Hi Everyone,

Happy New Year!


















Thank you for checking out the Zimt website and blog! Previous blog posts can be found here.  I decided to consolidate things and put the blog on the official Zimt website- this makes things seem at least a little simpler, a bit more minimalist. 

Thank you as well for making 2011 really quite incredible- it was a big, big year! I remember where I was at this point last year- my final semester of university before graduating, scribbling out ideas to bring raw chocolate to Vancouver.  Now there are recipes and at least a bit of order, and a functioning website, packaging and barcodes and.... retail presence. Now I have a little chocolate company- and Vancouver has raw chocolate! Thank you very much for supporting Zimt. I'm really astounded at all the blessings Zimt has brought me- I've met some amazing people!

Looking back makes me look ahead- if 2012 is half as unexpected and wonderful as 2011, I will be a happy chocolate-addict. 

Resolutions are popular and can help make wonderful, or at least good, happen- but again, it is more of the unexpected twists that can make things truly... awesome.  I think many people have become a bit jaded and disheartened by resolutions at this point- we get our hopes up, set our intentions to be very high, but being human we are often left feeling failure-esque after succumbing to our limitations after a few days of great intentions.

This is a great reason to have a flexible 2012- making flexible goals and celebrating when you achieve them.  Much less pressure, much less "dooms day" if not all plans pan out precisely as originally hoped.  Have a variety of goals and try them on and off. 

For example, say you are interested in veganism and want to live a more compassionate lifestyle. If you have tried to be vegan before and for some reason or another, have not stuck with it, try it again- plan ahead, take little steps, and be happy with your accomplishments, even if that means just having a vegan meal when you normally wouldn't. Any peaceful action has a big impact, especially in this case. I find that being successful with a goal even a couple of times in a row can help to create real momentum. 

Here are a list of my resolutions:

1. learn more about world religions and belief systems
2. juice more
3. keep working on sorting out life- to manageable levels
4. travel to Europe
5. travel to Asia
6. take up Krav Maga! 
7. follow up on the to-do lists I make
8. donate chocolate to women's shelters
9. work through paperwork pile...
10. get trading (Forex, I am thinking.)
11. check my model mayhem account consistently... just for fun.
12. think really hard about what I say before any words leave my mouth. So if I don't respond to what you say for a while, but instead peer into the sky for a bit, this could just be me working on my NY resolution to keep from offending and/or confusing you and/or me. It may also be the ADD kicking in. 


What are your resolutions for the year? What are some unique resolutions you've heard of? 

... leaving comments on the Zimt blog, perhaps? 


<3,

Emma