Hopes and Dreams for 2016

1. Stop saying I “just” moved to NYC
2. Cook – like, roasted vegetables and soups
3. More reading and writing
4. More music and dance and prayer and poetry
5. Host another dinner party
6. Go back to not checking email and Facebook on Saturdays
7. Read/listen/talk more about the impact of white supremacy and structural racism on the work I do and how I do it
8. Read/listen/talk more about the impact of gentrification and what it means for me to be living where I live
9. Further systematize my financial contributions to bolster the work of the people most impacted by local and global systems of oppression
10. Stop getting annoyed when people send me vague text messages… avoid over-interpreting
11. Open my heart to other humans
12. Feel as much as possible