I’m not so into New Year’s resolutions. Too aspirational and destined to fail. I’m about successes baby!  So after reflecting on the year that has passed, I give you: “Anne’s Old Year’s Resolutions” !

…and when I’m not as happy with my belly, or my hair or my whatever, I can always take a look at my Fred Flinstone feet. 

My obsession with the idea of habit & rituals led me to do an informal survey of my friends and family about their habits and routines. The answers offered fascinating insight into some of my closest people that I didn’t know. Got me wondering if I wonder if they recognize the powerful effect their rituals have in their lives. There is so much power in habit/ritual/routine…. So I wanted to share some of them with you - and show you their impact.

I was recently invited to do an exercise where I had to visualize the end of my life and look at my “older, wiser self”. I had to imagine - as if watching it on a screen - where she was; the feel of that place, the smell of it. I was asked to contemplate as a curious outsider - what does her life look like?  What would she want me to know? What would she say were her greatest experiences, joys, sources of gratitude?  What might her regrets be? Here’s what Big Anne showed me: