Time to retire my bear necklace, put it with my otter
necklace, as I bid farewell to 2024 and look toward 2025.
My focus word for 2024 was bear. BEAR: endure,
carry the weight of, support.
I knew it would be tough year. And it was.
But with the pain and waiting and grueling work hours were also times of
pause and possibilities and buoyancy.
WORK: I wanted
to limit work hours and stress, improve my sleep, and grin and bear it through
project go-live. It was a long summer
and a long work year, but it was rewarding and I did get improved sleep scores
and I will never forgot the unexpected work trip to Hyderabad.
HOME: I wanted to be more intentional about movement
and health, outings in PNW, not missing blog photos, watching moves, spending
less on Thred Up, strengthening my spiritual formation practices, and travel
after project go-live. Failing on the
travel and Thred Up front, but did get to Vancouver BC and Chicago and am
planning bigger post retirement trips until Brice’s work schedule eases
up. In all other areas I feel like I made
good progress, including a full solid year of Sabbath, and fell in love with anime
movies.
FAMILY: I
planned to support the kids and (hopefully) grandkids. I ended up supporting Mom through Uncle Pat’s
cancer journey. We mourned Auggie but
now await Poppy. And we welcomed a new granddog. A category of ups and downs, a year of ups
and downs, and a new year is here whether we are ready or not!
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