(Photo: Me + Life, Panasonic ZS-3)
Since I’ve graduated college college I’ve been struggling to figure out the motion of life. Control and chaos coexist, most of it can be pretty opaque, and sometime you just have to throw hail mary’s. I still have a lot to learn about life, but I’ve realized that there needs to be a balance between adapting and driving through the fluidity of life.
With that in mind, here are my words I’m using to approach 2012:
Dream - Last year I realized I stopped letting myself dream. I’m going to let myself dream. BIG. I’m thankful for people like Paul Farmer, Muhammad Yunus, Jacqueline Novogratz, and artists like David duChemin, Jeremy Cowart, Zack Arias, Chase Jarvis, Explosions in the Sky, Banksy, Shepard Fairey, etc. who inspire me to look deeper at what’s possible in the world.
Let us dream the wildest possible dreams and then pursue them. - Muhammad Yunus
Pursue - Those who change the world are the ones that “dream the wildest possible dreams and then pursue them.” Little by little—every step, with the frame of my dreams in mind. I spent last year reacting until the final few months of the year. Never again (hopefully). JUST DO IT.
Relax - I want to remember to relax. Breathe. Do me. Taking time to really stop, reflect, and enjoy some quiet. Remembering that I am not on anyone’s clock, or restricted to other’s social standards or benchmarks. Acknowledging the necessity for balance with passion. Ensuring that I am refreshed, invigorated, and dreaming and pursuing for the right reasons. (Screw being busy for the sake of being busy. #hamletsblackberry)
Twist: I’m going to be creating a few specific actions around these themes this go. 2012, I’m PUMPED. :)
