There were many ways I saw this year ending: me having broken in my badass new skis over Christmas in Park City, me booking a last-minute tip to Tahoe or Mammoth to capitalize on the insane 10-foot dumps of snow northern Cal has received, me taking a silly Taos-Santa Fe trip on a semi-PJ, even…
The day after I published last year’s word, my world was turned upside down. Confidence? A painfully ironic word. But like all things do, this DID turn into a year of confidence, where I was tested well beyond my perceived limits and emerged stronger, happier, and more at peace with myself. Confidence indeed. As I…