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How To Gently Ease Into The New Year
Begin with just one word
It’s the time of the year when recap posts are written, followed by drafting of resolution lists. It requires time for reflection and space for clarity to emerge. I wanted to do it too but I couldn’t.
Not for lack of motivation, but because I fell sick.
Life intervenes when you least expect it
It was annoying to be in bed nursing a cold, coughing incessantly when there were things to do, people to meet and plans to compile. Yet, illness can be a trigger for change, and a harbinger of clarity in a world that seems to be on steroids trying to do more, climb faster, be more successful.
What is it I want to do in 2023?
Asking myself this question gave me a headache. It was a question I ask myself every year. There are years when the answer is clear, like back in 2021 when I knew that I wanted to write my memoir. And years when I knew I need to scale back, like a year ago, when I was recovering from burnout.
I deliberately chose ‘savor’ as my word of the year for 2022. It was an easy reminder to gently breathe into each experience as I interacted with the world around me. I wasn’t sure what the word would bring into my life but I was open to…
