I love a ritual—especially one that involves handwriting, nostalgia, memory keeping and self-reflection. In January 2022, I started a new ritual, aptly titled “New Year’s Day Cards.” At the end of every month, I’d write out a note to myself. It might contain wins or losses, highlights or lowlights, observations or just tiny things I wanted to remember. As I’d planned since New Year’s Day 2022, I sat down and opened the sealed envelopes at breakfast on New Year’s Day 2023 in m

I published my  previous post  without thinking that I still wanted to write about 2014. But I'm a sucker for the statistical fireworks show Wordpress.com puts on for me. So, we're a few days into 2015. I rang in the new year in bed. Not because of any tragic reason—though I am a those who subscribe to leaving amateur night to amateurs. To be honest, I was kind of sad to see 2014 go. It was a good year; one fraught with exciting firsts for me. Becoming a homeowner was the b