So, welcome to 2016. Its one week into the New Year and I’ve had some time to give thought to what it is that I resolve for this glorious blank slate of a new year.
I have a lot of really amazing plans for this year, including a lot of travelling, learning and personal expansion. What I realized is that I set down the foundation for this path long before this New Year threshold came around.
To be honest, I experienced a pretty mediocre NYE; with just a couple friends at a closing restaurant and my sweetie on another continent as I watched the countdown on TV and saw all these beautiful couples kissing their way into the first few seconds of the year.
What wasn’t mediocre was the next day. I went up to Cayucos for their annual Polar Bear Plunge. To me it was as if I was participating in a mass baptism to shed 2015 and welcome myself to 2016. What I was reminded of was that the success of my year is not contingent upon how I celebrated those first few moments.
What it is contingent upon is my sustained effort to hone my skills and talents, and my determination to follow my heart wherever I can take those skills. It is through my growth that I empower myself (and hopefully others) to live passionately.
I guess that’s my resolution for the year.
Live Passionately,
Sonya
