I am so excited to show off the new banner that the amazingly gifted Jessica Kewson of Design Krew whipped up for this site. It makes me want to blog all day every day. So... here goes on the latest adventures here at Remabulous.
I saw Where the Wild Things Are a week or two ago with my friend Erin, and find that I am enjoying the thoughts I have had about my life after having seen the film. I have mixed feelings about the movie itself, but the thought of going off on an adventure and thinking about who I really am in this wild life I've made is more and more essential as time goes on...
This time of year is always a mixed bag. I am especially shocked this year to find myself in November. It feels like it's impossible that and entire year has passed. I have done so much, met so many amazing people I didn't previously know since this time last year and am so grateful for all I have learned.
And yet, a year feels like a much smaller unit than it used to, doesn't it?
This year I finally got help for my business, redid the design, started to delegate and outsource what I am doing and have gotten clearer than ever about what I love. Just today my assistant and I have been working on video projects and I must say that I LOVE having someone else to collaborate with on video. Jen is a gem and I am so grateful to have made that step forward.
And at the same time, this is the time of year when we look at budgets, goals, and dreams. I finally set up online Quicken today as part of #5, using it to track my finances and spending the way I learned to at Conscious Bookkeeping. I am excited about how easy it was to set up, seeing as I had been putting it off for ages and ages.
Money is a big alarm bell for a lot of us this year. The economy has been a buzzword for many of us. At one point, I got so tired of hearing it that I renamed it the "E-Word" so as to not have to say it. But it has impacted us.
I am always optimistic about what is possible in this or any economic cycle for a dedicated and innovative business owner. Or any person for that matter who can think creatively. I love that. And, at the same time, I know that things are different than they were a few years ago. My spending and savings plan needs to reflect that, and up to this point it hasn't really. I am learning to say no to my impulses and to get myself in gear around my financial goals. It feels good.
This is the time of year I think about the bigger vision. Where do I really want to go with this one life I have? A life that feels more fragile than ever as I come away from a weekend with my very brave friend Shannon who lost her husband to cancer less than a month ago and who is learning what it means to keep going. I am in awe of her ability to continue. And I am also moved by what life is: a gift.
It sounds trite, but it does make me think of all it is possible to do in a life and how safely we often play it. "I'll reach that goal later, it's too hard, Maybe that's just not meant to happen for me."
Let's honor those who aren't able to live as long as they hope to by doing as much as we can with the lives we have. Let us give them that.
When I lost my grandmothers, I was moved to leave the process of becoming a therapist. I knew both of them had had to make sacrifices because of the time they lived in, and because they were women. Both had wanted to have lives that were changed by the world and those around them. I don't have this limitation, so I feel I have no excuse for playing small.
The rest of this year, I commit to playing a bigger game. I want to step into this beautiful look Jessica has made and claim it.
Look for a bigger lifelong list soon... I am going bigger than 32 for 32 as an umbrella list. I am excited, I am scared and I am ready for the big time.
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