one word {reverb10 – day 1}
my word was going to be growth. really, it was.
see? i even had a picture to go with it.
but today was a crazy day. crazy as in, i spent the whole day running around like a chicken with its head cut off, which is a visual i hate, but it gets the job done.
and i realized that if i am going to be honest, the one word that describes this year best for me is: crazy.
oh, there were other words that mattered.
growth. hope. writing.
words in general, they mattered. a lot.
i learned a lot, i grew a lot, i traveled in circles that i never knew existed.
i spent most of this year feeling like i couldn’t catch up, couldn’t catch my breath, would never have time to relax and do all the things i want to do. yet i accomplished more in this past year than in the three years before that.
most importantly, i started writing again. really writing, every day.
my one word could be writing.
my one word could be words.
but i am one of those people that tends to be blunt and honest, to a fault.
so my word is crazy.
and i am.
crazy.
crazy about life, crazy about writing, crazy about cats and books and art and jewelry and love and hope and each new morning.
yup, that’s it.
crazy.
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i’m also supposed to write about what i want for next year, what i envision.
i could lie and say a whole bunch of stuff about goals and dreams and how next year will finally be the year that i get my shit together.
but in truth, i know it will just be more of the same.
more words. more hope. more learning. more growth.
and most definitely,
more crazy.
but there had better not be any more cats.
December 1st, 2010 at 5:15 pm
Sounds like a good kind of crazy to me. As long as your head stays on. Unlike the chicken’s.
December 1st, 2010 at 5:15 pm
Oh, I love this! You capture perfectly the chaos of life. My 2011 word is growth. I’m certain we’ll grow in that chaos.
December 1st, 2010 at 5:25 pm
*bing!!* Nail on the head!! It’s the oddest thing to me, that I keep “saying” I’m going to slow down, sign up for less classes, make less commitments, kick back, stay home, mellow out, defrag my schedule…
*shuffling feet & clearing throat*
Maybe next year?? `;-}
December 1st, 2010 at 5:30 pm
dear god, but you make me smile. i know this place, know it well. despite all the craziness, you DID grow and you are writing more, and i swear i don’t know how you do it, but am happy you do, and you even have pictures to go with what you write. i’m thinking crazy good.
December 1st, 2010 at 5:33 pm
Love your post! Hate that I didn’t think of using the word crazy 🙂
December 1st, 2010 at 5:47 pm
This made me laugh. I definitely understand the crazy type of year. And I love that you ask for more crazy! That’s the best. Inspiring, to be sure.
December 1st, 2010 at 5:57 pm
I’m crazy about you.
December 1st, 2010 at 6:02 pm
Isn’t learning and growth what life should be about. Setting goals on what to achieve is nice but thinking that life will be better wen I reach there isn’t. Live and Learn is my way. As in my favorite quote
– We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love… and then we return home.
December 1st, 2010 at 6:43 pm
I also think that this sounds like a pretty good kind of crazy. =)And I love you for all of it.
December 1st, 2010 at 6:50 pm
This was perfect! I’ve been debating with myself if I was going to commit to this project. I think you’ve just convinced me! I so understand the crazy!
December 1st, 2010 at 8:13 pm
Crazy is good , isn’t it 🙂
December 1st, 2010 at 8:20 pm
you and your words and your crazy just make the world a whole damn lot better place.
that is all.
December 1st, 2010 at 9:12 pm
I love this! I much prefer your honesty to a stepford version of things. As long as there’s some growth and a few beautiful sunsets, bring on the crazy! I’m right there with you. Thanks for capturing it so well. Reading your words is so often like coming home.
December 1st, 2010 at 10:38 pm
reading you always makes me smile… and there is so much i can relate to in each post. me? i am crazy. totally crazy. and this year for me has been that way too.
December 1st, 2010 at 11:07 pm
you are crazy, and i don’t see that changing any time soon.
thank goodness.
did i mention that i love your kind of crazy?
December 1st, 2010 at 11:24 pm
thank you for being so real and honest….2 of the many things i adore about you !!
i am loving this reverb10….i might have to join….late.. but hey, when life is crazy, late just goes hand in hand with that….right ?
did you know that i know of great place to get away to that promotes writing ?……hint hint 🙂
December 1st, 2010 at 11:48 pm
I totally toyed with “crazy” as my word of this year because in spite of all the learning, it was one crazy muthaeffing year.
Love this. Keep on bein’ crazy. Remember, we crazies have the best pills.
December 2nd, 2010 at 8:05 am
Great post, crazy can be good. :0)
December 2nd, 2010 at 8:57 am
If all of these words come out of ‘craziness’…then keep on being crazy. Keep on being you!!!
December 2nd, 2010 at 10:53 am
Love how you’ve embraced the crazy! If you cant fight it…
December 2nd, 2010 at 2:37 pm
Okay, how come no one told ME there were pills for this kind of Crazy?!?
Beth – join in!! I’m a day behind already but am loving the vibe.
Write on, crazy sister ~ there is magic in them there words …
December 3rd, 2010 at 9:46 pm
This reverb thing is so cool! Wish I had more time to join in… maybe next year!