Hello friend,
1. We did it! We survived another year! I’m so grateful to be in your inbox and want to wish you a happy 2025! 🥳
2. While the calendar says it’s a new year, I don’t celebrate my personal new year until the spring equinox in March.
For me, this shift takes the pressure off those first dark and cold months and gives me space to reflect, recharge, and thoughtfully plan what I want to achieve in the upcoming year. It feels more in tune with the natural rhythm of things — when the spring flowers start to bloom, so will I! 🌼
3. This was my first year celebrating the Winter Solstice (some photos here), and we had a quiet Christmas (we went mountain biking, haha).
We’re also planning a low key New Year’s celebration, with some minor home renovations on the agenda for the week ahead. We’re starting 2025 with fresh paint and if I get lucky on Facebook Marketplace, some “new” (used) furniture!
- Fear of vulnerability – I’m focused on healing my sense of self-worth, especially outside of my job and income.
- Over-identifying with external validation – This one is tough because my job is all about external validation, but next year, I’m committed to creating for the JOY of it!
- Over-identifying with external shame – It feels like everyone on the internet wants to shame you for what you eat, wear, drink, breathe, read, etc. It’s just projecting insecurities, and I’m NOT accepting it!
- Feeling jealous of others – My New Year’s mantra is: I’m too grateful to be jealous! (Which reminds me of one of my favorite songs by Meg Thee Stallion, haha)
Sending love! Jacey
(and Kelso + Toasty 🐱)
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