Scrap Your Trip Year-End C*L*E*A*R*A*N*C*E Sale – Part 2

The end of 2009.  What a year!

I don’t want to say I’m glad it’s over, because I am not glad another year of my life has passed, but let’s just say I’m happy 2010 is almost here.

I have been re-reading some of my e-mails from this time last year.  On 1/21/2009, I wrote, “I’m also all about making sure Scrap Your Trip is still going strong on 1/1/2010 and wishing you another Happy New Year.  I am well aware that 2009 is going to be challenging, but we are up for the challenge!”

It’s not 1/1/2010 just yet, but I am happy to say that Scrap Your Trip made it through a very challenging economic year.  We would have never been able to do it without the support of our wonderful and loyal SYT fans, so from the bottom of my heart (and the hearts of my 20 employees), THANK YOU!!!

2009 was a turbulent year for me.  I said goodbye to my 13 year marriage, the house of 6 years that we built, 45 pounds and a large part of my identity.

But I also welcomed into my new life a new identity (one that I am still working on), a condo in a new part of town that I love living in, becoming a better parent as a single parent, the evaporation of most of my workaholic tendencies and new friendships that enrich my life and are very important to me.  

I gave up New Year’s Resolutions many years ago, but each year I set an intention for the year.  My intention for 2009 was Be Present.  Live in the moment that I have, instead of wishing for one that has already past, or waiting for the next one to arrive.  I think I did pretty well with that one.

So for 2010?  My intention is:  Be Happy.  I think happiness is a choice. It’s not about what happens to us…it’s about how we choose to define it and what we do about it.  

I choose to be happy.  Life is too short to live any other way.  2010?  Bring it on!

I’d like to share something I read recently.  It made me happy.  Maybe it will make you happy too.  Seth Godin, legendary marketer, asked 70 big thinkers to think about a word or phrase about “What Matters Now” and write a 200 word essay.  Some of them will really make you think.  

My favorite one is the last one by novelist J.C. Hutchins on “Gumption”.  I think it’s fitting as 2009 comes to a close.  Here’s an excerpt:  

“You can start that business. You can lose that weight.
You can quit smoking, and learn to garden, and write
that book, and be a better parent, and be all the things
you want to be … the thing this world needs you to be. It
requires courage and faith, both of which you can
muster. It requires effort — but this effortless life isn’t as
satisfying as it seems, is it?

Declare war on passivity. Hush the inner voice that
insists you’re over the hill, past your prime, unworthy of
attaining those dreams. Disbelief is now the enemy, as is
the notion of settling. Get hungry — hyena hungry. Get
fired up. Find your backbone, and your wings.

Flap ‘em. It’s the only way you’ll be able to fly.”

Want to read more?  You can download the rest of the eBook here:  http://www.scrapyourtrip.com/what-matters-now.html

On to scrapbooking supplies!

I just added couple hundred items to our end-of-the-year clearance sale.  There are still close to 500 items marked down 40% and over 1,000 items marked down 25%.  Click here to see all the items on sale:  http://www.scrapyourtrip.com/clearance.html

And remember, if you can’t find what you’re looking for, we can always make a custom title or paper just for you!  Click here to see all our custom options:  www.scrapyourtrip.com/custom.html.   See you on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/ScrapYourTrip
  As always, thanks for your business.  See you in 2010!   Julie Swatek, President
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