Decade in review - stability

It's catching me by surprise that not only is 2019 almost over (didn't it just start?), not only are we edging up on 2020 (the far future!), but it's the end of a decade.

As I think about the past decade, there are a lot of things that have held steady. For the past 10 years, I have

• lived in the same town
  
• in the same house
  
• run my bodywork practice in my home office
  
• ridden the same bike
  
• written an article every single month
  
• kept a book blog
  
• posted here on dreamwidth
  
• picked a word of the year
  
• run a dance group every week with a handful of exceptions
  
• helped to run another weekly dance group
  
• attended another dance group every couple of weeks
  
• run a singing group almost every week
  
• eaten gluten-free and nightshade-free food
  
• shopped for groceries at the same farmer's markets and co-op
  

When I was working on establishing my business after moving to Portland, I saw the advice to shine like a lighthouse, choose your marketing and keep doing it, rather than running up and down the beach trying different things to get people's attention. I took that to heart, and it appears to be working, even if it took far longer than I wanted or expected. Maybe one's forties are a more stable time as well.

There are a lot of things that have changed, too. ( some differences )