The Final Stretch

We are here folks—dipping our foot into the final stretch of the 2017 year. I can barely believe how fast there year has flown and yet I feel like I say that every year. And as I reflect on this year to see what it really has meant, only one word comes to mind—change. I say this as I sit at my desk and type with a coat on my lap and a blanket around my shoulders. I am an absolutely wimp when it comes to the winter weather, especially after living in the desert for over a decade. Phoenix got cold for maybe a week in the winter and the cold there was nothing like the cold I’m feeling back on the east coast. And I’m ashamed to say where I’m located it is probably considered pretty mild.

But I digress… back to 2017. It’s funny that as I get older it seems more important for days, months and years to have meaning. I dip back into time more, perhaps because it seems that the “book” of memories is growing while the length of the future seems more finite. I’m still considered somewhat young so it is not to say I’m thinking the end is near, but as a kid or a teenager we hardly ever think of life as being something that really will end soon. That being said, I probably don’t have many kids reading this blog post today so for all others, I’m going to ask a big question. What do you want 2018 to look like? 2017 is coming to an end shortly. Accomplishments have been made, losses have been felt. 2018 is a new start. And I’m not talking about coming up with some resolution that you might never keep. What will you be about? What changes do you want to make or what do you want to remember and value going forward? This doesn’t necessarily mean you can’t start till 2018, but it does give you a chance to think of what you value most as we near the new year.

Happy writing this week!

 

 

 

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