Live Deliberately

Hello 2015.

And hello you!

Yes, I'm still here.  Not here, but here.  You know?

And can I just say...2014...wow!  What a year!  A recap may be in order...someday.

So, two weeks into the New Year, and I think most people feel about "resolutions" the way I feel about those left-over potatoes in my fridge from several meals ago.

But, there is one such resolution that my little conscience won't let me just write down and forget. 

It started in the summer of 2012, with an experience that I've blogged about (that I'm just not tenacious enough to find tonight and link for your curiosity's sake).  A simple trip to the home of our nation's father, George Washington, left such an impression on me that I'm still writing about it.

Without the less-than-enthralling details, my take away was this:

Live deliberately.

Not unlike our good friend Henry at Walden Pond, I felt a sudden surge within me to "to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life."  To have purpose and thoughtfulness in all that I do.

Well.  Nearly three years later, I'm still fighting the same rediculous self-mastery battles I've been fighting for three decades.  At this point, I should just resign myself to the acceptance of irreconcilable character flaws, no?

I'm still trying to figure out the deliberate-ness of it all.

Enter Andi's New Year's Resolutions 2015.

Still working on getting the marrow of life far enough into my straw that I can sip, let alone suck, I suddenly feel like I need to explore it all through prose.  And not by paper and pen in the safety of my journal.  But here, by keyboard and screen.

So, for better or for worse, I'm back.  And hopefully for an extended stay.

To a deliberate 2015...and beyond.