MY NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION

It’s a new year and, as many people do, I gave myself a pep talk about what I would like to change, focus on, commit to, and fix about me this year. I, of course, promise to follow through on all of the goals I set, reward myself in some way for accomplishing them, and feel better about myself for moving forward and being positive. I took me a long time to come up with anything for this list, because this year, unlike years in the past, I chose to include only things I am truly willing to change, not just things I’d like to change. One of the things I found was that by altering the rules to only include what I’m willing to do made me really think harder and more strategically. Ultimately I came up with what I think is the perfect New Year’s resolution for me. And you’ve just read it!!!!

Dr. Rick

HAPPY NEW YEAR

2009 is finally behind us! It’s been an interesting year, full of ups and downs, full of promise and misfortune. On the up side, we attended the National Stationery Show for the first time and got good feedback about our printed line. We’re still trying to find the right representation to promote our cards. We have gotten progressively more and more hits on the website and the subscriber base has grown this year. On the down side, we’ve been affected by the recession and economic crisis as everyone else-- not only in our greeting card business, but in our Accounting and Psychology practices as well. Carmen also lost her best friend after a courageous three year battle with ovarian cancer. Our memories of Ronnie are vivid and animated, but her time with us was way too short. Losing older friends and relatives are a part of the life cycle, but losing someone at the peak of their life is unnatural and unfair. As much as I try, I can’t truly understand what Carmen is feeling. Please take the time to love and care for those around you. Life is wonderful, but life is short. From all of us at thestepcardcollection, have a very happy new year.

Dr. Rick