2023: My Year of Transformation

This year, this day, EVERY day, EVERY moment is another chance to be better, to shine brighter, to love deeper, to feel at peace within, and to live in cooperation and harmony with life itself. Finding my way back to me is a complex, non-linear, evolving journey. At times over the past year, I found myself reluctant to admit or accept certain truths about my life, my love, my past, my experience, and my behaviors. I wondered, what if I believe something that is still conditioned, still programmed, and not really my perception at all? What if I believe a false assumption as a truth and act on a lie or on impulse? What if I make the same mistakes over and over? I had to learn to stop my mind's unraveling and consider more important questions: What if I do nothing? What if I allow myself to return to old patterns or stay exactly where I am right now? What is really standing in my way?

My largest obstacles last year were in the areas of confidence, focus, inspiration, and purpose. Most of the time, obstacles are, at least in part, just fears holding me back … fear of the unknown, fear of failure, fear of being judged, fears of being invisible. As I learn to care for myself and truly believe in myself, I begin to explore specific areas of focus, to rediscover my lost talents and passion, and to determine how to utilize my skills to contribute to my goals and to the larger community, to the collective, to the future. To gain confidence, I expand on the work of the past year, that of self-reflection, self-discovery, and personal accountability. To increase focus, I continue mediating, journaling, and connecting with my spirit guides and ancestors, as well as learning from others through readings & consultations. To rediscover my talents and passions, I engage my interests and practice writing, speaking, and communicating with others. To determine how to utilize my talents, I explore platforms which allow me to express myself, identify my preferred methods for creating, and keep trying! I only need to believe that I am capable, worthy, and READY to embark on the next adventure! Everything that is for me will just BE, naturally.

I started 2022 as my year of AWAKENING. I have worked hard to become more attuned to my body, mind, spirit, and soul. I have faced many shadows in the depths of my disposition - embedded in my thoughts, behaviors, perceptions, and memories. I am definitely more AWARE in this moment than I was this time last year. I feel more grounded, optimistic, and empowered. This year, for 2023, I claim TRANSFORMATION. I will take everything I learned this past year, build upon it, and apply it more purposefully this year, to transform my fears, my impulses, my attitudes, my energy, my outlook, and my life. I will bloom, I will soar, I will be free, I will be ME...