Good-Bye2024....Hello 2025

As I sit here with Velcro hair rollers in my hair praying for extra volume I was reflecting on last year. Nothing too deep....I don't love to dwell on too much of the past when I have all of the future to explore, but there were several key things that happened that led me to where I am now. And where am I now? That's a really good question lol. I think I'm still trying to find myself a little so if you see me let me know. OK, enough dad jokes...

Some things are considered random at the time, but prove to be a catalyst when you look back. My first question to myself every new year is not which resolution I want to pick. I actually don't love the idea of new year's resolutions. I feel personally unfulfilled and unmotivated, especially when inevitably they don't happen or I'm not consistent. It's totally my fault, I recognize, but I've long since decided not to participate in the resolutions. Instead I choose a word (or sometimes they choose me). Last year's word was "Intentional" and little did I know that this particular word would propel me into 2024 with a massive bang. This year I let a puzzle pick my word. You know those word puzzles that get posted that say "the first 4 words are your mantra for the next year" kind of puzzles. Well I sure took a look into the jumble of letters and found these 4 words - Strength, Breakthrough, Lesson, Miracles. Now I don't take much stock into the woo-woo kinds of things like crystals or taro or anything, but I do think that words have power and it's up to us to choose words wisely, to speak words with love and to not use words in mean ways. So, I welcome these words and hope they define me in some small way. That I take the time to lean into them and do my best to exemplify them.

What are your goals and dreams for the new year?

xoxo,

Courtney