On February 10 we transition into the year of the Wood Dragon. Sounds cool but really I’m just thankful that there’s basically two new years every year. If at first you don’t succeed try again. Second chances. Every new year! Fresh starts!

Every day, for that matter, is an opportunity to change. To choose and do things differently. Right?

Write. Which is what I have failed to do consistently yet wish I could and therefore I will keep persisting in making an effort to write more again. I feel shifts with the dates of the years and with the seasons and the older I get the more it all blends together in a blur of time moving fast.

So I just got back from Japan and before I flew across the Pacific Ocean I was hyper focused. Working to make money, learning Japanese and training for a marathon. I had a most fabulous time in Japan, I successfully ran 26.2 miles in under 5 hours and returned home ready to focus. Then I got sick.

Fortunately it’s not Covid and although my throat has been gnarly sore and my voice hoarse- I sound like a smoker- I think I’m on the other side of it. Getting better already because I didn’t try to push thru the sick. I stuck to the couch, rested and uploaded tons of videos and pictures. And now it’s night and I write.

There’s so much to say and so many ways to say it that once again I feel overwhelmed by the task. My main immediate goal has been to not get stressed so I can get healthy faster by staying in rest and digest mode.

This puts me in a conundrum because just thinking about all the work I have lined up along side all the fun things I want to write, create and share makes me feel like time is pressing which starts me stressing. So I’ll stop.

I’ve done a lot during these past few days of staying home sick so as not to spread an unknown throat ravaging virus. I’ve been quite productive from the couch- I’m just not doing the things I feel in need to or should be doing if I was healthy.

Such is life I suppose- always keeping us on our toes with unexpected twists and turns. Always new lessons to learn.

Either way I am grateful for all the things. For all my friends, family and the people who support my small business. I feel very lucky to live the life I live even though it seems like I’ve gotten sick far too often these past few years during and thru the pandemic- I’m still very thankful.

And a special Thank you to all the people with big boat projects on my to-do list- thanks for being patient and understanding. I will do my best to get your items done as soon as I can while maintaining the high quality that has been my standard.