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New year, new ‘do. 💇‍♀️: @modernedgesalon

Whew, 2019. You were a year of ups and downs. I have whiplash from all the extreme highs and extreme lows you threw, again and again and again. I had some of the best experiences of my life. I was also frustrated and lost and overwhelmed. I cried as much as I laughed. As I was trying to figure out what I wanted to say about this year end (because if it’s not on Instagram, are you even reflecting at all?!), I went back through my photos and found SO MANY of me laughing and smiling. Some of the moments I had even forgotten happened this year, they felt so long ago. I swam in cenotes and bonded with the best co-workers ever in Mexico. I reunited with dear friends in Australia and Thailand. I ran my 6th half-marathon under the midnight sun in Iceland. I studied and brainstormed and sparked ideas with colleagues in England. I did yoga on the beach under a full moon eclipse in Spain. I had an epic 40th birthday party in Las Vegas. I ate and drank my way through Italy. I spent precious time with old friends and made wonderful new ones. But then there was the other side, the stuff you don’t take selfies of. I doubted myself. I made bad decisions. I was a bad friend. I stopped writing. I gained weight. I lost my confidence. I suffered anxiety. I had insomnia. I struggled with priorities. I lost sight of my values. My year was filled with great adventures but also made me face my shadows, and it can be scary what you find in the dark. But I’ve realized it was the lows that made the highs feel so high, the moments of laughter so joyful. You need the bad to feel the good. Happy New Year, dear friends. I hope 2020 brings you peace and happiness, but don’t fret if it throws a few curveballs at you, too. Remember, good or bad, it all comes and goes, and will come and go again, and there’s nothing wrong with feeling everything too deeply. That’s what makes it a year worth remembering.

Every few years, @garyskogen makes a Christmas appearance in Toronto and it’s like old times at old places again and like no time has passed at all. ❤️

Shake it like a Polaroid picture. #beintrepid #localsknow #christmasparty

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