It’s been quite a year for ethandezotelle.com. After taking over two years to get to 400 subscribers, I’m now at almost 550 after an additional five weeks. Post views skyrocketed, nearly quintupling over 2019. And the number of posts overall surpassed 1,000. Given the rapid growth, I thought it’d be fun to look back at …
Tag: Happy New Year
Care Package for Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020
Poetry: New Year’s Morning by Helen Hunt Jackson Art Brut: Sam Doyle’s Dr. Buzz Photo credit: outsiderartfair.com Quote: “An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.” – Bill Vaughn 50 States, 100 Weeks: The New England Carousel Museum, Hartford, CT …
No Resolve II
This is gonna be quick. I’ve got stuff to do, and un-decorating the house took me longer than expected. It’s the last day of 2019, and for the first time in I don’t know how long, I feel pretty good about how I carried myself through the year. The year wasn’t perfect, and neither was …
No Resolve
WARNING: The following is yet another blog entry about New Year’s resolutions. The author is self-aware and understands that such pieces are hackneyed and cliched, and he totally understands if you’d rather not take the time to read it. I don’t like new year’s resolutions. Or resolutions in general. They’re a set-up for failure, and …
Enter
Enter … With gratitude For what you have For what you had For what you will have With humility Admitting mistakes Asking forgiveness Accepting compliments gracefully With self-compassion Treating yourself as a friend Traveling mindfully Taking time for yourself Enter … Alone Together Healed Broken Anxious At ease Depressed Joyful Light Burdened Enter … Giving …