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When younger, each last December day I jotted down what might happen to me the upcoming new year, then put the list into a drawer to not peek at it until the following December.<\/p>\nWhen younger, each last December day I jotted down what might happen to me the upcoming new year, then put the list into a drawer to not peek at it until the following December.<\/p>\n
I was often right. An unusual ability to foretell the future? Hardly. \u00a0When you know yourself, you can make good guesses as to how any year unfolds.<\/p>\n
We are creatures of habit and it’s not hard to guess right what might happen. Try it for yourself.<\/p>\n
Still, there were always surprises: new job, new friendship, chance meeting with an old buddy, the passing away of a dear chum. Such events surprise but also expected; but they never made it to the list.<\/p>\n
I would rather be surprised than right.<\/p>\n
I wrote my list alone (it is meaningless otherwise), making educated guesses or, occasionally, a wish. Sometimes the latter came true; more often it took more than a year for it to come to pass.<\/p>\n
Most of my plans were not major events: distant travel, or a book or article published, or putting a business idea into practice. I had fun composing the list. Whether they came true or not was irrelevant.<\/p>\n
It’s a compelling way end one year and to herald in another. And it was always revelatory to see what came true from the previous list.<\/p>\n
What my list will contain this year? An end to the Ukraine war and covid a distant memory.<\/p>\n
Why not think big?!<\/p>\n
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Please contact me<\/strong>: \u00a0taso@uw.edu\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When younger, each last December day I jotted down what might happen to me the upcoming new year, then put the list into a drawer to not peek at it until the following December. I was often right. An unusual ability to foretell the future? Hardly. \u00a0When you know yourself, you can make good guesses<\/p>\n