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Welcome 2025!

 As 2024 winds down and 2025 is approaching, like most people, I have been doing a lot of reflecting. I have been sitting in meditation and journaling on this past year while also trying to figure out what I am bringing into the new year. I'm not one for New Year's resolutions because they tend to fade out. We put SO much pressure on "starting fresh" and "new year, new me" but because it's from such and all or nothing place it's not sustainable. My goal was to find ways to increase joy and sustain or expand the things from 2024 that are feeling good. 

In my meditation I found 2 words I would like to work with for 2025: surrender and flow. I also saw the most rich indigo/violet and will be working with that as a color (hello third eye). In order to keep these as a priority for 2025 I have made a collage to put on my lock screen on my phone along with some other symbols for things I would like to focus on this year. 

Reading- I found a Taylor Swift inspired reading challenge online and I will be doing that (I will share it in my stories for any other Swiftie readers out there)

Canning/Gardening- In 2024 our garden did the best it has ever done. I also learned to can and preserve my food and I really want to expand on this in 2025. 

For the holidays we gifted my Husband a membership to the 251 club (all the towns in Vermont) and out plan is to travel the state in search of good food, cool historic sites, hikes, and weird small town attractions. I put mountains, a burger, a snowflake, a maple leaf,  and a camera on there to represent that. I'm looking forward to mini trips with my family and doing these things together. 

I also hope to continue to build community, train and walk my dog, and grow my business. Right now there is no list of "must do" items. There are no numbers that need to be achieved. There is no get to this specific end point and you have conquered 2025. There is just a mindset of engaging in the things that matter to me as much as I can. 

That being said I wonder what you would like 2025 to look like for you. What do you want 2025 to feel like? How will you carry these intentions into the year? 



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