A Day in the Life... 31 December, 2005, Minneapolis, MN - The New Year has snuck up on me.   Well, actually, I've been expecting it.   This is a big year for me... the year that I am 40.   I remember as a ten-year-old calculating the distance and the decades and the unimaginable differences that would be when I had crossed into a new millennium and entered what seemed a very grown-up time.   What would I be?   Who would I be?   Where would I be?

And the truth of it is I like where, who, and what I am being at this point in my life.   I never expected to find myself working with this amazing thing called the FISH! Philosophy, standing in the middle of dynamic conversations about innovation, relationships, vulnerability, and change with people all across the country, from every type of organization imaginable.   Really, I'm the shy one who hides in the kitchen at every party, too terrified to invite myself into the conversation!   Yet, here I am, center stage in my own life, and having a ball.

What are we going to do with this New Year?   Resolutions and reignited enthusiasm.   Proclamations and promises.   This is the time chart a course of action, to map the future, to voice what is essential to us emotionally and intellectually.

And now as the clock strikes, we toast and laugh and celebrate and watch the fireworks illuminating our futures.   I realize that I have not just an opportunity, but an obligation to put my voice behind that which is central to my life. This is my year to shout out my joy and wonder at the world around me.   This is my year to write the book.   It is the commitment I make to myself.  

What are you brave enough to put your voice behind in the New Year?   What is your commitment to yourself, and to that which matters to you most?