I like to jot down things that I find inspiring (I always have a pencil and a notebook with me). So I took (most of) my inspirations from the year and found there were 4 main categories they fell into: interacting with others, introspection, body love and career. I want to share them–because these are the ideas that are shaping me right now.

The first is interacting with others. I wish I had the source for all of these…I adapted most to make them my own. Tara Brach is a huge influence: I’m constantly scribbling when I listen to her podcast.

• what are the core attitudes I want to project, embrace and filter to the world? gratitude, grace, love
• maintain eye contact with strangers a little longer
• say hi to strangers
• engage with new people more often
• impermanence surrounds us. be awake each moment.
• think love. give love. be love. feel love. attract love.
• my energy affects everything else around me
• keep my eyes and ears open to those who have so far less
• it’s happening now. revel in right now.
• all you need to do is smile at someone
• people gravitate to confidence
• recognize the secret beauty in all beings–divine is shining through the world all the time
• be the stillness that’s aware of this living world
• we walk through life and everyone is 2D made up stories–we don’t truly know others
• make love of the experience that we have from moment to moment perfect–not the story we tell ourselves