Mary Robinette Kowal is challeging people to to write 24 letters in February (one for each day the post office is open that month) and to write back to everyone that writes to you (which can count as one of the 24 pieces).
Anyone up to joining me?
Photobombed, Xander-style.
My Twitter/Facebook feeds seem to have an overarching theme tonight: 2011 sucked, bring on 2012 already! I’ll admit that 2011 was an extremely challenging year for me, what with taking on a new position, struggling through a masters’ class on grounded theory, being elected to two new boards and still making time to parent/game/eat/sleep as needed (or not, as the case may be). But I don’t feel that 2011 was a particularly hard or terrible year in my corner of the world.
3 Things for Calgary
Now 2012 could be a stressful year – or it could be a year filled with opportunity My new position will continue to push people’s boundaries about collaboration, community building and leadership, but I anticipate continued support from current partners and the opportunity to develop new supports through an increased staff team. I have to complete two masters courses this year, with one focused on organizational development starting in a few days (I’m already behind on my pre-reading – only 1500 pages to go), but completing them will bring me two classes closer to attaining my degree. My life seems to be spent in meetings, but I’m excited about what the boards will be doing this year (including the upcoming Project Ploughshares Calgary workshop “Non-Violent Cultures – from Antiquity to Contemporary Times” and a spring Federation of Canadian Carsharing Cooperatives conference in Winnipeg, which happily coincides with my father’s 70th birthday).
CSRS "Dream a Little Dream" Event
Meeting the new year with gratitude, acknowledging that nothing gets done without hard work, and setting clear personal goals so that I don’t lose sight of what matters – these are the strategies that will help me thrive, not just survive in 2012. I’m looking forward to visits with family and friends, listening to good music and having Xander make me a meal from what he learns in his food and fashion class. I have a lot of great books to read, movies to watch and music to enjoy. And I can’t wait to see what “the first” is going to turn out to be. Any ideas?
Take an inventory of everything you own (roughly). What can you do to be more in control of your possessions? For starters, recycle, give away, sell or turf what you no longer are using. Second, can you see new uses for things? Or possibly, new ways to make money?
(Which would be much more useful if I was acutally AT HOME, but thanks for the “cheer” all the same!)
I only seem to get major projects done during my vacation time. Last summer, I spent significant time moving my blog to a new server (Bluehost) and a new platform (WordPress). Now it’s winter vacation and I’m connecting my blog to all the other places I go to make cross-posting much easier. Having my posts at 43things.com is part of that process. I guess that means I have to get cracking on some of my list items again!