Happy New Year [plus or minus 18 days]! I’ve been thinking of you and meaning to write for [insert as appropriate: days, weeks, months, years]! I’m so sorry I haven’t responded to your [insert as appropriate: birthday card, Christmas card, New Years’ greetings, LinkedIn request] [insert if appropriate: from last year], but I’ve been tied up with [insert as appropriate and documentable: crazy work deadlines, family responsibilities, household renovations, a sick pet, other [explain]].

Yes, I anticipate writing something along these lines to too many of my friends and colleagues come Valentine’s Day. My New Years’ resolution is to be a better correspondent and keep the conversation going. Maybe even on this blog!

I really have been thinking of you and meaning to write. For example, here’s a list of some the posts I had in mind to write over the past year:

THE BEAUTY OF NO

ARE YOU LIVING A DOUBLE LIFE?

LEARNING TO LIVE WITH UNCERTAINTY

YOUR MOST DANGEROUS COMPETITOR (IS THE ONE YOU IMAGINE)

STOP COMPARING YOUR LIFE TO THE LIVES OF COLLEAGUES (YOUR APPLE IS NOT THEIR ORANGE)

IMAGINE THAT OTHER PEOPLE ENVY YOU!

THE SCHMOOZE

IF IT SEEMS TO GOOD TO BE TRUE…

NO FOR NOW

CAN YOU SAY “I DON’T KNOW” WITH CONFIDENCE?

DOES EVERY JOB FEEL LIKE A TEST? (AND IS IT CHEATING TO ASK THE CLIENT FOR HELP?)

FEEDBACK (YIKES!)

WILL THIS CONVERSATION ENHANCE MY LIFE?

(I’m into parentheticals these days.)

But something I did do is get a short story into Asymptote! It’s in the January 2018 issue’s microfiction feature. Read it here: https://www.asymptotejournal.com/special-feature/ilija-durovic-across-the-clean-floor/

And make sure to check out the rest of the journal at https://www.asymptotejournal.com/.

Talk to you soon!