As 2013 comes to an end, I have found myself doing a lot of looking back at the past 365 days. 2013 was a crazy year with some really big moments and experiences: I ran my first half marathon, I visited seven states, I went to my first professional soccer game and 3 NFL games, and I took on a lot of new responsibilities at work. I saw some of my favorite people get married, went to Vegas twice, made new friends and played my first year of fantasy football. I spent a weekend at the beach, bought a new car, threw a surprise party, flew home for Homecoming, went to the President's Inauguration and I said goodbye to a lot of friends who moved out of DC. I experienced a lot of crazy emotions this year between weddings, breakups and babies being born, but, when thinking about my big moments of the year, I noticed that some of my favorite experiences came about because of big risks I had taken.
So, looking ahead to 2014, I have decided that my motto is going to be take more risks. I don't want to call this a resolution, because I don't think that this is a problem, but I want to use this mantra as something I turn to at each point that I am faced with a decision. I want to think less about consequences and do things because there is a chance that the reward will outweigh the risk.
Less thinking, more doing.
And so, 2013, it's been real... but here is to the next 365 days.
Happy New Year!!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Aracely! You too!!
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