Starting Over

Hello and happy new year!

Just popping in to remind you that you can start over at any time.

Our calendar new year is mostly arbitrary and a fresh start is available to you whenever you feel like picking it up. I think a lot of people try to wrap a narrative around a year, have closure, but the cliche truth is that life goes on. It just keeps going, regardless of a change in number. Most of us will not feel different between December 31 and January 1. Most of our lives will not be massively different. So if a starting anew does not ring true to you in this moment, that’s okay.

On the flip side, I have set some resolutions for the month of January because there are some habits I want to challenge in my own life. The other day I caught myself worrying, “what if I slip up? What if I get two weeks in and slide back into old patterns?” I thought again, and reminded myself that I can start over at any time. That fresh start does not only exist at the beginning of the year, and it does me no good to surround my desire for change with shame or judgement.

May your 2025 allow you to start over, again and again. May your 2025 be a space for you to be a beginner for as long as you need.