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Femi from This Didn’t Happen: get happy list

Sherisa — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:00:00 PST

Here are 10 things that make Femi
exceedingly happy:

1. Time I’m thankful for the ticking of the clock. That no moment is forever. Great moments have to be appreciated, not so great ones don’t have to feared.

2. Friends The past few years have shown me that I have a lot of amazing friends. At my worst, I can count on two hands the people that I can call at any time for help, support, and comfort. I’m a lucky woman.

3. Laughter I see humour in almost everything. I laugh hard. I’m a throw my head back, roll around on the floor, laugh til I can’t breathe kind of person. Laughter has saved my life many times, and other people’s a few times too!

4. My sight A few months ago I caught the most beautiful sunset and I thanked God for my sight. I realised then that I don’t do it enough. It’s very easy to take it for granted, but now if I see something wonderful I feel grateful for it, and also my ability to see it.

5. My heart Hearts work so hard. When I’m tired I get to sleep, but my heart never sleeps. Even when I’m in a world of dreaming it keeps working so that I can rejoin this world of dreams when I wake. I try to be good to my heart, just to show my appreciation for its work ethic.

6. Transport I’m a traveller. I love to walk, and I’m thankful for the use of my legs, but I’m also indebted to planes, trains, and automobiles. My life has been enriched by my international journeys; the people I’ve met, the places I’ve been to, the things I’ve seen, it is so much a part of me. When traveling around London I prefer the bus to the Tube, because I like to see how the areas, streets, and spaces connect. But for national and European journeys I am definitely partial to an overground train.

7. Music I don’t think I know anyone who doesn’t love music. I’m into lots of different things, but the 50s-70s is my favourite era, and I am a real Stax head. I like my music honest, I like my singers imperfect, and I like the volume up high.

8. Writing Since I wrote my first song, aged seven, I have used writing to keep me sane. I write and perform flash fiction now, and even after being a creative writer of some kind for 23 years, I am always learning something about myself through the work I produce. I’m thankful for the power in that process.

9. People who do what they were put here to do I get so much joy and comfort from other people who have been brave enough to share their talents with the world. Who would I be if Otis Redding never sang in front of anybody? Who would I be if Adam Phillips didn’t share his thoughts? Who would I be if Jean-Dominique Bauby didn’t persevere? Who would I be without The Cosby Show, or Ashes and Snow, or Ray Lamontagne, or my favourite Chris Rock joke? People should never underestimate the power of the gifts they have. Countless people have helped me, and they might not ever know it, but I needed it.

10. My mother I don’t know what I’d do without her; I’m hoping she’s immortal, because I have no interest in ever finding out.

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hello, 30 : meditation

Sherisa — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 01:50:28 PST

I only put up some of my personal goals for growth and expansion yesterday in my hello, 30 post and today I’m kicking it off properly!

In preparation of starting this new decade peacefully, I downloaded a bunch of chants and meditation music to help get me centered a few weeks back. By chance, my friend posted about the Chopra Center’s 21-day meditation challenge. It started officially yesterday but I just signed up today and did my first meditation, led by Deepak Chopra, and I already feel lifted out the the funky mood I woke up in today.

I’m a firm believer that our emotions are connected to our physical state. I intentionally spend my time trying to be in a state of joy and happiness and I am always thankful and humble but I do struggle with jealousy, resentment, disappointment, anxiety, you name it. I’m human. Our energy is extremely valuable and it is up to us to channel that energy for good. Good is our core and I know through meditation, I’ll learn to let go of the ego and nurture the good.

I used to meditate years ago, but I’m super rusty. I definitely felt like a beginner as I listened and tried to concentrate on my breath–and I think that says a lot to how off-centered I am internally. I need to get back to that quiet place again. If you’ve never meditated before, sign up for this challenge! It takes less than 20 minutes each day. This might even embolden me to make meditation a daily ritual instead of weekly.

I’ll talk more about my journey with this challenge as time goes on. I’m really excited about it. Please join in and if you do, let me know in the comments section. There is power in numbers.

