Another Year of Practice
I have not officially gone on record with any New Year's resolutions this year. That itself is something of a first--I typically love to start fresh, wipe the slate clean and plot a new course no matter what area of my life I feel needs some sprucing up--but I just cannot come up with anything in particular for 2014. Focusing on one little aspect of daily existence doesn't seem enough. Instead, I have been been examining what it is that I am committed to in my life. What do I spend my time doing every day? Are those commitments making me happy? Am I making time for things that lift me up or am I frowningly trudging through too many lost minutes, days, and months? In taking on this little science project, I have been trying to be as honest with myself as I possibly can. That is no easy task. I imagine nobody wants to admit that they don't particularly care about what they are doing for a living, or that they seem to be repeating past lessons over and over again that