#reverb12

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December Daily 2010, 2011 and 2012 by Paper Relics (Hope W. Karney) on Flickr.

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Excerpt: Letter to myself, dated 12.31.13

You finished grad school and you kept making progress at your job. You pursued your favorite artistic activities. You even finally broke your exercise rut...But there's always so much room to do better. Try more. Take risks. Fuck around less. Love more. Take more photos, judge less, keep your promises and start your own fucking business.

I'm doing Embrace13, which is a lot like the Reverb projects, only instead of looking back on the year, you look forward to the year.

I won't share all of my exercises, but I thought this one was particularly fun. Write yourself a letter dated 12.31.13 looking back on 2013. Write about all the awesome things you did.

The idea is that having those things in mind, the things so important you wrote about them in a letter to yourself, will help you focus your attention, energy and efforts throughout the year.

I will let you know how that goes...feel free to participate, I'd love to read other people's thoughts.

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Reverb12: Day 12

12. Unexpected Passion: What new hobby or interest piqued your passion this year? Or did you think about an old passion in a new way? I got really into yoga. I mean, really into it. I was doing it daily (sometimes 2x a day) during the summer and if I couldn't do it every day (like when I went on my Canadian road trip), I went a little loopy and had to put my legs up a wall to not feel like the entire world was out to undermine me with bad attempts at sarcasm. It wasn't so much about the physical benefits - which were substantial; I got pretty strong - as it was about the mental calm it instilled in me. The opportunity to simply be where I was for an hour was also incredibly clutch while I was studying for and worrying about the Bar - I'm pretty sure it's much of the reason why I passed (I even went after each day of the exam). I hope to continue practicing in the coming year(s).

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Reverb12: Day 5

5. Letting go: For next year, I’m letting go of… Jealousies. I often lament the things that I don't have, especially if they're things I think I should have, or otherwise deserve. And especially if they are things that my friends, the people I love, have. I've gotten quite good at keeping it to myself (I think), but I need to learn to not feel it at all - these things aren't about me and, often, aren't about my friends either. Thing just are the way that they are. And if my friends have luck, of course I'm happy for them, but I don't need to go the extra mile and feel like their positive is a reflection or intimation of my negative.

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Reverb12: Day 1

I'm always late on this thing. Maybe next year I'll start it on time... 1. Where it began: Review and reflect – how did 2012 begin for you? Tell us how the year kicked off; start your renewal by beginning again Last NYE was, well...I wasn't really with my friends, and tagged along with a best gal pal to a dinner party with some of her other friends and, well, didn't really allow myself to enjoy myself because it wasn't my ideal. It was kind of bratty, come to think about it - these people invited me into their celebration, were very gracious, and nice, but because it wasn't what I would have planned for myself, I didn't "have a good time." So I got pretty drunk. And then went home. And then woke up and posted this because, well, it's kind of true. But also because I was a brat. Thankfully, the year didn't continue in that vein, and I learned a lot about grace and being positive and open and receptive to people, even those that, unlike my NYE 2012 hosts, aren't doing the best they can. So I don't so much want the New Year to mark a renewal, I want it to mark a continuance, if that makes sense. The whole "reset button" aspect of NYE has never really appealed to me anyway - why that day, I've always wondered; if you really think you need a change, why not start that change now? - but in light of all the progress I feel that I've managed to make in the past year, a hitting reset seems like way too much trouble. I want 2013 to be a continuation and furtherance of lessons I've learned in 2012. It may start with sequins or it may start with a Die Hard marathon. Hell, it may be a Die Hard marathon in sequins. But whatever it is, or isn't, I will enjoy and be grateful for it.

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Got the email for today's #Reverb12 prompt, and got excited. Something I could actually write about and quantify!

What was your most significant expenditure in 2012?

The best way to describe my most significant expenditure is with a picture.

*follow link to see more*

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Its that time again! The time to reflect on the past year and prepare for the next. Its time for #Reverb! This will be the 3rd year that I have participated in the December blog challenge.

This year I was invited by Kat at I Saw You Dancing to follow the prompts she will be providing throughout the month. Each day in December there will be a new reflective prompt to respond to. So without further ado, let's get started with the first prompt!