Note: I first wrote and published this post on December 29, 2011, calling it “Make 2012 the Year of Maximum Enthusiasm.” Every year around this time, I see a handful of friends sharing it again, so this year I’m republishing it, changing nothing but the number 2012 to 2021 and the name of one musical artist (to keep it more current). I hope you like it, whether you’re reading it for the first time this year or the tenth. One Saturday morning last October, my friend Greg and I were running down the North Kaibab Trail in the Grand Canyon, close to halfway through 26 miles of trail. We had run four miles and would run about four more to Phantom Ranch, where we could double-fist coffee and Lemmy lemonade at the cantina before climbing 4,400 vertical feet back up the South Rim to finish a hike/run rim-to-rim.