Trying to Be All Mysterious

Sorry for the long absence. Here are some excuses:1) was kidnapped by pirates2) knew you'd enjoy staring at Carl Sagan's face for a long time3) nothing to say/have lost ability to opine4) still recovering from 2006Take your pick.2006 was a big clattering cacophany of chaos and change (I did not intend to use so many words beginning with "c." Sorry about that.) I moved country, took up running an increasingly complicated photography business and managing my husband's ever-evolving career, finished a novel, began a musical, acquired an agent, and learned (well beyond the deadline, mind you) how to pay small business taxes in two different countries. So when it came to making a New Year's Resolution, I wanted to choose something that would make life easier somehow. I came up with bupkus.I did read a great book on Neurolinguistic Programming and have taken some of those lessons to heart, but what I'm lacking for 2007 is a defining philosophy, a simply-stated action plan that I can write in Sharpie on a piece of paper and stick above my desk.And so, I appeal to you, my readers, if you're still out there, to share with me and each other your own New Year's Resolutions and some suggestions for those of us in need of guidance. Please share and please share quickly, for the growling beast of anxiety and overwork is already flexing its muscles and threatening to turn 2007 into a repeat of 2006.