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The New Year is quickly approaching, which calls forth the annual personal checkup that so many of us undergo. How did I do this year? Am I living a life of intention?

I heard a great quote just yesterday. It’s from a book that my GF is reading entitled, “Eat, Pray, Love” by Elizabeth Gilbert. I recommend it for those who struggle to enjoy the simple things in life. It’s a Buddhist quote (the experts of self-examination) and it goes, “it is better to live your own life of imperfection than to live someone else’s life perfectly.” I begin to realize my own experience with this paradigm. I have pursued business-minded goals for so long, living a life that I would say was not mine.

Now, over the course of the next few months, I will be taking some dramatic steps to live the life I feel I was meant to lead. In the past, I would have had my own personal ‘freak out’ session in lieu of all the loose ends that will exist throughout this transition. But there is a sense of calm with me that can only be explained as my soul smiling. It’s about to get nuts, but I can do nuts.

People keep asking me in dismay, “what are you going to do out there?” I say, “Live.”