Happy 2015!

Welcome 2015!

It's been a rough few months as I adjust back to the 7-5 grind of a full time job after being unemployed for 7 months. Some ups and downs this year and I'm ready to move onto 2015.

Lessons I've learned from 2014:
* Write drunk, edit sober
* Love everyday
* You never know when something you love will be taken away (lost my dog in October to sudden cancer) :(
* Roll with the punches (skunking from July and lost my full time job)
* Look for the bright side ( got to spend lots of quality time with my son this summer due to being unemployed)

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Some goals I've decided to set for this year (which is surprisingly quite  a few.... how am I going to keep track of all these?):

* Publish 1 book (which really I'm pretty close to doing- if I can get over my fear of illustrating)
* Enter 2 writing contests ( I would love to win, but hey at least entering is awesome)
* Get in shape (not lose weight, but regain some strength I've lost over the years)
* Heal my shoulder (nasty little tendonitis.....)
* Be better at budget (actually build a savings account)
* Continue to go camping more
* Restart this blog (whoo hooo first step of accomplishing something!)
* Sell my photography (which I'm kinda close to, I have it exhibited in Columbus, Ohio and have a reservation at a local restaurant in July to hang my art.)
* Write everyday - this was inspired by a quote I saw..... " Tomorrow is the first blank page in a 365 page book. Write a good one." - Brad Paisley
* Look Forward (and don't look back at 2014)

*Simplify my life (building on wanting to become a minimalist)
          - My goal is to get rid of 15 things a week (originally it was going to be 15 a day, but that was proving impossible )

So here are the 15 (actually 23) things I'm getting rid of this week.  This is as I go through and clean my house. If you do the math, that's a minimum of 780 things this year I'll get rid of.  Every bit helps.

not a ton of stuff.... but every bit helps.

Why 15 you ask? Simple..... its 2015.

:)

So celebrate every day and spread love. Happy 2015.

Goodbye my beloved Magi.  Your time was too short.