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dutch dingen: navigating amsterdam

Sherisa — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 04:00:23 PST

I’m going to try spending more time talking about living here since I don’t think I’ve done such a great job at recording my experiences so far. Dingen is Dutch for things.

I was asked not too long ago to contribute my stories of expat living to Parlour Magazine. This is awesome for multiple reasons, but mainly because I get to exercise my writing muscles in article format. I’m serious about making this year more rounded with as many writing opportunities as possible. It was my initial intention to talk about my transition into this country, culture, new crazy life on my blog, but I didn’t know what exactly to chat about. That’s changing, though. I suppose I needed a bunch of experiences before I could properly document any of it.

Although I am an expat, I don’t think I’ve really wanted to be included in that circle based off of personal observations: They are usually strange socially and you can tell they were the wallflowers back home that blossom abroad and turn their Americanisms into a fetish. One thing I have been and still am prisoner to is constant comparison. I think it’s in my reluctancy to be an expat. Maybe I think of myself as different because I have US-UK dual citizenship so I rather not be lumped into that category. But however we wear our garments, they are all still the same: expat. I’ve immigrated from New York. Deal with it. That last bit is for me, not you.

The first thing I’ll talk about is navigating Amsterdam. This is good for both visitors and recent transplants, if you’re anything like me and have fairly poor directional skills. I’m notorious for getting lost. I was born and raised in New York and it took me a very long time to get some mental tricks in place so that I’d stop being so terribly lost. Then the invention of mobile directions lessened being lost tremendously.

Then I move to Holland.

Paul Auster wrote a novel where the main character reminisced on being in Amsterdam by stating it was something like a never-ending maze. Every corner looks exactly the same. You are in a state of being perpetually lost. Being lost in my own hometown, I was only terrified of Amsterdam until after moving here. There’s a big difference in being lost at home and in a foreign land. Last night I mentioned to Dennis that I finally feel like I can get around on my own fairly well, having escorted friends Lesley and Lori around town on my own last week then instinctively giving a man directions Saturday and being correct.

I don’t have the tram system down to a tee yet because there are a million tram lines, but I definitely know enough to get around unaccompanied. In fact, that’s how my journey of learning this city began. I started taking short trips in the day to close by places and tried my hardest to mark each place with some sort of landmark and also memorize the name of the street/tram stop. I’m living on prepaid phone service which means no internet outside of wifi or being at home so I would spend my time writing down exacting directions absolutely everywhere. Eventually, my trips became longer, but not that much longer. It doesn’t take particularly long to get anywhere in this country. The time it took me to leave my house in Brooklyn and get to work in the morning, I can travel from Amsterdam to Rotterdam and back. As far as real distance, NY has this place beat.

I am probably a bit backwards. I learned how to ride the trams before learning how to successfully cross the streets. This has to sound absolutely absurd, seeing that I’m a fully functioning adult. Paul Auster got it completely right: this place is a maze by foot. Every other street just about has a canal running through it. They almost all look exactly alike. You can’t use bicycles as any sort of marker; they are everywhere. Then there’s the thing about the streets not always being easy to decipher. Again, a stupid sounding comment. Obviously there’s sidewalk and street. Well, not here. It goes in this order on a regular road: sidewalk, bicycle lane, motorway, tramline, motorway, bicycle lane, sidewalk. In a lot of areas, this is all cobble stone. In places that probably have much heavier traffic, the roads are asphalt. I do love (and also vehemently hate) that they actually lay stone still. It is so charming, but nothing feels worse under your feet than perhaps, fire.

Lest we forget there are a million roundabouts and majorly heavy trafficked areas that have cars, trams, bikes, people intersecting however they can get by. I’m making it sound like madness, but it is actually a very efficient and smooth system, expect for your occasional asshole car driver trying to cut you off while you’re on a bike. My biggest complaint is that there is very little visual difference between what is sidewalk and bike lane, especially if you’re just visiting. I remember having nasty Dutchies feverishly ringing their bike bells at me and yelling to get out of the lane. But when you can’t tell that that’s what you’re in until there’s 1,000 bikes charging towards you, cut the visitor some slack. As a bike rider now, I only get annoyed when you ring your bell to warn them and they don’t move at all. That pisses me off. Dear God, am I becoming Dutch?

