Advent Calendar Day 30

Wow! We are fast approaching the end of 2017. Not my best year, I must admit. Professionally, I struggled to produce. A LOT. By which I mean I struggled a lot to produce a little. Physically...ouch. Personally, thank God everything is still on an even keel. Philosophically, also struggling. A LOT. But I'm by nature optimistic and I'm counting on 2018 to be a better year in every way.

I'm a planner. I make lists. I outline. I journal. Like the explorers of old, I believe the best way to reach your destination is to chart your course. Of course, you can't plan for everything. Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition. Or a grizzly bear attack. Or falling in love. Things happen. That's part of joy--and terror--of life.

"The unexamined life is not worth living."Socrates
Anyway, I'm one hundred percent in favor of, at the very least, keeping track of things, and to that end I'm giving away three very pretty journals from Peter Pauper Press. I'll randomly select three commenters to receive one of these lovely journals.

Give me three good reasons to look forward to 2018. And IT'S NOT 2017 cannot be one of the reasons. ;-)