Arathi, I love your list! I have a feeling it was VERY easy for you to write, and in that case it's very important for you to follow through with as many of those gifts to yourself as possible. You need them!

Mom, I'm sure some of your tendencies to put too much pressure on yourself rubbed off on me. But, more importantly, you've always shared with me what you've learned along the way, and I know I have benefited from those lessons. I'm sure that's why I'm able to at least ruminate on these ideas at all, even if I'm not always successful at acting on them. How wonderful that I can continue learning from you even here on my blog!