2011

 A new year is like a fresh meadow of snow.  So clean and perfect and impossible not to go tearing into laughing and messing it all up and enjoying it.
  New Years was magic.  It was a four day binge of awesome starting with a night at the Edgefield floating in their hot pond and sleeping like a princess on the top floor, taking brother in law's '75 Uncle Rico camper van to the coast for a beachy camp, then renting a 1960s style beachside swinger pad with the best of the best of friends for 3 days of too much time in the hot tub, ocean dashes, bonfire, turkey, and laughter.  I got home yesterday still grinning form all the magic and excited to be back home with this big snowy meadow in front of me.
 I did a little values inventory here's how it went in order of priority:

1. Health = Eating healthy food, training, sleeping enough, doing things that make me feel awesome 
2. Connection = Sharing regular face to face or voice time with other people. Laughing a lot with new people, friends and family.
3. Home = Having a warm quiet space to do projects, work, entertain, reflect my values
4. Nature = being outside
5. Learning = practicing music, language, reading new books, developing programs
6. Creating and sharing beauty/Contribution = Sending mail, gifts, giving, surprises.
7. Warmth = Being warm
8. Having a partner= having another person who is a daily part of my life with a shared vision. 
9. Adventure = trying new things

For each value I have some goals, so here's my 2011 goals:

• Drink 1L water when I wake up every day
• Take vitamins every day including iron
• Eat a banana and something green every day
• Call, stop by, or send a note to friends when I am thinking of them.  
• Create my trailer home when it gets nice out.
• Go for a short walk outside every day minimum if I’m not exercising outside
• Sign up for spanish classes
• Learn some songs I can play with others on accordion
• Develop No Shame workshops for life design and money
• Do a free workshop
• Make excellent valentines cards to send to everyone
• Go to Hawaii, spend time at hot springs, keep the cabin nice
• Keep exploring my surroundings when traveling, explore new hikes with visitors
• Try new things I am not good at yet with others
• And of course: Ironman