Just remember left right left or right left right at every single point to cross. You’ll have to look at all times. You really need to be aware here. I don’t walk with the confidence Dennis has, not yet, but I’m definitely getting there. Outside of the time consumption of writing down every single direction to get somewhere and studying the tram and train lines to no end, an app I use on my iphone that I think is pretty helpful without the need for internet is Amsterdam Transport Map. SUPER handy!

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hello, 30: the list

Sherisa — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 01:56:12 PST

I’ve been thinking for a very long time about what I want to do to mark this year. Last year, I did my first list for 29 and while I didn’t complete all of them, it was nice to have some non-business, non-writing personal goals to focus on. I’m going to change it up a bit this year by making it more specific on some things. I doubt I’ll have 30 things, but we’ll see as time goes.

Meditation: I have to meditate for at least 30 solid minutes at least once a week no matter what. Preferably on a Sunday so I get a fresh start to each week. I must make time to clear my mind.

Yoga: 45-90 minutes at least twice a week. This will eventually be just 90 minutes twice a week while I build up my stamina again. This has been my go-to source of relaxation since I was 14 and I’ve really let myself go. No bueno.

Diet: Try to only drink juices I’ve juiced myself. Same with smoothies–easiest way to pack in the raw veggies in my diet. More steamed food; less fried food.

Skin: Get massages and facials, get waxed, do manicures and pedicures. Drink tons of water and lemon tea. I miss being ultra feminine here. I need that special “me” time.

Baking: Bake at least 20 times this year. Cookies, cakes, tarts, bread, it all applies.

Going Raw: One raw weekend a month. Over time, it’ll be one raw week.

Books: Read at least one book a month. Get back into the steady habit.

Wall Decoration: Get all the photos and art we want on the walls framed and hung.

Greenery: Plants. Lots and lots of plants. Large ones, small ones, everywhere.

Books: This one is different. I’ve been wanting to make scrap books forever, but it might be fun to have some proper books printed. I’m going to aim for 4 different books this year. A pixel dedicated book could be fun. Also one with all the shows we’ve been to this year.

Project Life: I absolutely LOVE Elise’s idea and some sort of version of that is probably exactly the type of scrapbook idea I think I can get behind. I can just do a simple photo a day of something I’m doing and then put it together every month.

That’s it for now. I’m more than certain that this list is going to grow over the first few months. Time to get started!

Catch up if you missed my 29 at 29 list.

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Constructing My Future Letter to myself

Sherisa — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:29:00 PST

Last month I promised to explain how to draft your version of a future letter to yourself. The steps are fairly simple and I’ll use myself as an example. First, remember this letter is written some time in the future. I write my letter for one year from now, so this year’s letter is written as if it is Jan 2, 2013.

I write an intro paragraph with some general thoughts:

Dear Sherisa,

As I see myself walk into the door of 2013, I see a much more focused and mature Sherisa than ever before. The year started out with a bang. Turning 30 was such a huge accomplishment. Much more than I think I even thought it would be. 30 is such a solid number. And it gave me that extra boost. I felt much more stable. 2012 was the year of the Positive Productive; just look at all I accomplished in twelve months. I am so unbelievably proud of myself for having the faith that I can accomplish all I’ve set my mind to. I know that I can succeed at everything I glance at. The power lay within me. God has manifested that power within me. All Praise and Honor!!!

Then I usually make a list of all the things I would like to cover and I break it down however long as needed for each. I talk about personal growth and business:

Business
Health
Spirituality
Marriage
Friendships
Personal Growth
Financial
Home

The last bit is using some sort of service to email it to myself in the future. I’ve set my letter to be emailed to me 4 times in the year: once every quarter. I use FutureMe.org and they let you send it to yourself in the future as many times as you’d like. Once I’ve copy+pasted it and sent it off 4 times, I delete the draft I have on my computer so that I don’t haunt myself with constant reminders. I choose every quarter so that I can adjust what I need to in enough time and to also keep me on track.

