The meaning of the Holidays has changed over the years. As a kid it was about presents and moving forward. In my grad student years, it was about catching up on work and having time to travel. Now, it’s an opportunity to take a break, look back, and reflect.
It’s quite odd how a year both goes very fast and slow, how it seems not much has happened but it always amazes me what activities I’ve forgotten over the year and how much growth has occurred. Making my New Years list with my wife is something I look forward to, it’s a chance to reassess the goals that were important and not so important from the last year, which ones to be proud of and which ones deserve a second shot.