Since the rules aren’t as strict as nablopomo, I’ve decided that back dating is ok. I needed a break. I’ve heard from others that the end of a semester is usually not so bad except for this year. This year it was crazy. I’ve about got more work than I …
DECEMBER 17 – LESSON LEARNED What was the best thing you learned about yourself this past year? And how will you apply that lesson going forward? The BEST thing? or The most important thing? The Best thing I learned is that I have a brain. I felt uninteresting (and …
DECEMBER 16 – FRIENDSHIP How has a friend changed you or your perspective on the world this year? Was this change gradual, or a sudden burst? (Author: Martha Mihalick) I’ve had a lot of different friendships throughout the years. Some have lasted a lifetime (like Ben or Greg) some …
December 15 – 5 Minutes Imagine you will completely lose your memory of 2010 in five minutes. Set an alarm for five minutes and capture the things you most want to remember about 2010. Bean singing Bean singing solos. Disney world. Bean meeting Ariel and singing for her. Bean meeting …
DECEMBER 14 – APPRECIATE What’s the one thing you have come to appreciate most in the past year? How do you express gratitude for it? (Author: Victoria Klein) I read this as gratitude. I appreciate my husband and daughter. We’ve had a lot to adapt to with me going back …
DECEMBER 13 – ACTION Action When it comes to aspirations, it’s not about ideas. It’s about making ideas happen. What’s your next step? (Author: Scott Belsky) Well, the 11 things post kind of answers this doesn’t it? I guess in this next year I am going to: Continue getting …
DECEMBER 12 – BODY INTEGRATION This year, when did you feel the most integrated with your body? Did you have a moment where there wasn’t mind and body, but simply a cohesive YOU, alive and present? (Author: Patrick Reynolds) Ha ha ha ha ha ha. Body integration doesn’t happen …
DECEMBER 11 – 11 THINGS What are 11 things your life doesn’t need in 2011? How will you go about eliminating them? How will getting rid of these 11 things change your life? (Author: Sam Davidson) What if my life doesn’t have 11 things? Let’s see if it does. My …
DECEMBER 10 – WISDOM Wisdom. What was the wisest decision you made this year, and how did it play out? (Author: Susannah Conway) Huh…Leaving the M.A.T. program and going back into technology but this time in education. It’s aggravating, exhilarating, tiring, rewarding and full of possibility. It isn’t glamorous, but …
DECEMBER 9 – PARTY December 9 – Party Prompt: Party. What social gathering rocked your socks off in 2010? Describe the people, music, food, drink, clothes, shenanigans. (Author: Shauna Reid) I enjoyed our Halloweeniversary because it is fun making all that for folks and having kids run around. It is …
DECEMBER 8 – BEAUTIFULLY DIFFERENT December 8 – Beautifully Different. Think about what makes you different and what you do that lights people up. Reflect on all the things that make you different – you’ll find they’re what make you beautiful. (Author: Karen Walrond) Oh God. Everyone who knows me …
Before I get to Reverb10, I need to mention the two most important things that happened in the last two days. One—The Bean had a solo with her choir. She wasn’t nervous at all, she was happy and excited. She remembered all her words (in Hebrew no less) and hit …
GRETCHEN RUBIN MAKE gretchenrubin The Happiness Project What was the last thing you made? What materials did you use? Is there something you want to make, but you need to clear some time for it? I made Thanksgiving dinner—with my husband. he was my legs this year. I made the …
December 5 – Let Go. What (or whom) did you let go of this year? Why? (Author: Alice Bradley) I don’t want to write about this. Why? What have I let go? We gave away all of the things that we had saved for a second child. All the little …
The reverb10 prompt asks what “you have done to cultivate wonder this year.†I am going to give this a shot, but am feeling distinctly unwonderful. I also am confused by exactly how I’m supposed to get to interact with the other folks doing Reverb10, which is what drew me …
Well, I blame Tui of Mental Mosaic – I’d not heard about Reverb10. And though some of the writing on their ‘come join us†pages is a little twee for me, I like the idea. I usually get all reflective around my birthday and I did that of course this …
What I worked on today and tonight. http://fayfamilyhelp.weebly.com/ I started thinking, after I was searching for and purchasing some presents for the Bean, how sad I would feel if I couldn’t get her the things she wants. And honestly other than the rarer than diamonds Monster High Dolls, the …
