I wrote this over a year ago. It
feels even more applicable now. Maybe you can relate:

         I
want a life with less stuff in it – fewer clothes I
don’t wear, less mail and less paper; fewer to-do list items that don’t make my
heart sing. I want everything in my home to either do something or mean
something.

         I
intend to travel less – only for real fun or real money. 

         I want less email and
the nerve to not answer it if I don’t feel like it, and maybe not even open it
if I don’t feel like that. I want a clearer calendar and a shorter tax return.

         I look forward to divesting from my
wardrobe any garment that has “sweat” as its first syllable. 

         I relish the
thought of knowing less about Brad and Angelina and more about me. I crave the
chance to do more work that matters and less that spins my wheels.

         I want days to be longer so I don’t
have to choose between mediation and writing in my journal, or between yoga and
Pilates, my husband and my daughter. Long days would mean making dinner from
scratch and writing with a pen. Days like that would put empty spaces in my
life so if something wonderful showed up, there would be room for her to sit. I
want more time to spend with my dog. (If I had the time, I’d get the dog.)    

         I
want to live in the day I’m given and stop defusing miracles by needing them so
much. 

         I want to spend more time with the people I love and the ones I find
interesting. 

         I yearn to immerse myself in the sacred and be choosy about the
profane. 

         I choose to live my life now
and never again strive to reach a goal unless I should happen to take up
hockey. 

*You know that I talk about my dog Aspen. I rescued her
fourteen years ago and I love her to pieces, but she lives with my daughter and her husband and their other dog. I
live with my husband our cat Bobby. I hope that next fall when I come back from
lots and lots of traveling with my new books, we will open our home to a
cat-tolerant canine.

Victoria Moran is an author, speaker, and certified life coach. You can follow her Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube.