Intro/Extro-Spective

Not normally one for New Year's resolutions, I decided during the height of the holiday season to change my perspective.

It's easy to focus on the negative, to wallow in fear or loneliness or what you perceive as other people's judgements, but that doesn't seem to help anything. It doesn't make you feel safe or loved or appreciated. What it does is build up walls.

I'm a fairly open book to those who know me. I am an open processor, an over-sharer, and I have the kind of face you can read at 100 yards.

I also tend to think a little bit too much about my interaction with others.

Given that, I've decided to focus less on what I assume other people think this year and shift to a focus on at least one good thing each day.

It has been easy so far! This morning, I am am already excited about getting the chance to sleep in, having the time to do some yoga, put up a pot of Moroccan-inspired black-eyed peas to share with whichever friends and family decide to stop by this afternoon and got the notice the the city is picking up my giant pile of brush from the street in two weeks.

Good things don't have to be complicated. I'm looking forward to a year of focusing on the little things and letting the big things fall into place without over-thinking them.

Happy 2014, y'all!