There’s something that puts a bit of a fire under your ass when it just pops into your email and you’ve most likely forgotten about it while you just work day to day.

I hope this has been helpful and that you’ll also write your own for whatever goals you have. Or even if it’s for something like a surprise pick me up. That would be great too. If you do write one, I hope it works out well for you and your goals!

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white shoes and the couples company

Sherisa — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:41:00 PST

I can’t remember the last time I wrote about music on the blog. Sunday, Dennis and I headed to TokoMC to see a band perform that neither of us have heard before. One of the band members is friends with a few of our friends here so we went to check them out. It was my first time at an event with an almost 100% Indonesian crowd, which is ridiculously rare from what I’ve experienced here. Amsterdam is such a strange place.

white shoes and the couples company totally delivered. They were retro and funky and amazing. We hung out with them the following night and listened to some live jazz.

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D’Angelo. Live. Tonight. Speechless.

Sherisa — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:21:58 PST

I’ve been doing pretty good so far, but I really shouldn’t be able to fully contain myself. Something that has been over a decade in the making is happening tonight: I am going to see D’Angelo perform LIVE.

In front of my face live.

IN.FRONT.OF.MY.FACE!

I decided to celebrate by painting my nails neon pink. Random, I know. Today is also the first snow of the season. It’s just a light dusting; not actually accumulating on the street so all is well. I don’t really have anything to say today. I’ll be around tomorrow to finally give you the post about writing a future letter to yourself.

Have a great great day!
Enjoy this and I’ll see you tomorrow.

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Lauren’s get happy list

Sherisa — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:00:00 PST

Here are the 10 things that Lauren
incredibly happy:

1. My family of 3 and the little one on the way!
2. Singing and my undying love affair with music. When I am down singing literally FREES my heart.
3. My friends that lend me their shoulder if I need to cry on it.
4. FOOD…I love to eat good food.
5. Bright lively colors
6. Nothing makes a woman happy like beautiful stiletto heels!
7. Sunny days in the mid 70′s to low 80′s.
8. Driving with the windows down and the radio UP
9. Cooking
10. Shopping

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when busy is a great spectacular thing

Sherisa — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:57:49 PST

Hiii everyone!

So much has been going on. I’m behind online but not really. Sorry for my early year absence. I highly doubt it will be like this from here on out. I don’t even know where to start.

Besides my usual thinking about too much all of the time thing that I tend to do always, I’ve been getting life stuff done. I wanted to stop by on Friday and write a post, but I’ve had zero time. On Saturday, I turned the big 3-0! I’m 30 yall!!! OWWW! I was and still am so excited. I’ve been excited for maybe the last quarter of 29 and now that it’s here, and we’re fully in Aquarius I just feel like I’m exploding with happiness over and over again. I will attempt to recap the past few weeks over the next couple of days.

What does this mean for my 29 at 29 project? Technically it is over and I’m still trying to figure out everything I’d like to see accomplished this year personally. I don’t know that it will be 30 things. I don’t really know what form it will take, but I’ll have something put together by February to share. Goals never really go away until they are done. Everything I didn’t fully accomplish last year will be carried over. I realized much later than some relied on the completion of others and with a general lack of funds for personal pleasure, they just never happened. All that is changing this year though.

Outside of my glorious, grown up and beautiful new age, I’ve also got a bit of work news: I got a freelance job as a copywriter! Another thing ticked off the list! After all these years, after paying my student loan month after month without fail, I will finally get to use my degree for profit outside of myself. I am SO HAPPY! After getting the news, I got registered with the Chamber of Commerce here and I’m legit. It feels so good to know that I’ll be a functioning part of this society. I really need that to make living here a solid reality.

