"Christmas waves a magical wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful."- Norman Vincent Peale

May the miracle of Christmas fill your home and bring your family warm memories of love, laughter and happiness. Wishing you a fresh start to the magnificent New Year 2020!

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          Every year in late December, I reflect on the past year; my ups and downs, successes and failures, memorable relationships, and most important lessons. I dream up a vision for the New Year and the dreams I would like to manifest. I learned that journalling thought-provoking questions leads me to live life with more passion and purpose. The following are questions I created and answer myself every year. I'd like to share it to assist you in shaping your life for 2020:
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• What personal quality are you most proud of yourself for having in 2019?
• What were your top 3 accomplishments in 2019?
• What personal quality do you most want to work on in 2020? Why?
• Who impacted you the most this year and why?
• Did you eliminate anyone from your life? Or minimize your emotional investment in them? In what ways did you feel empowered by doing so?
• What was the story you told people about your life in 2019? Is it serving you?
• Do the people closest to you value your time, effort and investment in them? How can you be more mindful about who you spend your time with next year?
• Did you prioritize people who did not prioritize you this year? How can you change this in the New Year?
• Is there a risk you regret not taking in 2019? How can you prepare to take it in 2020?
• What was the most insightful thing you learned about yourself in 2019?
• What challenging and/or unexpected events happened to you this year? How did you grow as a result of living through this?
• Who are the people whom you most admire? What does this say about you?
• How has this year’s events shaped your thoughts, beliefs and philosophies? Are you more at peace with yourself as a result?
• What was the biggest pleasant surprise of 2019?
• In what ways did you nourish your soul? How can you make more time for these activities or people in 2020?
• What type of impact do you think you made on those closest to you this year? How did others tend to describe you this year?
• What would have to happen for you to think 2020 was a successful or joyful year at this same time next year? What are three steps you can take in the next few months to initiate these plans?

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