A New Year's Just Begun

Well here we are on the edge of a new year, looking back on our past and forward to our futures.

Old legends tell that these times between times are full of more power than at any other time of the year. Like standing on the threshold of a house stepping out of the shaded room into the growing light. We can see the places we have been with the hind sight that we often say is always 20/20. Better to see our path and what brought us here. and we can look forward and chart our course for bright spots of sunlit yard. We may have detours and occasionally step in something on the way but I really feel that is part of the wonderful journey.

So take the time to reflect with me on the past and then see where we are going.

I can safely say that most of my last post still bares true though I do have to ammend that I misjudged the word count of my script frenzy (due in part to the fact that it was hand written and therefore seemed much longer then it was) and must accept that I achieved only 20 out of 24 goals this year.

That is still aweing to me though to realise that I did so much this past year and learned so much about who I could be and who I am.

It has set me a new course in life and I am enjoying it greatly.

It was also about a year ago that I learned of the diet that helped me discover new ways of holding my own against my illness and reclaiming my life from pain and violent illness. In that time I have changed from a person afraid to eat anything, and wonding if I will continue to waste away and eventually die young and in pain, to a person like any other with a few extra limitations that I have learned to not only tolerate but sort of see as a badge of honor. I am differant But I am strong.

And looking forward there are many things I will be doing and only a few are listed on my new master list, here:

Some of these are deliberately vauge.
1) Tesseract
2) Artist alley at Connecticon
3) Start an online bussiness
4) draw 7 comics a week
5) Penmanship/ calligraphy
6) Um ... let's just call this project Odd Ball
7) Super hero
8 ) learn some simple sign language
9) Carve gourds
10) Create 7 word searches a week
11) create 7 jumbles a week
12) create 7 rebus style puzzles a week
13) do some metal working
14) make one doll house object a month
15) make 365 peices of jewelry
16) Create an altered book
17) Make a shrine
18 ) make a clock
19) invest in the stock market
20) Send one query letter a week (for selling stories, novels, puzzles, get prospectus on funds, get info on realestate...)

where will your future take you?
I'll discuss this a bit more tomorrow.
Take care of yourselves,
Roving Jack