Based On My 2009

Based on my experiences in the past year, I would recommend:

• Reading Half the Sky
• Watching Food Inc.
• Visiting Santa Barbara (especially the farmers' market, beach and mission)
• Visiting Bozeman, MT
• Saving more and spending less
• Wearing more lipstick
• Wearing less make-up on your face
• Using sunscreen
• Using eye cream
• Playing with babies
• Acupuncture
• Dancing and singing unabashedly to Michael Jackson. (While you're at it, go out and rent This Is It.)
• Eating more kale
• Wearing converse sneakers
• Investing in relationships - they're worth the time, energy and cost of travel!
• Watching Glee, Castle and The Good Wife on TV (I'm addicted!)
• Playing Bananagrams
• Taking risks!

Things I would not recommend:

• Joining L.A. Fitness
• Spending the 4th of July in a dry forest with a bunch of low-IQ, high-blood-alcohol-content Eastern WA folks with access to way too many fireworks
• Going on a horseback ride in the Dominican Republic (sorry, inside joke)
• Wishing you could change or control others - you can only control yourself and your response to them
• Getting married on a beach - from my keen observation, it's impossible to walk gracefully!
• Over-sharing during wedding toasts. (Keep it short, people! Less is more!)