Here we are with a brand new baby new year and an even newer infant decade. I have this sense that it’s going to be a good, good year (like the Blackeyed Peas song….”Tonight’s gonna be a good, good night. “ These are the days to celebrate a new beginning and get down to business with our hopes and dreams. If you haven’t laid to rest 2009 then time to do that and let go of anything that will hold you back. Say goodbye now. Remember 10 years ago we were all freaked out by what might happen in the new millennium and Y2K? We didn’t know and so imagined the worst…seems so silly now as we look back. I think it goes with that bit of advice when you get upset by something to ask yourself what will I think of this issue in 5 years? Will it be a big deal then?
My intentions for 2010:
1. Write more and regularly. It’s the year when I intend to write more simply, more abundantly, and for publications. It is edgy because I’ve been writing in the past years to process how my life has taken zig zags. And now I’m going to share more of myself with the world. And even though there are times when I feel like no one will want to read what I have to say, I’m going to boldly plunge on and write. And that means this blog as well.
2. Enjoy what I’ve created. My travels will take me to exotic places like Okinawa and Alaska. Places that are totally foreign to me and places that I used to know. (Alaska.. a place where I spent 5 years in my twenties.) So it will be a blend of old and new.
3. Deepen my relationship. My husband and I will yet again challenge ourselves to find the connection even though we’ll be physically apart. Look for our blog to restart again in March of 2010.
4. Make a contribution. Give away a lot of what I know, whatever that is. Expand and grow while I’m doing it. This means figuring out the best way to guide busy women to be more powerful in their own lives. This means finding the best way to link up women with each other on a global level and seeing how we women can make a difference as we empower ourselves as well as other women. This is the high dream, people. Any ideas are welcome.
5. Enjoy and learn from the military experience. Since I will work on military bases and since my sons will serve their country and be in dangerous places, I want to trust that I can know that they will be safe. I want to be able to let go of fear and control again and again.
What are your intentions for 2010? How will you boil it down to a few good things for your life? What will you do with this one precious life?