I’m thinking my metaphor this year is going to be the same as in the past few years (not many points for originality I know..) and that metaphor is a take from Eastern Philosophy..being like water in a moving river. Always flowing, if just a little bit, so as to prevent stagnation and from going bad, sometimes slowing down to reflect and swirl through some thoughts, other times picking up speed, and energy, without trying to spill/lose any water that splashes ashore and gets forgotten. All the while moving forward, because water can’t go backwards, just as humans can’t make progress while going or looking backwards.