Three great things about 2014: I got to be the Welcome Columnist for the day before Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s!
Our notion of when a year begins or ends is arbitrary, of course. There’s nothing global or astronomically significant about December 31st. But in life, as in business, it’s interesting and sometimes helpful to turn a page and begin a new cycle.
It gives us a chance to look back over the period (in this case, our calendar year) and reflect on what has transpired. We mourn our losses, celebrate our victories, and steel ourselves for the challenges that lay ahead of us. In some cases, we use the occasion to make promises – the much-maligned “New Years Resolution”.
The newspapers will be full of “2014 in review” articles, and we will marvel at the things that have happened – some will seem to be years ago, reading about them again now. I don’t have the time or the inclination to look back and recount what 2014 contained.
I very rarely make New Year’s Resolutions. I made one 3 years ago – to build more exercise into my life, and I have stuck to that. In 2015, I expect to become more involved in the CBA. A couple of years ago, I resigned from the Board and the Membership and Publicity duties – I had become burned out. I was a victim of my own enthusiasm – there’s always so much that needs to be done, and it is exhilarating to be able to contribute, but I over-promised my time and needed to step back. I have agreed to step back into the Publicity role in 2015, and I am looking forward to getting back on that horse, actually.
I would like to attend more bluegrass events this coming year. In 2014 I attended more bluegrass concerts than festivals, so I got my listening in, but I’d like to get some more public pickin’ in too!
It’s all good – 2015 should be a great year for the CBA and for bluegrass, and partly because of that, it should be a great year for me and you, too!
