When the ceiling caves in, it’s easy to feel hopeless. When we read the news and see so much suffering—all our manmade atrocities, our wars and our politics, our fears and our fury—it’s temping to descend into despair. But the truth is, we live in a beautiful world, full of joys big and small, full of moments of magic. And it’s important to turn our eyes to those moments of magic, and even to cultivate them—not as a head-in-the-sand moment, not as escapism, but as a necessary reminder that suffering isn’t all there is. There is goodness and kindness and joy and light.
– Suleika Joulad, The Isolation Journals
December highlights & happenings
- really enjoyed the holiday season + took it all in
- celebrated Pippa’s one-year adoptaversary
- completed 29 of 31 days of activity challenge
- registered for spring classes at community college
- Fort Point candlelight tour
- street cleanup (talked the husband into joining)
- many holiday markets
- holiday wreath making at SF botanical gardens
- volunteered at SFCASA holiday market
- annual holiday drink date night at Causwells
- attended Howl-I-Day party for Pippa
- donated blood (despite the universe trying to make it not so)
- post-Christmas trip to visit family in Southern California
- got an insider’s view of the Tournament of Roses Parade float process
- completed Do More With Less 31 Days of Gifts
- read three books
- applied for + began process of being considered for Friends of SFACC BOD
- Pippa’s annual vet checkup
- explored LA for the day
- completed year two of daily journaling (five-year journal)
- last month of Groundfloor Club member + decided not to renew membership
- enjoyed a sunny hike on last day of the year
- viewed Science if a Piece of Cake (KQED program)
- found nearby parking after more than a year of searching (library construction project)
- haircut
- sauna + float
- enjoyed time off for the holidays
- monthly group call with friends
- rang in the New Year on eastern time (aka, to bed early_
- designed and sent holiday cards
- watched: The Great British Bakeoff (finished season), Shrinking, Abbott Elementary, many holiday baking shows, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Our Little Secret, No Good Deed (first season), Nutcrackers
- active 29 days (40 miles walked/ran; 21 miles cycled
- one post on Trajectory of Life
- continued daily Connections + Wordle + Mini Crossword + Strands
January plans + intentions
- participate in New Year’s Journaling Challenge (Isolation Journals)
- reflect on 2024 + create year in review
- 2024 financial review + 2025 planning / goal setting
- give myself time with 2025 planning + intentions
- start Project 66
- start 200-hour meditation teacher training
- start CCSF class
- learn if I was accepted to Friends of SFACC BOD
- start daily wellness journal
- read three books
- ride 50 miles
- one hike
Open tabs
- if you’re looking for fun travel ideas
- bucket list travel
- and more travel
- sheer delight
- what if they’re right?
- learning something new
- in a funk?
- protecting memory decline
- this was fun!
- look forward to watching this
- how fun would it be to eat at one of these places?
- worth the read
- enjoyed this
- all the words of the year
- fun idea
- an amazing legacy
- belief in magic
trajectory of a life 
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