The Year of More

Posted on December 30th, 2016

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2016: the Year of More.  When I compare 2015 to 2016, it looks like 2016 just copied off of 2015 but with an order of magnitude.  And since 2015 was already quite a year on its own, that was no small feat.  A handy illustration to demonstrate this:

See what I mean?  But not to be wholly unoriginal, 2016 packed its own punch, too.  My parents moved to New York and our family home was torn down.  I celebrated my grandmother’s 80^th birthday at our Michigan house, had an unforgettable bachelorette weekend in Charleston, and spent my first ever Christmas outside of St. Louis.  I became a devout Bar Methodist to balance my running routine, and started making my own lunch (small change, big impact).  My faith and optimism were shaken through a rocky election season.  I threw what feels like a billion dinner parties and baked a zillion cookies, cakes, and other sweets.  I actually formulated a 20 year plan—subject to change, of course.

Most of it was happy; some of it was hard.  All of it made me a better human, and took me closer down the path of the kind of person I ultimately want to be.

No matter how you slice it, 2016 was a lot.  I’ll be sharing more about the upcoming year in future posts, but it is safe to say I will not be attempting to match this year’s drama—nor would I want to.  2016, thank you for turning up the volume, teaching me lessons, and giving me stories to tell.