happy new year!! and hello 2012! i’m not much for resolutions anymore – they just set you up – it’s not like i’m going to wake up january 1st a magically new and improved person! which means that the same challenges i had in the previous year are going to be the exact challenges i face in the new year. (see here – one year ago i said i wanted to organize my office – huh, how strange then that i started doing the same thing this weekend!! will i ever get it organized??)
i think we forget that january 1st is just a day like any other…there’s still laundry to be done, food to be cooked, bills to pay & family to take care of. so don’t put pressure on that day to make it magical. any day can be jan 1st – why not march 3rd or june 20th? we get to choose any day we want for a fresh start!
so instead i like to take the time at the end of each year to write down all my accomplishments from the past year (small ones, big ones, they all count! because, yes, “tried new foods like passion fruit” counts as an accomplishment 
so i want to invite you guys to join me & just celebrate the small victories of 2011. that’s step 1. that way we can start 2012 with a clean slate and the idea that anything is possible!!
That’s a great idea. I looked back on the year in photos and events, but I didn’t think much about the things I accomplished in 2011. I’m going to go back and do that now. Thanks, Piper.
Happy New Year!
Sounds great to me! Review in process here!
Happy New Year, Piper! Here’s to all the 2012 possibilities!
I’m so with you, Piper! I definitely feel like every day is a new beginning. And I hate resolutions, but I am a fan of goals (and I’m very suspicious of anyone who says they have no goals in life). But the best part of the start of 2012? Alt!! Yay!
That’s a great idea!! Instead of thinking of all the things we didn’t accomplish, how about all the things we did?! In my case, the biggie would be buying a house! But I also made Mad Hearts official which was also another big step
Would love to see what you put down for 2011 Erin!
Yay Eileen! I’m working on my review too!!
Alt is in 2 weeks…woo too!!!!!!
Maddy, those are AWESOME accomplishments!! You need to celebrate with a big glass of wine
That’s major & you deserve a big pat on the back, my friend! xoxo
I like looking back at the year that has passed as well makes me smile and feel happy and hopeful. I can feel it in my bones that 2012 is a creative year… happy 2012. xx J.
my dear i want to wish you the very best in 2012, lots or health and prosperity!!!
and to you too! xo