I have the pleasure of being born on New Year\u2019s Eve. I haven\u2019t always viewed it as a gift, but I do now. I celebrate my birthday with my family at lunch, and then everyone is free to celebrate New Year\u2019s Eve as they choose that night. Having a New Year\u2019s Eve birthday means I have a built in time of reflection and I literally start a new year of my life just as we start a new calendar year. It\u2019s great!<\/p>\n

This year my time of reflection has revealed a deeper sense (and acceptance) of myself. A contentment with who I am, that still allows me the room to work on improvement.<\/p>\n

Some say that blogs are dead or at least dying. Instagram has replaced (for many) the traditional daily(ish) blog posts of old. I moved my blog from Blogger to my own website and experienced a decline in writing as I no longer felt free to just dash off a few words. I got caught up looking at stats and worrying about how many subscribers I have, sending email notices, and working on building my audience. Those things aren\u2019t necessarily bad – but they distracted me and I\u00a0don\u2019t like that.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know if blogs are dying or not. But this year I\u2019m just going to be me, and we\u2019ll see where it goes.<\/p>\n

Whatever you might be looking at this year, I suggest you do the same.<\/p>\n

Happy New Year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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