Great column, Joy! I’d never bring myself to do ALL of those things, but I immediately wrote EnCourage on a sticky note and put it on my refrigerator!! Perfect 2025 word!
My word for the coming year...though I knew it some weeks ago....is PERSIST! I will persist in living...refusing (as Clint Eastwood said in an interview) to let the old lady out! I will persist in helping the organizations that will fight for our democracy. I will persist in finding ways to support my adult children and my old lady friends. My "word" will require a lot from me in 2025 and I will give it my best! And even though I can't control it, I might even persist from time to time in daydreaming about the Felon's demise.....
Joy, you are truly an inspiration. I love your upbeat attitude. I know that we are the same age since we went to college together. I'm happy that I still have the energy to put one foot in front of the other and I marvel at all of the enthusiasm you have to embrace the coming year.
Thanks for this note Joy. You popped a new word for me, LIMINAL. A perfect definition for my wife and I as we step into retirement next year. So much to do, so much junk to discard and attitudes in need of realignment.
What an exciting and scary space... the empty space of not knowing. Good to get rid of the old stuff now, so you can step into your new life with a clean slate. Here's to 2025!
Great column, Joy! I’d never bring myself to do ALL of those things, but I immediately wrote EnCourage on a sticky note and put it on my refrigerator!! Perfect 2025 word!
We'll enCourage each other!
My word for the coming year...though I knew it some weeks ago....is PERSIST! I will persist in living...refusing (as Clint Eastwood said in an interview) to let the old lady out! I will persist in helping the organizations that will fight for our democracy. I will persist in finding ways to support my adult children and my old lady friends. My "word" will require a lot from me in 2025 and I will give it my best! And even though I can't control it, I might even persist from time to time in daydreaming about the Felon's demise.....
Persist! Sooo good. You go girl.
Joy, you are truly an inspiration. I love your upbeat attitude. I know that we are the same age since we went to college together. I'm happy that I still have the energy to put one foot in front of the other and I marvel at all of the enthusiasm you have to embrace the coming year.
I dunno about "enthusiasm." It's more about accepting what is (despite EVERYTHING) and then figuring out "Now what?....
Yes, acceptance and a constructive reaction to events is important. I am working on it!
Joy, we love you. Thanks for your positivity when needed and for keeping it real during these times. You are a beacon.
If not real now, when?
Thanks for this note Joy. You popped a new word for me, LIMINAL. A perfect definition for my wife and I as we step into retirement next year. So much to do, so much junk to discard and attitudes in need of realignment.
Happy New Year to you!
What an exciting and scary space... the empty space of not knowing. Good to get rid of the old stuff now, so you can step into your new life with a clean slate. Here's to 2025!
This reads strangely like advice from Chat GPT or Claude. Thanks?