For today's blog entry, I wanted to try and find two words that could sum up my day and I learned that it's not really that easy to sum up an entire day in just two words. The more I thought about it, the more difficult this became. The thing is, a lot of things happened in my day and I don't think I truly realized that until I tried to sum it up. I spent time outside in my little vegetable garden, I attended meetings, did work stuff, met some co-workers for lunch, had a nice long chat with friends, had a game night with friends and family, exercised, ate some really incredible food, read articles on a variety of topics, received a package from a friend; How can that be summed up in just two words?

For me though, one of the things about my day which has kind of been thematic is connection. I had lots of opportunities today to just connect with others and I'm truly grateful for those opportunities. I connected with some people in person, others over FaceTime, a few over Zoom, and of course there's always social media. The important thing is that with each connection, I got to be part of someone else's world and had the opportunity to let them be part of mine, even if ever so briefly. Regardless of whatever form it may take, connection is such an important thing to me, it's how I learn, it's how I share, it's how I grow. For me, connection is often my source for inspiration and motivation.

Today, we have more options than ever before to connect with others and yet as I think about my own life, especially over this past year, I think I connect with others less often than ever before. Oh sure, I frequently have text conversations with people, and I social media a lot (can that be a verb?) and I may even call a friend from time-to-time, but today I had an opportunity to connect with two friends, in different parts of the world. We chatted for hours and it was absolutely wonderful just to catch up with each other and to learn about what has transpired in each other's lives since we last spoke. And while it was wonderful to catch up, I feel a little bad because it truly has been a while. I mean, connecting couldn't be easier and it's cheaper than ever before. And yet I know I don't connect with people, really connect, with people as often as I probably should. So that's something I'm going to definitely work on because while we have more asynchronous ways to connect than ever before, there's nothing quite as awesome as just having a good ol' conversation with friends.