December 2010
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#reverb10 Day 28: Achieve
Prompt: Achieve. What’s the thing you most want to achieve next year? How do you imagine you’ll feel when you get it? Free? Happy? Complete? Blissful? Write that feeling down. Then, brainstorm 10 things you can do, or 10 new thoughts you can think, in order to experience that feeling today.
There is so much that I want to achieve next year. Instead of writing down ten things I can do to achieve...
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#reverb10 Day 27: Ordinary Joy
Prompt: Ordinary joy. Our most profound joy is often experienced during ordinary moments. What was one of your most joyful ordinary moments this year?
As lame as this sounds, I try to find ordinary joy in every single day. I’m someone who delights in the small victories. If I have a smooth commute to work, pay for a Tall at Starbucks, but get a Grande, solve a problem at work without anyone...
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#reverb10 Day 26: Soul Food
Prompt: Soul food. What did you eat this year that you will never forget? What went into your mouth & touched your soul?
Growing up, my mom always cooked healthy, yummy food. She subscribed to Cooking Light Magazine for many years, so when I went to college, and started cooking for myself, I subscribed too. Now, I have one of their cookbooks, and often peruse their online database for...
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#reverb10 Day 23: New Name
Prompt: New name. Let’s meet again, for the first time. If you could introduce yourself to strangers by another name for just one day, what would it be and why?
Actually, I wouldn’t want to introduce myself as anyone else. My cousin and I are the only Karols of our generation, and as of next September when I get married, it’ll just be him. Although, it can get annoying to say...
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#reverb10 Day 22: Travel
Prompt: Travel. How did you travel in 2010? How and/or where would you like to travel next year?
Sadly, this year I did almost no traveling. As my wonderful friend Andrew pointed out (jokingly, but truthfully), the place I travelled to most was Long Island. Between wedding plans, and my mom’s move, I was there a lot this year. The only legit vacation I took was a few days to Maine with my...
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#reverb10 Day 20: Beyond Avoidance
Prompt: Beyond avoidance. What should you have done this year but didn’t because you were too scared, worried, unsure, busy or otherwise deterred from doing? (Bonus: Will you do it?)
This is an interesting one for me. I suffer from anxiety, so worry is something that plagues me every day. I tend to over-analyze, and take forever to make decisions. This often leads to psyking myself out, or...
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#reverb10 Day 18: Try
Prompt: Try. What do you want to try next year? Is there something you wanted to try in 2010? What happened when you did / didn’t go for it?
This year, I tried knitting. It took me a while, but I completed a “practice scarf” made out of plain red yarn. Now, I’ve moved on to a more difficult multi-colored yarn. I hope to get better overall and learn more stitches next...
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#reverb10 Day 15: 5 Minutes
Prompt: 5 minutes. Imagine you will completely lose your memory of 2010 in five minutes. Set an alarm for five minutes and capture the things you most want to remember about 2010.
Getting engaged!
The moment my mom’s doctor said, “everything looks perfect!”
How I fought through unemployment until I got a new job
Moving to Manhattan
Finding the place I wanted to get...
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#reverb10 Day 12: Body Integration
Prompt: Body integration. This year, when did you feel the most integrated with your body? Did you have a moment where there wasn’t mind and body, but simply a cohesive YOU, alive and present?
On Day 10 of #reverb10, I wrote about keeping my gym membership after I lost my job as the wisest decision I made this year. My response to today’s prompt is definitely connected. The time when...
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#reverb10 Day 11: 11 Things
#reverb10 Day 11:
Prompt: 11 Things. What are 11 things your life doesn’t need in 2011? How will you go about eliminating them? How will getting rid of these 11 things change your life?
1) Anxiety: I need to worry less, and live more. 2) Negative people: There are some who don’t deserve my friendship, and only bring negativity into my life. I need to learn to let go of those people....
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#reverb10 Day 9: Party!
Prompt: Party. What social gathering rocked your socks off in 2010? Describe the people, music, food, drink, clothes, shenanigans.
In August, my parents threw us an engagement party, and it definitely rocked my socks off! There wasn’t any music, but there were lots of cupcakes, and plenty of other yummy food, along with mimosas to drink. My mom dressed up two metal figures as bride and...
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#reverb10 Day 6: Make
Prompt: Make. What was the last thing you made? What materials did you use? Is there something you want to make, but you need to clear some time for it?
The last thing I made was a batch of Hanukkah sugar cookies (see below). My mom and I make and decorate these cookies every year. Even though Hanukkah started right after my mom moved, we still made time for cookies. They’re yummy and colorful,...
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In Awe of Myself
#reverb10 Day 4:
Prompt: Wonder. How did you cultivate a sense of wonder in your life this year?
Another word for wonder is “awe,” and this year, I have been in awe of my ability to overcome and perservere. It may sound pompous to say that I’m in awe of myself, but know that I’m rarely one to toot my own horn, and thinking highly of myself has never come easy.
When I...
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#reverb10 Day 2
I’m participating in #reverb10, an awesome project where bloggers are reflecting on 2010 and looking forward to 2011. You can read my response to yesterday’s prompt here. This is the one for today:
Writing. What do you do each day that doesn’t contribute to your writing — and can you eliminate it?
The one thing I do that definitely doesn’t contribute to my writing is over...
