The List
New Year – New format for the blog! I'm going to keep a list. A little bit of background... December was quite a blur for me. I loved, loved, loved my time with family – we had so many joy filled moments. But I let projects and deadlines at work get the very best of me – said yes when I should have said no, worked crazy (uncompensated for) hours…and all of this left me tired, grumpy and not enjoying one of my most cherished times of the year. Favorite Christmas activities turned into tasks, preoccupation took over during fun family/friend outings…I even ended up in urgent care Christmas morning for a diagnosis of strep throat, shot in the toosh and a week full of antibiotics/steroids (which probably was not related to work, but I’m blaming it anyways!). Instead of focusing on the Joy of Christmas…I was obsessed with going the extra mile on the job . I felt like I was in a constant state of emergency - and it was all my own doing. Insert two weeks of “staycation” with