a new, new
New day, new month, new year, new adventures. And so very welcome.
It’s been a beautiful and difficult year. Let’s start with the beautiful: Ringing the new year at an organic farm in Turkey, given a new, Turkish name, and spending the first day of the year drinking wine on a rooftop deck overlooking olive trees and the sea of Marmara with the most wonderful new friends; long walks gazing at the cutest nephew in the world, celebrating my best friend’s wedding with the most wonderful old friends, running my first marathon, starting a leadership course through work and meeting such motivating Richmond friends, catching breathtaking sunsets at the farm, and helping to grow two acres of vegetables from scratch with best friends. It’s incredible really, to look back on all the moments and know there were millions more just as beautiful.
The difficult: sick grandparents, the guilt of taking them for granted, of not seeing them more; break ups, steps backward; living in the future, focusing on things that will not happen; feeling stuck in a career situation you feel you did not choose that does not challenge you or fulfill you.
All in all, the beautiful has certainly outweighed the difficult, and most of the difficult consists of choices that can be made or unmade, acted upon or not.
New year’s wishes: Live with courage, live in moment, choose a beautiful life, and continue connecting and learning from the amazing people I am privileged to call friends & family, and the amazing people I have yet to meet.
Off to ride my bicycle and make homemade yogurt!
