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State of the Universe (2020)

Welcome to the 2020 edition of the State of the Universe.   For those who are unfamiliar with this concept, I would suggest visiting my blog at DanMickle.com and reading the post called “The Day that Changed My Life”.  That gives a little bit of the back story.  A quick note.  I was going to make a podcast to go along with this, but I didn’t.  Oh well!  Enjoy. It would be easy for me to say this…

Over coffee this morning, settled in with a book (this gem), we flipped to our normal Sunday Morning and other news shows for background noise. It felt like every other story was some sort of recap of the past year and I found myself thinking,

We just lived this. Why on Earth would we want to relive it?

The past year has been tough. Deep losses. Repeated triggers. Funks. Frustrations. All accumulating into a number of rough edges (many of which, during my final 30 day challenge, have softened) but still--

I’m much more interested in looking ahead. #thefutureisforward

When I started this blog it was with the intention of broadening my scope of life, leaning in, and cultivating more intentionality.

In 2015, my intention was to let go--and laugh without fear of the future.

In 2016, I was on a quest to reimagine my life--and redirect myself from I shoulds and other dis-servicing thoughts.

And in 2017, I set out to embrace opportunities, experiences, and emotions--while recognizing when to push back.

For the coming year, there are some new-to-me ideas I’d like to carry:

M = EA (Mishap equals Excellent Adventure), courtesy of Alice Steinbach.

Kintsugi, or the art of repairing broken places with gold or silver, etc. in order to show pride in the cracks.

Pentimento, referring to traces of previous work that remain, illustrating, without apology, how an artist has changed her mind during the process of creation.