In the week between Christmas and New Years Eve, when the year is winding down, I like to ramp up.
Sometimes that looks like traveling with the family (and their families) on a vacation to celebrate each other and the success of that year. But almost always it involves me reflecting on the previous twelve months and igniting new hopes, dreams, and goals for the next twelve.
As I reflect this season, I’m grateful for the many opportunities I had. Opportunities with new clients, opportunities to continue my education in corporate governance, opportunities to invest in my community, opportunities to champion other women and minority owned businesses.
All those opportunities and more have made me appreciative, but not complacent.
Like a fire that never says, “I’ve had enough,” each new log of opportunity has helped me to burn brighter and with greater intensity. I don’t want to coast; I want to run.
I want to carry this energy into 2023 with one word: Newness.
This year will mark the 25th anniversary of ISP Creative. That’s a milestone to enjoy, but it’s also become a rallying cry for our team. We’re setting audacious goals and dreaming bold dreams. We don’t want to ever get stuck in what-used-to-work, we want to reach for the next—the new. We won’t follow trends, we’re going to set them.
My team and I are excited for the new things that are in store in 2023.
I want to wish you a sincerely Happy New Year. I hope that your goals and dreams are ignited in the same way that mine have been.
-Margie Aguilar