2013 all of a sudden?!

I knew my block was languishing, but imagine my surprise when I reviewed the 3 scant posts I've published so far and realized it's been a year since I wrote!

And what a year - I was at a New Year's Day party and catching up with someone I hadn't seen in a while, when I said the past few years have been like living in a blender.  Since the words left my mouth, I've been rolling them around on my tongue and tasting the truth of it.

So many corners have been turned, so many stories have begun and ended and paused, where do I even begin to start again...? There is so much banging around in my head, a million half-spoken sentences, half-thunk thoughts, stories I want to finish or edit, and new beginnings I want to make to get the new results I want.

Where do I begin...?!?

I decided to just start.  Do something.  Commit.  Even if it's just words on a screen.  There we are.  That should change something.

New Year, new life?

Maybe so, maybe no!  I gave up New Year's resolutions so many years ago I can't remember now.  What I found was, I resolve so many things throughout the year that December 31 is just one more on the list and it isn't that significant.

What I also found is, it takes works.  I can't just decide something and make it so.  I need to devote energy to it on a regular basis and if I don't do that, another day/week/month/year goes by...

Sometimes I feel like one of those circus performers spinning plates on a stick; just when the last one is spinning right, the first one is faltering...and so on, and so on.  Getting it just right takes a lot of work and if it isn't worth it, why continue?

Balance is attainable, but not infinitely.  It depends on what really matters - and those few things that really matter don't change as time goes on.  For me, they just come into sharper focus year after year.

Working it out

In the pouring rain! As usual - boot camp in the new year, and it's pouring. That's ok tho, we'll be warm enough soon enough.

Hey blogosphere!

Feeling blue in the dreary winter...sister & family heading off to Europe soon for a four-month adventure, starting with a cross-continental train trip & an Atlantic crossing on the Queen Mary II! And that's just for openers...so jealous.