I love these prompts. I just finished reading The Year of Less - these prompts are perfect to reflect on what I need to release and why and to imagine the lightness (in every sense of the word) that I might invite in by doing so.
I love this so much because this concept of New Year, New Me has been torturing me and I finally just let it go. What can I start the year loosening up on or releasing? The delusion of perfection I’ve tried to live up to all my life. Lots to chew on here for the whole year.
Oh what a coincidence - I just wrote about resolution as loosening though I then took it in a different direction...which is kind of the point of being creative isn’t it- New Year is raw material and we can make of it what we like, choosing what feels like the right approach to us. I wrote about resolution as ending conflict between our inner parts.
One of my breakthroughs in therapy: learning to de-prioritize. What can I set down, what truly does not matter? This is a daily, or at least weekly practice for this recovering perfectionist and overachiever. The firstborn child of four, I am learning to mother my own inner child and let go of most everything else that I thought was my burden to carry. In 2024 (starting now) I let go of meta social media platforms (Instagram & FB). My attention is my own, I no longer want creativity to fight algorithms for it.
A resolution: to let go of three g's---guilt, grief, and grudges.
I love these prompts. I just finished reading The Year of Less - these prompts are perfect to reflect on what I need to release and why and to imagine the lightness (in every sense of the word) that I might invite in by doing so.
Thanks for the word nerdery! Love those questions!
I've been making a list of "things to let go of" in 2024 so this absolutely resonates with me. Happy New Year🎉
I love learning the root of “resolution” and connecting with this word in a new way. 💗 Thank you!
So much to set down. To make space for the words to come ❤️
As a self-proclaimed word nerd... my mind is blown!
Ah exactly what I needed exactly when I needed it. Thank you as always, & happy new year ✨️
“They always come back.” I needed to hear that. Coming from you, I believe it. 🤍
I love this so much because this concept of New Year, New Me has been torturing me and I finally just let it go. What can I start the year loosening up on or releasing? The delusion of perfection I’ve tried to live up to all my life. Lots to chew on here for the whole year.
Oh what a coincidence - I just wrote about resolution as loosening though I then took it in a different direction...which is kind of the point of being creative isn’t it- New Year is raw material and we can make of it what we like, choosing what feels like the right approach to us. I wrote about resolution as ending conflict between our inner parts.
New Year, same me, better boundaries. Ha! Or New Year, old joys, new (more) openness... Thank you for this, Maggie. <3
One of my breakthroughs in therapy: learning to de-prioritize. What can I set down, what truly does not matter? This is a daily, or at least weekly practice for this recovering perfectionist and overachiever. The firstborn child of four, I am learning to mother my own inner child and let go of most everything else that I thought was my burden to carry. In 2024 (starting now) I let go of meta social media platforms (Instagram & FB). My attention is my own, I no longer want creativity to fight algorithms for it.