Gretchen Rubin’s Happier podcast has been one of my favorites for a long time, and recently Gretchen and Elizabeth inspired me to choose a word of the year for 2018.  Normally I would deliberate over a decision like this for days or weeks, come up with a few options, have trouble narrowing my options down, end up choosing several, and then having trouble committing fully to any of them.  This year, however, I found one that resonated right away, so I decided not to over-think it.  Patience.  I need it.  I haven’t mastered it.  Ever.  And this is a year when I’ll require more than I’ve perhaps ever required before.…