HAPPY NEW YEAR!
This is what I call the "twilight time." The week between Christmas and New Year's Eve. It's a great opportunity to reflect on the past twelve months and bring your best energy into the year ahead. Take a few minutes to try these three simple exercises to bless 2019 and welcome in 2020.
1) Make a list of
at least 10 people/events/ideas that you are truly grateful for from 2019. While many people will
spend hours creating lists of what they want to release from the past year, few
remember to note the amazing things they experienced individually, as a family
or as a community. What would be on your list? New job? Did you read a life
changing book? Did your sports team win a national championship? (GO NATS!) Did
you meet a new friend or take a great day trip? Even when we experience trauma,
there's always something to be grateful for. Start your 2019 gratitude list
now.
2) Make a list of your
major positive life lessons or shifts from 2019. This is different from
your gratitude list. For example, I am deeply grateful I was introduced to the
work of Lynne McTaggart last year. From that, I gained a major life lesson in
the collective power of intention...and that's been life changing for me. (More
about that in the new year!) Make sense? Life lessons could include
understanding the grief process, realizing how to shift your thoughts to create
your mood or anything else that helped you see your world with new
understanding. It's those "aha!" moments. Take a few minutes to
remember those now.
3) Reach out and thank
people who helped, supported and loved you through last year. Did an
individual, organization or group make a difference for you in 2019? Send an
email or text, write a letter (use a pen and paper and mail it the old
fashioned way), post on social media or call and let them know their efforts
were noted and appreciated. Whether it's a close family member or an author you
never met, take the time to let them know they made a positive difference in
your life.
I'm all for release rituals and other ways to close
out the year AND I believe strongly in bringing the energy of gratitude and
love into the next year. I hope you take a few minutes to think about your 2019
and do one or all of these exercises above to move forward in 2020 with love.
I deeply appreciate each of you!
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