Happy New Month!

I have a simple resolution this month as the holidays approach and life gets hectic. A few new albums from artists I like have dropped recently, and my oldest daughter is well into the age of actually discovering new music on her own – and thankfully, sharing it with her old man. These things reminded me just how joyous it is for me to hear new music, so that’s my goal.

I want to listen to no fewer than five new albums this month. Heck, maybe I’ll even revisit the “Notes” series I used to do on here. But even if I don’t, I just want the discovery process. Music is life, and you need to take new breaths. I’ll let you know what I find, my friend.

Happy New Month!

October is my favorite month. The weather gets to be just right, the events of the month are my favorite of the year, and it always signals the beginning of camping season for me.

Which brings me to my resolution for the month – get to the woods! Before the month is out, I will take at least one overnight trip into the forest and get the wilds under me again.

May your month be as wild as you want it to be!

Happy New Month!

As shocked as I am that August is over already, I’m very pleased to say I did everything I wanted to with it – my children and I had a marvelous summer and really did a lot of fun stuff in that last month. So now it’s off to fall!

My resolution for September is to “hit the ground running” in all the new endeavors. I have a major new project, the kids are all starting school, and I’ve even been making a few changes in my personal life that all deserve to get off on the right foot. So I commit to being present and really involved in all these new beginnings, building healthy habits the right way.

May all your own endeavors get off to a good start!

Happy New Month!

If you borrowed someone else’s body for a year – someone you cared about deeply – how would you return it? If they were kind enough to lend it to you, would you be careless with it? Fill it with garbage, let it go to waste, lock it inside? Or would you be a good steward for your loved one, and return their body to them in great condition?

This month, that’s my resolution – to treat my future self as a loved one whose body I am temporarily borrowing. I will base my sleeping, eating, and movement habits on that philosophy. I hope to give the Johnny of July a better body than I borrowed from the Johnny of May.

Good luck in your own resolutions!

Happy New Month!

I’m fairly relentless when it comes to forward motion. I don’t dwell on failures often, and in general I consider that a good thing. But it can sometimes lead me to run a little too quickly from the past, to the point where I sometimes move on to my next endeavor before I’ve really analyzed what didn’t work in the first place.

So this month, I’m revisiting some old projects. My goal is to resurrect at least one thing that I previously considered in the Graveyard of Ideas. You never know what gold you may find exactly where you left it.

Good luck in your own endeavors!

Happy new month!

And, you know, happy new year, too!

Today, I asked my children what their resolutions were, and my resolution for this month is to help them with theirs. All of their resolutions were reasonable and awesome, and I’ll take great pride in helping them on their journey. My oldest wants to be able to do both a cartwheel and a handstand, my middle kid wants to memorize the names of every dinosaur (there are over 700, but if anyone can do it, she can), and my youngest said he wants to “be the boss,” which I’m translating into having more responsibility and being in charge of more things – a noble goal for the youngest of the brood.

What else is life but helping others? Find people whose dreams complement your own, and help each other. Let such be the theme of January – and all of 2023!

Happy New Month!

This is the last month of what has been a very turbulent year for me. My life’s seen many changes this year. Some things have been wonderful, opportunities for growth. Other things have been burdens. And I’m afraid a few of those burdens have stayed heavy in my heart and mind.

So, this is a month of letting go. My resolution for December is to clear out the storage unit, so to speak. Journaling, meditating, speaking with others, possibly even sharing some of that here – whatever helps me move forward in throwing away a few of these anchors.

I hope your steps are light, my friend.

Happy New Month!

I’m resolving this month to put more effort into intentionally checking in on relationships, both personal and professional. I don’t want to leave things on auto-pilot, and I want the people I value to know about it. I also want to put the time and effort into becoming a better participant in those relationships myself, whatever that ends up meaning for those people.

I hope your relationships flourish this month!

Happy New Month!

My resolution this month is a simple one: get back to the forest. Camping season is upon us again, and it’s been too long. Before the end of this month, I resolve to spend a night in the woods. I’ll get my gear prepped, check the weather, and let nothing stop me. It’s not a maybe or an “if I have time” this month.

It’s a necessity.

Happy New Month!

For September, I have a light goal. Not as in, an easy one. But my goal is to get more light.

During the best sunny hours, I tend to be indoors. I have open windows everywhere, but it’s not the same as really basking. This month, I want to bask while the baskin’s good. So my goal is to spend at least ten uninterrupted minutes outside with no agenda other than to be there. I don’t want my sunlight to always come through a window or to be stolen in the minutes between house and car to take the kids to school. I want to just sit in it, every day.

I hope your days are just as bright.