The Beaver Community Comes Together

This will be the last Sister Girl session of the year. I am really looking forward to it and hope that every one will come out. I have a pledge that I plucked from the January Essence magazine that I'd like to share with them as we all agree to be accountable for each other's progress toward "completion".

I have no resolutions. I figured if there's something I want to do, I'll just do it, God willing. I just remembered that I wrote a letter to myself the 2nd night of basic training in 1997. I have to go find that letter. I can't remember exactly but I think I was to open it in 10 years or when I turn 30 to see if my life is where I imagined it to be. Ten years has passed so maybe that'll be something I do New Years eve after I pray and before I sleep in the New Year.

I have a list of 35 fun things to do before 35 that I revisit often. I think it's important to capture my goals in some way so that I can always revisit them to gauge how well I am progressing toward the achievement or scrap the whole idea. Change happens!

It's True

"Busy beavers are high achievers". I'll often say this to people whose lives are so busy that you have to get on their schedules to talk. A friend said this to me in jest and my response was "yeah but even they need some dam help". We shared a good laugh about it, but as I took stock of my life and the lives of those around me, I realized, it's true.

I am embarking on a journey that many have taken before me. Some have been successful and some have failed, only because they gave up, gave in, gave out, but they simply stopped giving it their all. I plan to learn from their experiences. I'll chronicle my journey in this blog.

I declare that I will not engage in a trivial pursuit. There are those who'll need to learn from the consequences of my decisions, so I'll avoid analysis para1yis and take some calculated risks.