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My family makes an annual pilgramage to Chicago, and I am always delighted to just exist in the city. Often, I’m left to wander and enjoy without having to anywhere to be, which is unusual for me. So join me, won’t you, for a highlights reel:
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On January 1st, I decided I was going to commit to myself. To my goals, my dreams, my aspirations. That I wanted to do something that mattered to me, and I was going to chase what I wanted to, no matter what anyone thought about it.
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Contemplation is one thing, my pride is another, to paraphrase. We can look back on our own lives, and see all the ways in which it splices, how every decision begets another decision, until you are where you are. I can tell you how I got here, but I’ve found myself daydreaming the “what if” as of late.
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I’m keeping myself busy for a lot of reasons. Maybe it’s because of the *everything* happening in the world, and I want to close in a little bit to the things I can control. Or maybe it’s because no matter the circumstance, I need to be doing as many things as possible.
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I started a sentence the other day, “When I was working for this labor union,” and the person I was speaking to stopped me.
“What do you mean, ‘when you worked for a labor union?'” For what it’s worth, the story had nothing to do with the union, it was a silly story about a coffee that used to be available at a local chain coffee shop. Regardless, the question got me thinking. Over the last 10 years, I’ve had 20 different jobs that I list on Linkedin, and another 15-20 random freelance things that I’ve done. What has this bredth of experience taught me?
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Life is too short. Beyond the physical of the actual passage of time being short, there is also the phenomenon of time passing faster as you get older. I feel like the older I get, the faster time seems to go. Already, January is almost over, and I’m 1/12th of the way through the year.
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For me, picking a theme for the year sets the tone for how the year will go. I have, over the last 8 years or so, picked many themes, from “move” to “grace” to “survive.”
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It’s that time of year where I make a bunch of resolutions and hope that I keep to some of them. The year this was most successful was 2021, when I set out to get married and buy a condo, and managed to acheive both. This year, my life looks a little different, but nevertheless, cultivating a list of 25 things to do in 2025 gives me a sense of acheivement to look back on.
This idea, as always, is cribbed from the one and only Gretchen Rubin, whose insights provide such value to my life. If you haven’t already, my recommendation for the start of each year is to read her first book on happiness, The Happiness Project, which provides incredible insight into building a life that you are satisfied with.
Continue reading “25 for 2025: Resolutions for the Year”When you stand on the beach, and feel the wave crash toward you and knock you down, that is the feeling of “whelm.” To submerge. To engulf. To bury.
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