Sometimes it’s super difficult for me to believe how ridiculously quick time floats by.  This morning I popped in a CD my sister had made me years ago called “The 80s” and had a grand ol’ time rocking out to the tunes in my car.

Well….as much as one can “rock out” to Paula Abdul’s Cold Hearted Snake.  Come on…you know you wanna watch the video.

Not to date myself, but when that song came out I was totally into big hair, red lips, lace gloves, and plastic shoes.  The guys wore their slick Cavariccis and creeper shoes, and dang if we weren’t just the coolest kids on the planet. 

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And now I sit, having lived 40 years, wondering where in the heck all of the time went!  

It used to be that I did what everybody else does: Step 1. Lament about the past.  Step 2. Worry about the future.  Step 3. Repeat.

Then I started my whole zen be-in-the-moment thing.

LD SP mockup9But, I realized last year after picking up Leonie Dawson’s Shining Year Workbooks (Haven’t heard of them??  OMG, check them out stat!), that living in the moment is awesome and all, but there is also a certain something in honoring the past.

After all, infertility was (and is!) a huge piece of my life that has helped me grow in boundless ways. How can I possibly discount its existence and not bring it in to my present?

So, in 2015 I honored 2014 by doing what Leonie calls a “Closing Ceremony.”

It might sound, ya know…..woo-woo and cheesy, but that’s not what it is (even though woo-woo and cheesy are alright by me!).  It was such a profound way of examining my past year that I decided to do it again this year.  It’s amazing what happens when you actualy look at the year that just past, celebrate the awesome things, and recognize the shitty things.  Somehow, time stands still for a moment, and you’re not suddenly wondering why you don’t have big hair, red lips, and lace gloves.  You stop moving through life at lightening speed, and you begin to honor what has passed.  

Soooooo, I encourage you to have your own closing ceremony for 2015.  Answer these questions:

  • What dreams came true in 2015?
  • What were some goals you followed through with?
  • What challenges did you have?
  • What behaviors/thoughts/things could have used some improvement?
  • What lessons did you learn?
  • What was awesome and what was crappy about the following things?
  •      Money
  •      Relationships
  •      Career
  • Write down everything you are grateful for from 2015.
  • And the last, most important task:  Say goodbye to 2015.  Say thank you to 2015.  Honor 2015.

With that, you are well on your way to invoking a friggin’ awesome 2016.  

2016

 Be well,

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