Now I know it’s Tuesday, and I haven’t mentioned one thing business related all year yet, but please bear with me. I’m working on something with two lovely ladies and that will debut next month some time. It’ll be about business and it’s the next chapter to my biz talk series. Here’s something else I’d LOVE to start but I need your participation for it to work. I’d love to start doing Q&A Tuesday as well for the biz talk series. Any and all business related questions can be sent to me here and I’ll answer them in some sort of order on the blog.

Let’s see…what else?

Oh yeah! I started working out yesterday. I coincidentally also got on my bike and rode around Amsterdam for about an hour total so naturally I’m super sore right now. I have to work out today, but I’m going to do it later this afternoon instead. I refuse to slack off right at the start.

So I’ll wrap this up now. Tomorrow there will be a new happiness post up so look out for that and on Thursday I’ll revisit what I wanted to talk about last week Tuesday: writing your future letter to yourself. As long as we have breath, we have time.

Yay to newness and thanks for hanging in there!

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Jessica from Make Under My Life: get happy list

Sherisa — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:00:00 PST

Here are 10 things that make Jess
incredibly happy:

1. My boyfriend, Mr. Lively. His quick wit and his extreme ticklishness always make me laugh.

2. Doing my nails. Over the years I have developed a fetish for doing my nails. My at-home manicures are a must and I enjoy getting creative with glitter and color.

3. Writing on my blog. Whenever I get a great idea for a post that I think will help people I get such a sense of fulfillment from writing for MML.

4. Learning photography. Now that I got my first dSLR, I am slowly making my way through photography blogs learning how to adjust the controls to get a better photo. It’s great because it is great for my personal life and blog as well.

5. Craft beer. In 2011 I started to get into small breweries and the beer that they make. Up to that point I largely considered myself a wine girl. But now I appreciate an IPA like never before.

6. Running. Even when I don’t feel like going on a run, I know that my body and mind is much happier and balanced when I make time to run a few miles.

7. Listening to Joyce Meyer. Though I consider myself a spiritual person, not a Christian, I love watching Joyce Meyer and learning how to change any old/bad habits I may have. She truly inspires me.

8. My blog reader. I love flipping through my blog reader on Flip Board (an iPad app) and seeing the amazing content and talent that so many women possess online today.

9. Exfoliating. I love getting rid of clutter as much as I love shopping. The trick is to make sure I don’t buy anything that is going to get exfoliated any time soon.

10. Westie puppies. I one day would love to have a Westie named Elsie and right now, I just keep my eye out for any Westies on the street to fill the gap.

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Have a happy first weekend of 2012!

Sherisa — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:14:45 PST

It’s already the end of first week of the year. 51 weeks left. I spent my week writing and prepping for the rest of the year. Also helping out the hubby since he has a new show this month. The life of a wife. New biz stuff is going great so far. Some major things have been accomplished and I’ll share more in the coming weeks. This weekend will be lots of work. Yippie!

Here are some of my most favorite things this first week of the year:

Kate and her brother, Matt made this cd for their family for Christmas. So far, the raddest thing of the year. You can download the album here.

I don’t think I mentioned this before, but I am all about glitter. Katrina has an awesome tutorial and Anilu shared another tutorial link in the comments section. Go get your glitter on in Photoshop.

My dinnerware is white and boring me and I’ve been thinking of how to spruce it up instead of buying new dishes. I bumped into Jennifer’s DIY and now I want it too.

I’ve been loving the happy lists that I’ve received so far! Keep them coming! Email me your list to helloATlelephantroseDOTnet

Back to my regularly scheduled posts Monday. Have a fantastic weekend!

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Francesca’s get happy list

Sherisa — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:00:00 PST

A dear friend of mine from my old job sent over her thankful list.

Here are 10 things Francesca is
extremely grateful for:

1. My beautiful husband with whom I’ve shared nearly 32 years of happiness.
2. My friends
3. My current dogs, who always make me smile
4. The dogs who’ve shared their lives with me in the past and whom I still remember and love every day.
5. Opera. For me, no other art form can blow my mind and wrench my heart the way great music and the power of the human voice does.
6. Jonas Kaufmann (see Opera, above )
7. I’m lucky to have a job. I’m VERY lucky to have a job in a good company, working mostly on books I find very interesting, with great colleagues.
8. New York City.
9. Kent, Connecticut
10. The Divine Feminine.

