DECEMBER 2023 – Welcoming the new year with a sustained sense of optimism and dogged determination to keep pushing forward in all pursuits. A lot of ground was covered in the last twelve months, with so much work still to come. But this is a time for happy reflections and being thankful for the journey itself. Hit a lot of milestones this year and made so much progress towards life goals. In a given day it can be so difficult to see how it fits into the grand picture of your life, but collected together they create such a rich and varied mosaic it is wild to think about.
A thousand steps forward, then a million, oh the places you can go! Whenever I go for a long hike up a mountain and you get that first vista above the treeline and see how far you’ve come (and often how far you still have to go, haha), it is such an eye-opener. We get glimpses of that in life too, they are just different, and much less expected when they come.
I have so much to be thankful for in life and I want to thank everyone that has come along for the ride with me. Your enthusiasm and encouragement is so appreciated and there is so much more to come!
Taking time off from work for the holidays has also opened up a lot of free time for reading, which I have been thrilled about. This month’s read has been ‘Wild Problems’ by Russ Roberts, an exploration of how to tackle the difficult questions and decisions in our life. He analyzed the tactics of great thinkers throughout history and how they dealt with making the vital decisions in life that define us (career, marriage, life’s purpose). It has been such an interesting read and I can tell it is the type of book that you will gleam different answers from depending on which stage of life you are at yourself. As you will value and evaluate the cases differently depending on your own stage of life.
Raising a toast to 2023, for the lessons it has taught me, the successes it has held, and for the adventures it sustained. My best wishes to you all for the coming year, cheers!
~ CS
