2011

Time has progressed. Everyday is a new day. Yet, for some reason, when it becomes a new year we all stop to think about what we had the year before, what may come in the next 12 months, how we changed in the last and what we are going to do differently in the following.

There was a period of time when I was making "New Month Resolutions". Every month I would make a list of goals to achieve in the next 30 days. They tended to be things that would " better" me...talk to each of my siblings at least 4 times, have dinner/hang out with my parents 4 times, work on said art project, start new said art project, explore a new place in the city...you get the idea. I'm not exactly sure why I stopped doing this. It helped me to make different conscious choices and to use my time a little better.

The beginning of a new year is a big deal. Starting at that point you almost have a clean slate. A chance to do things a little different that time around, not make the same mistakes, to use the knowledge you have accumulated to make you the person you want to be.

But do you really only want that chance once every 365 days? I don't. I want to take that time of reflection and chance for change ever 30 days, or even every 7 days or maybe every 24 hours. Taking those shorter periods of time to analyze give you a better perspective of time, and the things you hold most dear to you.

When I look back on a year I tend to see things I didn't accomplish like "not traveling enough", job success, and other large item things. When I look at a month at a time I know that if I could I would talk to my siblings in person, but the important thing is talking. I realize that writing a letter or two a week could greatly improve someones day instantly in a time when I never would have been able to be be there for them.

Sometimes that change of perspective is all we need to remember the things that are truly important to us.

Happy New Year, Happy January, Happy New Day!