In Between

I hope you had a lovely Christmas holiday with your loved ones.
Did you get a lot of nice presents? Was the feast delicious and your company enjoyable?

As New Year's comes next, I ponder. A lot of things have happened this year ever since I started this blog. Good things, exciting things mostly; but also sad and crazy things that I wouldn't have thought ever to happen. In retrospective the good things almost always weigh out the bad things.
I made new friends and reconciled with old ones. I published two books and a translation of one and wrote another, which is now in beta stage -- both the English and the German edition. I made a promise to marry the one I love! I joined a literature project and found my enrepreneurial spirit.
So I'm taking all these positive things with me and look forward to 2017.
I'm not going to dewll on what might be or should be or could be next year; what's more important is to acknowledge the things I've accomplished and draw strength from that to accept whatever the future has in store for me. All I know is, that it's going to be another exciting year, and I'm looking forward to sharing this with you.

Writing Exercise 053

This week my writing exercise is about something I didn't think I had, but which runs undeniably in my family -- the entrepreneurial spirit.
So I recently joined a literature project, which I will tell you about in another blogpost. And this project excites me to no end because I find this idea so fascinating, and I want to see it happen! It is still in its fledgling state, but it wants to be founded -- and I intend to be there when it's time. And of course I'll let you know how it goes.
For now I want to share my excitement with you. So here is my drabble:

2016/12/13 – entrepreneurial spirit (Drabble)

So far I have never thought I might decide to just start something from nothing, to follow an idea and found a company, to take the risks and plunge in at the deep end. But somewhere inside me I found a spark of excitement and enthusiasm which I can't deny. The idea of something new – of something revolutionary even – fills me, thrills me; and I want to follow and see where it leads me. The project might fail, the idea might soar. But I don't know that yet. I have never done this before. And yet I want to try.