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[caption id="attachment_11414" align="alignnone" width="605"] I'm doing a daily project this year, documenting what I wear every day. I'm trying not to purchase any clothes for at least the first 6 months of the year & keeping a log of what I wear to prove to myself I have more than enough.

[caption id="attachment_11370" align="alignnone" width="620"] Imperfect -- and perfectly ok. [/caption] This Christmas, I gave away more hand-made gifts than I have since I was a child.

[caption id="attachment_11386" align="alignnone" width="620"] Photo: Lee Scott[/caption] Depending on which jobs reports you read, the month of December was either totally flat or. .

[caption id="attachment_11312" align="alignnone" width="598"] Image by Felix Kunze via Instagram[/caption] New Year's Resolutions are nothing if not ubiquitous; the idea to resolve to make a change is such a popular one that the US Government even tracks it as a metric. There are industries and ad campaigns and millions of dollars of investments made in the notion that people need to change and that January is the time to do it.

2014 was a big year for podcasting, and not just because the This American Life spinoff Serial saw such huge download numbers and so much media attention. Podcasting networks like Radiotopia and Maximum Fun raised money, added new programs, sold out their events in minutes, and experienced cross-platform success.

[caption id="attachment_11290" align="alignnone" width="620"] Photo: Kate Ter Haar on Flickr[/caption] Creating something that you are truly proud of takes an incredible amount of hard work and discipline. But it also requires a firm understanding of who your ideal audience is.