The New Year always sneaks up on me.

It feels kinda literal, as though suddenly it’s almost midnight and I think, shit never did get around to that year in review business. To hell with that. I’ve been trying to no obvious avail, do over a year in review for about three years now.

It’s time I accept it simply is not one of my strong suits, like some of you out there that I greatly admire. Who actually document things and have books printed of your year in pictures.

Maybe one of these years I’ll get my act together and that’ll be me, but I’m not putting too much faith into that at the moment. I am, however, putting faith into just being me.

With all of that said, I would like to say that 2013 was a pretty damn big year. House, marriage, baby — in that order. And lots of other goodness thrown in along the way. But I feel I really hit on some milestones this time.

Looking ahead to an entire new year sprawling out before me as empty pages on a calendar, fills me with hope and excitement for The Unknown.

The Unknown of more of My People out there to meet and cross paths with, trips to foreign lands, my baby and simply life in general.

While much is Unknown, I do know that change abounds. This Babe is already teaching me all kinds of wonderful about change and I have deemed 2014 as, The Year of The Babe. It is and so it shall be.

I’m not one big on resolutions. I like to think I’m trying to be a little better everyday. But I do enjoy making my goal list of what I want to see happen for myself in a New Year, what is it I’m going to work on.

A few things, in no particular order:

• Practice staying in the present moment. Right here, right now. Not tomorrow or five hours or five years down the road. Thanks, Tolle.
• Throwing out the scorecard. Forget the competition, because there is none. Keeping score becomes way too tiresome, anyway. We are all on our own path unique to us.
• Getting more serious about What You Be {whatever that means, not sure yet}.
• Be a better friend {this is a big one because honestly, People, I can be a shitty friend}.
• Travel — Explore new sights!
• Positivity with focused desire. I have this listed on the “About” page and while I’m all about it, I’m not always all about doing it. Staying positive on a focused desire and outcome often times challenges me. Like anything, I just need to spend the time training my mind and consciously directing my thoughts.
• Doing The Next Right Thing. This goes hand in hand with helping others. There’s a lot of Truths I’m still figuring out but one I’m absolutely certain of, is we are here with and for each other. Therefore we have a responsibility to one another. Reminding myself of this through service is such a gift.

I wish us all a New 2014 that is filled to the brim with joy, love, health and wild abundance!