{"id":579,"date":"2010-01-01T02:47:58","date_gmt":"2010-01-01T07:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/?p=579"},"modified":"2010-01-01T02:47:58","modified_gmt":"2010-01-01T07:47:58","slug":"happy-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/happy-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy New Year&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigfoto.com\/themes\/fireworks\/index.htm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Fireworks\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigfoto.com\/themes\/fireworks\/fireworks-mx1.jpg\" alt=\"Fireworks\" hspace=\"8\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a>When a year changes, I find that I&#8217;m much more introspective than I am when my birthday comes around.  Maybe it&#8217;s all the talk about new year resolutions and changes to be made and habits to be dropped.  So, when the new year arrives I find myself looking over my shoulder at the past year and trying to see the highs and the lows.  I look forward to what I hope to accomplish in the coming year.<\/p>\n<p>I looked at a few blogs earlier this evening and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yarnharlot.ca\/blog\/\">Yarn Harlot<\/a>&#8216;s really struck me with her talk of change.  Change seems to be the only constant in life.  We change every day.  I&#8217;m not the same me tonight as I was this morning when I got up.  I&#8217;m certainly not the same me that existed 365 days ago.  I&#8217;ve changed, grown, learned new things, forgotten other things, gained some skills and hopefully didn&#8217;t make the world any worse for my living in it.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve got some resolutions of my own for the coming year.  I hope to exercise more &#8212; yeah, I did pretty good last year til the fibro kicked in big time.  So, I start this year with a clean slate on that front.  I&#8217;ve got some resolutions about my writing and we&#8217;ll see how that works out.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve got some plans to set a schedule for knitting, spinning, writing, and reading that  I hope will see me through what is already shaping up to be an interesting year &#8212; rather in the sense of that curse &#8220;May you live in interesting times.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m chairing a convention in 2010, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.capclave.org\">Capclave<\/a>.  I&#8217;m hoping I don&#8217;t disappoint the people who gave me this opportunity for living in an interesting year.  Check out the website and if you think you&#8217;ll be in the area during the convention sign up.  It&#8217;s always a good time for those who enjoy science fiction and fantasy.<\/p>\n<p>So,  I&#8217;m looking  forward to more changes in my life and hoping that they are always changes for the better.  I also hope that all of you have a great new year filled with your own opportunities for positive change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When a year changes, I find that I&#8217;m much more introspective than I am when my birthday comes around. Maybe it&#8217;s all the talk about new year resolutions and changes to be made and habits to be dropped. 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