Reviews & Rewinds

As the month of January flew by and I sit here looking into February and the upcoming months, working on
updating my life (socially, creatively, mentally), I cannot grasp how quickly it all goes by and if you don't
slow down and enjoy it, you may miss out or regret things you didn't do. I know I have said that I never want
to regret NOT doing something, instead happy I tried it or did it, even if I was tired the next day or
hated doing it (after the fact).

Trying to make some plans for the upcoming year - long term, that is. Obviously, fiscally it's expensive here
in SD (as we all know now that Chuckles is leaving his home and moving to Michigan) and I, like most wish I was
making more money. I work on brining in freelance work to supplement my income. Actually, I work EXTREMELY
hard to promote my company visualHYPE (www.vhype.com) through networking, other designers & companies,
and online. Speaking of which, I’m almost done with the re-design of my website. It’s been 6 year since the debut
of it. I felt it needed a fresh face applied to it and I am EXTREMLY happy with the way it is shaping up. Throw in
my new business cards & collateral, and I am a self-marketing machine!

My plan to be more creative has gotten off to a slow start. I have been drawing in my journal but art projects
& photos have been slow coming. Must make more of an effort… starting NOW!

Next month (March) will be a year in the new place. It’s weird to think of how much has changed in that year too.
The house is coming along nicely, with the new furniture set that was purchased at the end of December, we were
able to get rid of a bunch of stuff in the garage. This will now allow me to set up my art workshop out there.

The weather has been good. We have had a very mild winter, which is a bummer since I like my winters wet
(and my summers hot). It will be great to get back to Daylight Savings (March 11) with the longer days coming.
I always feel like I get more out of my day, especially with work getting busier and going to the gym after work.
I want to get out and ride my bike some more too!

Speaking of exercise, I broke my toe back in January but felt I healed quickly. I’m almost out of the 6-8 week
fully healed time period. Not that my toe slowed me down much. I still work hard at working out, and have been
eating better. I’ve lost weight since my yearly check-up in October… Almost 10 pounds!! I have another check
up I need to schedule to see how everything is going with my cholesterol and sugar.

Excited about these upcoming things / plans for the year:
• Trip to Disneyland
• Trip to the Wild Animal Park (or whatever it is called now)
• Trip to Palm Springs
• Trip to San Francisco
• Trip to Costa Rica
• Return of the Memorial Day BBQ
• Return of Mad Men & Game of Thrones
• More Foo Fighters shows
• And other concerts too!
• Cirque du Soleil
• 4th of July party
• Comic-Con
• Staying Healthy
• Art, Art, and more Art
• Photos too!!
• Loving & Living Life