MM – Making mistakes

For the first Monday of 2015, I wrote about changing up the look of my blog, and remembering how my late father taught me to code. Now, for this last Monday of the year, as I get ready to head to my four week post-surgical checkup, I’m finding it kind of awesome that I’m in the middle of rebooting my internal code.

This is the time of year everyone and their uncle thinks about resolutions. I’ve seen the Neil Gaiman quote from 2001 floating through my newsfeed frequently in the past few days. You know the one – “May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful, and don’t forget to make some art — write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.”

Turns out he wrote another in 2011 that I like even more. In fact, I’ve paired it with a picture I took last night of the waning Christmas full moon. Seemed rather fitting.

What are your resolutions for 2016? Be sure to shout out in the comment section – I’d love to hear them. Here’s to hoping we all make some glorious mistakes in the coming year.

“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’re doing things you’ve never done before, and more importantly, you’re Doing Something. So that’s my wish for you, and all of us, and my wish for myself. Make New Mistakes. Make glorious, amazing mistakes. Make mistakes nobody’s ever made before. Don’t freeze, don’t stop, don’t worry that it isn’t good enough, or it isn’t perfect, whatever it is: art, or love, or work or family or life. Whatever it is you’re scared of doing, Do it. Make your mistakes, next year and forever.” ~ Neil Gaiman, 2011