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Gabi’s get happy list

Sherisa — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:00:00 PST

The very first happy list for the new year comes from another friend I made through my postcard swap!

Here are 10 things that make Gabi
exceedingly happy:

1. My family – I have a new found respect for my Dad that I never really appreciated before. Also although they’re crazy I have a close family network who have definitely played a part in who I am today.
2. Becoming an aunty. Watching my nephew develop and also my sister enter into motherhood has been wonderful.
3. The lives of people that my mother touched before she passed away. Although the loss is a great one seeing and hearing of the lives she’s helped is comforting.
4. My career – I love my job! Although some days are stressful I know I’m blessed not only to have a job but to be working in the industry that I’ve always wanted to work in. My boss is cool too
5. Most of the people I’ve met on my travels in 2011 have really inspired me, I’m looking forward to building great friendships and working relationships with them in the years to come.
6. Owning the car I’ve always wanted.
7. Church family. I’m a bit of a nomad at the moment but I know that people are praying for me even when they don’t see me for a while – it means a lot.
8. Self Acceptance. Allowing myself to make mistakes and be okay with that & feeling like I’m progressing in areas of my life I thought I wouldn’t.
9. Well dressed men with facial hair. Only the Lord knows how much I love you, lol.
10. A Suite for Ma Dukes. I never really got how emotive motive could be until I heard this arrangement of J Dilla’s music, it’s beautiful!

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Hello 2012!!

Sherisa — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST

Here we are! We made it!!

Is it just me, or is 2012 a year that just never registered when you were a child? I never thought about it too much. This month I turn 30. I sometimes think I’m one of the few women I know that is actually wholeheartedly looking forward to this age change. I get to step into a new decade. I’m so excited about it, I’m tingling all the time haha.

There is so much in store for this month. Last month, (week and year–wow) I mentioned that there will be changes to a lot of things shortly. And there will be. Hopefully it will all be done before this month is out. I have to set up some new accounts and work super hard on some other behind the scenes things, but I’ll give clear notice about each thing as it happens.

Shop Update

I’m going to have one last shop update on this site this month. Starting in February, my site will be hosted under something else entirely so I thought to celebrate the end of an era, I’d have one final bash. There will be an update AND sale starting next week Tuesday til the following Tuesday. There will be a new special deal every day of the sale so make sure to sign up for the newsletter to find out what that is. It will be a newsletter exclusive.

Hello 30

I’m thinking about a new way to do my list for my 30th birthday. I am definitely breaking it down differently. Last years list was fine, especially since I never did that before, but this year I think it would be more fitting to focus on self in a more encompassing way. In addition to that, I’ll also share some points from my future letter to myself with you guys. I’ll explain how to do this yourself in full detail tomorrow.

I am not much of a resolutions kind of lady, but I know other people are. Is there anything special you are working on that you would like to share? What’s in store for you this year?

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Aiesha’s get happy list

Sherisa — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 23:00:00 PST

Aiesha is a woman I adore and admire greatly. I’ve come to know her now via online and she is just every bit aware and wonderful. I am grateful to call her a friend. I am happy to round out the year with her list.

Here are 10 things that make Aiesha
incredibly happy:

1. The upcoming release of my documentary on DVD.
2. Grassroots fundraising for my non-profit, which is going well.
3. Lots of travel in 2012, some international.
4. The infrequent, yet awesome, moments I get to spend alone.
5. Relationship building with new and not-so-new folks.
6. The re-launch of my media company.
7. Mamahood, homeschooling and all that comes with it.
8. All the wonderful lessons learned in 2011–even the tough, painful ones.
9. My increased and expanded awareness of the world around me and inside of me.
10. Decreased fear as I continue to step outside of the box.

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