Today is a new beginning

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"We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity, and its first chapter is New Year's Day."

~Edith Lovejoy Pierce, poet

 

 

 

"Today is where your book begins. The rest is still unwritten."

~Natasha Bedingfield, "Unwritten"

 

 Lyrics here.

 

Wishing you all a blessed 2013.


On to 2013!



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Happy New Year's Eve, friends!

How are you spending the last day of 2012? I'm spending mine the way I usually do—by taking some time to list my goals for the coming year. Although most years my list is pretty long, this year I've decided to keep it relatively short by choosing things that I actually want to accomplish rather than things that I just think I should. I'm excited about what I came up with! Here's my list, in no particular order:

♥ finish at least the first draft of my dad's memoir

♥ practice gratitude every day

♥ exercise regularly

♥ write more poetry

♥ reduce clutter and organize my house

♥ submit more of my writing

♥ work on my children's journals

♥ focus on one fiction idea and put all of my energy into it

♥ read 110 books

So there they are, my nine goals for 2013. And now tonight, I will celebrate the end of 2012 by watching movies, gorging on chips and dip, and drinking wine with my husband after the kids are in bed. ☺

How will you spend the last hours of 2012? Have you set any goals for next year?