My New Year’s Wish For You: “Live in the Confetti”

Inspiration, Motivation, 2024 Wishes for Women

Little squares fell from the stars in all shades of the rainbow. They floated, rode, and dangled in the sky as they approached street level. The avalanche of color was captured perfectly by my son and daughter, guests at the New Year’s Eve ball drop in Times Square because my son was the project manager for the building holding the crystal ball.

After a Facetime call from the street level five minutes before midnight so we could experience the crowd’s energy, they sent us the video of the confetti drop. I was mesmerized by it from the first time I saw it, to the fortieth time I watched it, as I drifted off to sleep in a promising new year.

Every January 1st, I choose a word to represent me and what I hope for the year ahead. I’ve used “undaunted” for two years as I navigated my full baldness due to alopecia and my love for adventure and trying every sport once. Undaunted means to be fearful but to do something anyway. I love its meaning. I’ve lived it.

For 2024, I want to use a phrase, not a word. The phrase I’m choosing is, “Live in the Confetti!”  What does that mean? It means saying yes to more opportunities or invitations. It means living life to the fullest every single day. The memories will be the confetti. The confidence created by the fearlessness of trying something new will be the confetti. The fun will be the confetti.

As I thought back on 2023 as I biked on New Year’s Day, I realized I didn’t plan on doing the following when the confetti fell on 1/1/23 but it happened because I said yes when invited or because I created the opportunity:

Kicked-off 2023 in NYC with my oldest son’s wedding
Tried WWE Pro Wrestling in February (aka Tracy Higgs – my new wrestling name)
Fell into the Ice while Ice Fishing in February
Invited to the star-studded Global Citizen Conference in NYC in April
Watched the best PGA golfers back-to-back days in the PGA Championship in May
Stopped wishing my hair would grow back and accepted baldness in June
Parasailed with 5 women who were undaunted in their fear of heights in July
Watched my youngest son get married oceanside in Cape Cod to his 10-year love
Got a third story published in a Chicken Soup for the Soul book in September
Train and ran in the Boston Half Marathon for Cancer Research in November
Closed my wonderful 18-year company in December

What unexpected events and experiences did you have that felt like a whirlwind of confetti?

My wish for you in 2024 is that you say yes to every single new experience you can muster up and enjoy so when the ball drops and the year changes to 2025, you’ll be living in your own avalanche of confetti memories, feeling, and moments that mattered and empowered you. Happy New Year.