December has been a magical month. I’ve been embracing a short window of time to dive right in on some final work this year; and, I’m now officially shifting gears to fully embrace the winter time holidays. It’s a neat view — looking back at 2016, and looking forward to 2017. Winter Solstice is tomorrow. Happy Summertime to our Southern Hemisphere friends ;).
With so much going on, here’s a quick recap for Badass Backpacks as we look to close out the year. I’ll likely post a few more things here before Jan 1, but starting now, I’m shifting focus to time with my family in Athens TX. As the New Year rolls around, I’ll try to provide some heads up expectations about changes on the blog. Rusty and I are as eager as ever to share more about what we’re up to, and we’re very excited about all that’s ahead of us.
- New bags coming in 2017! I had intended to share more about our project, code named Oil Spill, before the end of the year. Time flies. I’ll smile and simply look forward to sharing more in early 2017.
- I have the coolest opportunity to present to a local Rotary chapter in Athens TX later this week! My brother (Aaron Lemmon) is the president of Athens Rotary and I’m so excited to be crafting a special presentation about Badass Backpacks. If I can grab a photo or two of the presentation I’ll make sure to share … It’s a great opportunity to stretch my legs a bit as 2017 Rusty and I start sharing and presenting more about where Badass Backpacks is, and where we want to go.
- In early January I’ll be participating in an AIESEC Alumni luncheon and panel in Dallas TX. Stoked.
- Year-end wrap up with my most amazing life partner: Nancy Lemmon. Nancy and I are planning a beautiful ceremony to close out 2016. I can’t wait. I talked a lot at the beginning of 2016 about “possibility”. It was a beautiful theme for the year. It inspired and encouraged me. For 2017, a new theme is emerging. I’ll have to refine the details — but it’s looking like it will revolve around making bold assertions. Like this:
We believe that your backpack can be a companion on your journey – we believe that it can remind you to ask big questions. That it can remind: you can choose to put yourself inside each step of the way.
I hope everyone is having a beautiful holiday season and wonderful close to the year. Huge hugs to everyone here from Badass Backpacks! Big smile.