (which becomes increasingly more difficult with each passing year)
While I used to end each year with a long list of resolutions, I’m not one to make them anymore. In the past, the new year was going to bring new resolve to go to the gym every single day, maybe even twice a day. I was going to eat nothing by healthy, leafy greens for three months. I was going to write more letters. (as a note, I use the computer so much that signing my own name on my prints stymies me at times so that was a pretty silly resolution). Then there was the best one of all… I resolved that I would follow through with my resolutions.
The older I get, the more I realize that life requires more than a promise, once a year, to do better (although, as always, I do promise to be a better, more consistent blogger, in 2013). It’s a complex series of adjustments needed to avoid the everyday obstacles that pop up along the way. It’s like one of my favorite quotes from yes, I’ll admit it, one of my favorite movies, “Better Off Dead”…
“Go that way… really fast. If something gets in your way… turn.” So, instead of listing off everything I resolve to do better in the new year, I thought, instead, I would share some of my favorite things from 2012 (in no particular order as they are all my “most favorite”). A recap, if you will, of my favorite memories and finds from the past year.. Check them out after the jump! (just a side note – I am not a paid spokesperson… I just love them that much) Continue reading
