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Are you a New Year’s Resolution person? I am! I love the buildup, the execution, the personal challenge. Even though, up to yesterday, I have never succeeded at sticking to any of my resolutions for the full year. In 2019, I made it 199 days drawing LIVEStreaming Youtube/Facebook everyday. In 2022, I made it for 5 months of exercising everyday. In 2024, I made it 7 months of writing my childrens’ book everyday, (still in progress).
My point is that even though I have never fully succeeded, I still benefitted enormously from the effort. I’m so delighted to share that yesterday, December 31, 2025 for the first time in my 62 years, I succeeded at my Jan 1, 2025 New Years Resoulution! I made it! I nailed it! Amazing! Wonderful! Yipeee ME! I actually LIVEstreamed a drawing lesson imagination adventure EVERYDAY for 365 consecutive days!
Here’s my point, that being the overused but truly poignant cliche, “it’s the journey not the destination that’s important.”
So, this being the first week in January 2026, I have commited to this year’s resolution! 20/20/20! A minimum of 20-minutes a day Instagram LIVEstream drawing, minimum 20 minutes a day exercising, minimum 20 minutes a day writing little love letters on napkins to Susan (joking…sort of), minimum 20 minutes, a day of writing/illustrating my next children’s book.
It always adds an ingredient of fun and accountability when I share my journey with you my creative social media peeps. So, Here’s today's report 20 minutes writing, check. 20 minutes walking Poppy (pouring rain so delayed until 5pm). 20 minute LIVEstream, coming up in about 1 hour. Feel free to log in and join me On Facebook, YouTube, or Instagram.
Perhaps my long wordy essay will nudge you a bit to consider challenging yourself to a simple attainable self growing New Years Resolution? To help you choose, I’ve posted a few helpful screen shots of ideas. Have amazing extraordinary inspiring adventures in 2026!
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