Age 46 - The Year of the Party

On April 6th, I turned the ripe old age of 46 (i.e. closer to 50 than 40!). I was a little grumpy back when I was 45, so I've decided that THIS year is "the Year of the Party" for me. My goal is to have a more positive outlook on things, and I'm going to try to do that by looking for something positive to tweet about every day.

I've created the Twitter hashtag #yearoftheparty, and I'm going to do my best to tweet SOMETHING that gives me reason to celebrate every day. Those tweets should show up on my Facebook page and here on the blog as well.

I was inspired to do this after spending some time on a really cool blog created by Neil Pasricha titled "1000 Awesome Things", in which the author celebrates the "little things" in life that bring moments of happiness.

Today's #yearoftheparty moment - I just ate my last piece of birthday cake. My wife, Monica, makes the BEST chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. I've been working on it since Wednesday, and today I polished off the last piece, and it was awesome!

Why not make this the "Year of the Party" for you too? We can always find reasons to complain and feel sorry for ourselves without even seeming to try. But if we make a specific EFFORT to look for something to celebrate, and share it with others, we're bound to have more smiles and less sighs along the way.

C'mon, join the party!