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    Looking Ahead: 2020

    January 7, 2020 / No Comments
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    Dearest 2020, I’m looking ahead!

    What do you have in store for me? And what do I want to try and make true for myself?

    If everything goes as planned with our Family Gap Year, our year will be divided into two distinct periods: January through May in Austin. June through December in other countries.

    Let me focus on January through May first and save the possible Family Gap Year for another time.

    In 2020, I want to pick up where I left off last year with my unreached goals related to healing my past wounds and feeling healthy and strong. Specifically, that will look like therapy three times … Read More

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    Sara Cotner
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    Annual Reflection: 2019

    January 6, 2020 / No Comments

    Dearest 2019, it’s time for my annual reflection!

    What kind of year did we have together?

    My highs include spending a month in Melbourne at a Montessori training, a super-fun birthday dinner and late-night dancing party, my first-ever cruise (even though I realized I am not a cruise person), my first-ever RV trip (even though I realized I am not an RV person), an incredible summer vacation in upstate New York, a summer visit from my mom, a visit from some of our best friends from Oakland, regular Saturday Suppers, regular pizza dinners with neighbors, two fun weddings, Thanksgiving at the beach with my family, … Read More

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    What I’m Working on Right Now: September

    August 28, 2019 / No Comments
    what I'm working on right now: intentions for September
    Nikki McClure’s calendar

    As I wrote the title above about what I’m working on right now, I accidentally wrote August. How is September almost here?

    I try to step back on a monthly cadence to see how I’m doing in my life and whether there are any adjustments I want to make.

    My goal is to make sure this process doesn’t feel overly obsessive or self-controlling (both things I’m working on as a person!). But I do want to always feel like I’m making the most of this one wild and precious life I’ve been given. Tomorrow is not a guarantee.

    Here were the intentions for 2019 that I generated … Read More

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    Sara Cotner
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