Susan Palmer's Exquisite Now

This is what 70 looks like on me.

I’m in Stockholm with my genius partner Craig, who asked me what I wanted for my birthday while we were at the Royal Palace. I requested a box of chocolates, which we found conveniently in the Royal Palace gift shop.

This is typical me, slightly disheveled, sweets on hand.

When I started this blog many years ago, I titled it “Exquisite Now” because I wanted a reminder to be less of a procrastinator and more of a getting-things-done person. Being in the moment — whether it’s the beginning of something, the messy middle of something, the tail end of something, or just the drifting ordinariness of a rest between somethings — I wanted to know joy, not worry.

Joy, I’ve learned, is just a thought away. Sometimes the gap to get there is large and sometimes it’s tiny. I hope, as I start my next decade, that I retain that thought for when it’s needed.