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A Flexible Approach to New Year Resolutions & My Goals for 2018

Happy New Year! It’s a cold morning in Seattle. We had a fairly low-key NYE: watched TV, listened to our neighbors light off mortars from 8:00 PM to 1:00 AM (we live far outside of the city), and then went to bed. I didn’t even open my bottle of Moët & Chandon, which I’m thanking myself for this morning. It’s the New Year so I want to talk about resolutions. I approach resolutions a little differently ever since I started working at Microsoft. Every six months, my manager and I and any other team member) go over the priorities that were set 6 months previously and adjust and adapt where needed. Resolutions should be an ongoing conversation with yourself because things change, and much like at work, where I was 6 months ago could be completely different from where I am now.…

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New Year’s Day 2017: A Stroll in the Snow

I have to say, 2017 started out in a great way. When I woke to take the pups out in the morning, I found it had snowed sometime after midnight, a good few inches and it stuck. I was worried about it melting and I wanted to take photos with my new camera, so we bundled up and walked the dogs down to the park.…