2016

I don’t have the habit of writing 2016 yet. Some years it has taken several weeks to remember to write the correct year. I used to make more mistakes when I was writing several checks a week. With computers and bill pay I don’t often have to actually write out the date anymore. Anyway, I thought with a new year upon us I would take some time to highlight an article I recently read called 12 Things You Don’t Owe Anyone.

The question is posed, “So do you remember who you were before the world told you who you had to be?”

Being the youngest of a big family, I learned early how to stand up for myself and I have always felt that I was bold, decisive, opinionated, in charge of my life. (I was in my late 20’s before I realized these traits could bring both good and bad.) However, I slowly starting grasping that my life had become a series of choices based on what I thought everyone else expected of me. I have always said I am a good copier.  Show me what someone else has created and I can usually figure out how to make a duplicate.  I was living each day to please family, friends, business partners.

When I saw the question Marc Chernov wrote, “so do you remember who you were before the world told you who you had to be?” I understood what he was asking. The struggle was real trying to remember whom I represented. In fact I was forgetting this: I needed to best represent myself.

What I wish for you in this year of 2016 is for you to live your best you. Maybe a statement or two from Marc’s article will resonate and inspire you to move forward.