So first of all, Happy New Years Eve everybody!! I just wanted to share with you all something very simple I decided to do for the year 2014 that made it so much better to look back on. It's very easy to think about a year being horrible. For instance, I lost a job, our dog died, and I was horribly sick for two weeks straight. However, looking back on the highlights of 2014 was a lot easier for me than it has been in past years. The reason for that is because I decided to write all the good things down and keep it in a nifty little jar. You may be thinking, "Okay Faith, that's cool and everything, but honestly... How do you expect me to keep this up the entire year?" Good question, but that's easy to answer. It's really not hard at all! Put this jar in a place you see everyday, keep a few notecards beside it, and have a pen nearby. When something really good happens and you write it down, it'll become habit to run straight to the jar and plop it in. Now that you know the crazy simple idea of writing down the best moments of your year, I want to share personally how it impacted me. I knew from the start that this idea would be something I would really enjoy. I remembered from previous years that I had funny little moments happen that I wish I could remember more clearly. I remember wishing I knew the dates for certain monumental moments that happened, or even sad moments that happened. This jar gave that all to me and much, much more.
While reading through all 85 of my little moments, I was able to relive them all. Some of the things I wrote were very descriptive, like "Darren and I are going to start doing a Wednesday morning Bible study with some friends in the book of Romans!" (9-15) Others, however, were a result from giddiness and joy, so they turned out as short little phrases with tons of exclamation points: "JMU ACCEPTED ME!!!!! YAAAASSSSS!!!!!" (1-9) Regardless of how important they are, like being accepted into my top choice, or how simple they were, like "I got to bond with Alaina today" (10-2), reading back on these cards made me appreciate my year a WHOLE lot more. From the pile of 85 beautiful moments, I decided to handpick a few that really impacted me or made me smile reading back on them. Here they are from earliest to most recent.
There you have it folks. I encourage you all to do what I did. Spend the whole year focusing on the positives or how you took the negatives and transformed them. It's beautiful to look back on it. Make 2015 a great year!
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