Into the New, 2022

New Year’s Eve is always my favorite day of the year. I expect I will write some kind of journal every New Year’s Eve as long as I write on here.

I know so many people have had a rough year. I’ve definitely had my own journey of so many growths. And yet I see a shimmering strength in how I stand that I didn’t have a year ago - and I know that the only way I can shine in this way is everything that I’ve walked through. The only way I could grow so much was for the fire to spread through the forest - and for the nourishing waters to force me to break through the seed.

I of course did my yearly vision board - moving out of a year of bloom and pushing through to grow, and into a year of calm expanse. Into a year of cultivating all that is growing and leaving space for stillness between.

It’s going to be a year of enjoying the tastes, the smells, the sights of today. Singing to karaoke louder than I’ve ever sung before (which, believe me, is high bar to scale). A year of treats with abandon as I hear the timer for the Texas Roadhouse cinnamon honey buns in the oven. A year of seeing - truly seeing - the world before me. And diving into it fully.

I did some connecting with my energy as I cleared out the old year to make room for the new and I got some interesting “pings” - when I get an energetic message that I know I’m meant to translate and use.
-My head is filled with beautiful thoughts, and that I deserve to think wonderful things
-My ears deserve to hear beautiful messages shared with me, and that I will receive energy to help carry my voice with my own messages out to the world
-My shoulders have carried things that I have made far heavier than I needed to. If I cannot control it - and so much of it I cannot control - I am allowed to let it go
-My sense of self and my enjoyment are so strong, and yet so internal. I am allowed and encouraged to let them shine. I know this is something I am going to need the help of this energy flow to accomplish. That stubborn Norwegian stoicism runs deep and we learned not to brag of ourselves. I gained the strength to climb mountains and may I gain the strength to reach the top and shout to the world.

I’m going to try to update this more often. To shout to the world in the hopes that it can encourage others to find their voice as well. I’ve been jamming to Dela these past few days and I also know why the dog howls at the moon. Let’s howl together, shall we?

Happy 2022. LFG.