My Yearly Reflection: 2013

This year was amazing and provocative! Here's my yearly accomplishments followed by reflections:

• I traveled to 10 countries and a few states

-Canada

-Spain

-Panama

-France

-Italy

-Switzerland

-Monaco

-Belgium

-United Arab Emirates

-Qatar

• I moved into the biggest apartment I ever had
• I survived my 3rd year of marriage (lol)
• I spent many nights awake thinking of the ideal neighborhood for my husband and I
• I drove through Europe with a childhood friend
• I took a snowboarding class and it actually improved my technique
• I took a camel and a landcruider through a desert in the middle east
• I swam in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Mexico (multiple times)
• I let my eyebrows grow into their natural shape and texture and love them so much!
• I made five critical documentaries with amazing teenagers
• I met my husbands brother and sister for the first time, as well as his dad
• I took a bath in the mud in Panama
• I made a spear to kill a NYC Rat!
• I ran races and trained in the most gorgeous park in the world: Central Park
• I learned the ins and outs of NYC real estate
• I performed in front of a live audience, Flamenco!
• I got two articles published
• I bought all new furniture for my apartment and enjoyed every second of decorating (still not done)
• OMG, I bought a NEW car! (almost forgot about that)
• Taught a class at a University
• Ran up the Eiffel Tower drunk right before it closed and raced some Sweedes back down
• Made lots of new friends!

There were two major themes in 2013: Moving and Travel. I think I traveled more this year than any other year in my life! I remember last year on New Years Eve, I was in Quebec and I thought, maybe if I'm out of the country to ring in the new year that will bring me lots of travels in 2013! AND IT DID! I'm not saying thats the reason, but I'm sure that way of thinking helped. I've never been happier with all of my trips, I constantly had something to look forward to all year! I also wanted to spend the summer in France, and I did even better than that by traveling around the area instead!

This year was also marked by moves. My office moved, I moved, my mom moved, and my brother moved... Moving, all the People Moving, one move for just one dream! Every time my hubby and I saw a Uhaul Truck this year we sang that song, hysterical and a bit sad at the same time. I'm still traumatized by moving back to Brooklyn, as soon as our lease is up we will be back to Manhattan, specifically around Central Park.

Speaking of Central Park, I realized that my favorite place in the world, the place that makes me the most happy is that Park! Every time I am there, either walking, running, eating, etc, I feel fulfilled and like the luckiest person in the world. The energy is just amazing! My second favorite place in the world is Malaga, Spain followed by France (all over). I didn't realize how much I loved all of these places until this year. It makes me yearn for them. It makes me live in a way that I am constantly craving them all and planning to live our lives in a way that includes them. It will happen I'm sure of it. We are thinking-- summers in Malaga with trips to France (thats easy since they are so close and inexpensive to travel between), and of course move back near the Park. Then I will be filled with everything I've ever wanted! 

I also feel like I might have a deep loss in 2014. I don't know where this comes from, and I hope it's not true, but this is something else that I feel and think of often. I have to change my thinking around this, because I would be devastated! 

Well, 2013 has come and gone and I continue to grow and progress in my personal, professional and spiritual life. I am so happy with every decision I made and where my life is going. ONWARD!