This is what I love to do on New Year’s Eve Day. New Year’s Day is for eating a nice breakfast and then taking down the Christmas tree and decorations. Christmas Eve is for purging files in my office.
It’s like getting a workspace facial. I’m exfoliating the dead skin, the dead-end projects or ones that are so completed that they don’t need to take up prime space.
This year I’m making more changes than usual in my work environment as I shift toward telling stories (I’ve discovered it’s called being a personal historian), and continue working on an historical novel. If you know me, yes, I mean the same novel. I have a main character names Alma, and as Alex says, “It’s time to kick Alma out of bed.” And although that sounds a bit harsh, I do agree with him. Full speed ahead to completion!
This process is a joy to me. It lets me let go of past pursuits. Some of them I grieve; some of them I celebrate. Then I can welcome a new year and move forward.
May you tend to whatever you need to do in order to grieve and celebrate, and face the future with hope and great expectation. Happy 2011!
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