Why I Thought 2013 Sucked
January 5, 2014 People tend to place a lot of significance on the start of a new journey around the sun- a chance to start fresh, commit to those things we’ve been saying we'd do, take chances, take plunges and, of course, lose weight. For the last couple of years, instead of making resolutions like these, I took on annual themes or mantras. In 2012, it was PB&J: patience, balance and Jesus. In 2013, it was faith, service and action. Strangely, however, I hadn’t felt inspired to come up with anything for 2014. In the months leading up to the New Year, I was approaching it as just another few months to work harder, make more cold calls, polish up pitches and hopefully generate more revenue. After an interesting sermon today, I finally found my mantra for 2014: failure. Yup, failure. I realized that my apathy was probably an indicator that something else was going on (ain't it always?) I opened my eyes to my blah attitude toward 2014 and I got present to what I have ...