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I have to admit, I’m a little late posting this. I started thinking about writing it sometime in November or December and here it is, the end of January, and I’m just now getting to it… Oh well, today is the lunar new year, so we’ll call it right on time, right?

The point of this post is to wrap up 2011 and set the stage for 2012. Kind of a way to take stock and set a course. It’s something I think ought to be done at least once a year but something that I think many of us neglect (myself being a prime offender).

For a long time I’ve been anti-new-year-resolution. Much of this was just me being contrarian (as is often my nature) but my admitted reasoning was that you should constantly set and evaluate goals. That once a year is not enough for this important practice and that I was constantly conscience of my path.

While this is not totally untrue, I see now (perhaps age does bring wisdom) that forcing a full re-evaluation of the course of your life is exceptionally helpful and perhaps truly vital to our own well being and happiness (and thus to those around us as well). You see, I lie to myself. I’m pretty sure you do it to. A large part of it is (from what I can tell) a defense mechanism. Just like you don’t feel every square inch of your body at every moment and you don’t notice smells after they have been in the air for awhile and like us city dwellers who don’t hear the traffic (or even sirens) as we sleep, it appears that we swallow certain feelings, revelations, hopes, dreams, etc. so that they don’t interfere with the important business of staying alive. [Read More…]

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