One more for 2013

I'm not terribly fond of New Year's Eve. By the time Christmas has come and gone, it just feels like there have been enough things to mark another year passing. I've backslid a bit in my gym attendance the last three months of this year - and while I don't make New Year's resolutions, this year I feel a bit like those who do. I need to get back to my routine of going to the gym every day - and I've noticed that this time of the year is crowded with more people who start with good intentions at the gym and then things thin out quite a bit. Hell, I've thinned out these last few weeks. The fact of the matter is, I always feel better for having gone to the gym and it always carries into the rest of my day. So it's back at it today, even if I go lighter than I'm used to. Who wouldn't want to feel better?

I'm also not really a person who constantly says that the holiday season makes me eat more and indulge in food that isn't exactly good for me. I could say that I could do with a bit more fine tuning on the eating healthier, and that will pair nicely with the whole back to the gym thing.

I'll take stock in the multitude of things I have to be grateful for as this last day of 2013 winds down. I'm in pretty good health and shape for this stage of my journey, I get to work for, and with, people who are the best in the business and I'm fortunate to work two jobs that make being at work very enjoyable and flat out fun most of the time. I don't think that's anything to sneeze at.

I have amazing people in my life - my family, my friends and I'm very grateful for all of them.

More than anything else in closing out the year, I feel surrounded by things I love - and I'm not really talking about possessions, but rather things that are feeding and inspiring my creative soul. Ever hear the saying that we don't regret the things we did, but rather the things we didn't do? So I feel that I'm in the middle of a place of awareness that has made me realize that I should be paying much more attention to my creative soul than I ever have in the past. Maybe there are too many ways and things to pay that attention to, and that's okay - clarity will come and I don't need to worry about the things that may need weeded out, because they'll take care of themselves in due time.

So I'll close out the year 2013 by saying that I'm grateful, hopeful and optimistic about all this year has offered up, and I'm looking forward to 2014. My hope for all of the people who share this journey with me, is that you will know happiness, health and prosperity in this new year. May you take the time to notice and pay attention to the good, and may the bad not overwhelm you and make you lose sight of the good. Have a safe and happy New Year's everyone. That's enough rambling out of me. Peace!