nakedjen

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I am blessed, honestly, that she still thinks I'm cool and actually wants to hang out with me.  I consider that a win for both of us. 

Once More, Lots More

December 31 Resolution you wish you'd stuck with. (You know, there's always next year...)

I did buy a pair of really fun hemp bloomers at the Oregon Country Fair.  I admit it.  However, I also feel that my 2009 resolution of my year of nothing new was a huge success.  As was my resolve to give up sugar.  I did and I have.  In addition, my hope to include more yoga in my life was met.  Plus, I allowed love back into my life and while some relationships burned brightly and quickly and ended almost before they had a chance to even begin, it felt good to allow my heart to love another person truly, madly, deeply.  For reals. 

My biggest hope, my biggest I WILL for 2010?  More truth.  More Joy.  Lots More Love.

 

Is This The Droid I Am Looking For?

December 30 Ad. What advertisement made you think this year?

My friends who know how devoted I am to all things Apple are quite aghast that I do not own an iPhone.  Those who know me near and dear and really well, though, also know that it is a wonder that I have a cellphone at all.  I’m a child of the 70’s.  Give me a princess phone and a long cord with which to entangle myself and I’m good.  Of course, I probably will not actually answer that phone if it rings, but that’s a whole other matter.  At the moment, truthfully, I do not even have a home telephone.

All that said, the commercial for The Droid truly captured my attention and imagination.  I actually may, just may, have to get a new cellphone this year.  I know!  And if I do have to do such a thing?  This commercial for The Droid (as well as AT&T’s lousy coverage in SLC) has me convinced that it may just be the piece of technology that brings me kicking and screaming right into the year 2010. 

Wrangle My Crazy

December 29 Laugh. What was your biggest belly laugh of the year?

No question.  It happened while lying in the dark on a marshmallow bed recounting the sex-advice emails that I often receive as Nakedjen.  People, you can’t make that stuff up.  But what made the whole experience belly-laugh funny?  Hearing what Michelle just might have to say in response to all of them!  If only I could hire her to answer my emails instead of having her wrangle my crazy at Blogher.  Seriously, folks, the woman deserves her own stand-up comedy hour.  The world is a brighter, happier, shinier place because she lives here.  Every day.

Hello, Gorgeous

December 28 Stationery. When you touch the paper, your heart melts. The ink flows from the pen. What was your stationery find of the year?

The folks behind the beauty that is Bella Figura make me swoon.  And fall over because I’ve actually, you know,  fainted.  They print these beautiful invitations and other items on tree-free paper.  Using the power created by the wind.  Using vintage cast-iron presses.  With all kinds of heaps of love.  I would go to work for them if I remotely thought they'd allow me to do so. 

I keep trying to sort out, honestly, how I can hire them to create something fabulous just for moi.  Of course, I think I need to hold some sort of soiree for that to happen and while I know that every day is worth celebrating, truly, I want to have a very honest to goddess scream from the rooftops in beautiful eco-friendly letterpress reason for celebration!  Let’s make that a reality in 2010, shall we?  Yes, please. 

Blog This!

December 27 Social web moment. Did you meet someone you used to only know from her blog? Did you discover Twitter?

In a word:  Blogher.  Enough said.

I am Naked.

December 26 Insight or aha! moment. What was your epiphany of the year?

Being naked can be a very political statement.  If necessary.  That is all.

Food For All

December 25 Gift. What's a gift you gave yourself this year that has kept on giving?

There is something immensely satisfying in turning over the soil.  In digging deep into the earth to plant seeds with hope and dreams of a beautiful garden. 

This year, for the first time in a very, very long time, I had a garden.  That fed me and many others.  That grew beyond my wildest hopes and dreams.  That was filled with beautiful varieties of beets and greens and onions and squashes and tomatoes. 

There was tranquility there in my garden.  The peace infused the fruits of my labor and the meals created from my garden fed not only me, but countless homeless men and women here in Salt Lake.

When the weather turned in the fall from sunshine to snow, I saved the seeds.  For next year.  I will dig and plant and hope anew. 

Go Forth and Love Freely

 

December 24 Learning experience. What was a lesson you learned this year that changed you?

I learned this lesson twenty years ago.  I needed to learn it again.  Some lessons are like that, honestly.  The cells of our being, the core of ourselves always remember, but our own brains get distracted, lose sight, forget even the most important lessons especially if they’re harder to live every single day. 

Life is a gift. It isn’t meant to be wasted. Every single day that we awaken, that our eyes open, that we find ourselves still breathing with life upon this planet, is a day to cherish, to celebrate, to give back. By being the very best that we can possibly be. Whatever that may be.  There’s no right, there’s no wrong, there’s only just love.  Go forth and love freely.  It will all be all right in the end and with hope and grace, tomorrow will come to offer you the chance to do it again.  And again after that.

My Life Just Works

December 23 Web tool. It came into your work flow this year and now you couldn't live without it. It has simplified or improved your online experience.

Was there a web tool I discovered?  That helped with my own work flow?  No.  I don’t think that there was, honestly.  Which is actually quite remarkable considering my entire life used to actually be all about the Internet and creating tools to make using it easier for others. 

I want to shout out, right now, that my life now feels a smidge more complete and robust since I have stepped away from the computer.  I am oh so very thankful, every day, for the Internet and all that it affords me, but I also have to acknowledge that I live in deep gratitude for the people who share their lives with me every day in real life.