The last month of the year is always an exciting time for me. The holidays offer an opportunity to entertain and be with family and friends – so important a ritual. As a friend shared, there is a radiance about this time no matter which holiday you celebrate.
Another vital thing that comes to me towards the end of the holidays is a chance to just “be” – to rest, read, play and most importantly, reflect and collect my thoughts for the coming New Year.
Just like the sunset picture above I took on a winter day, there are periods in our lives when we find ourselves at a threshold…awaiting something. That may look like waiting for a New Year’s celebration, a promotion, or even what some of us call “getting back to normal” after the holidays. Rather than keeping busy or ignoring this time, I like to lean into it and ponder on what has come before and what I want to bring into this new day that is almost here.
We get one chance at life and NOTHING is more important than living it well – a juicy life lesson I took a while to learn. Choose wisely. Think wisely. Then, go out and seize the moment that is yours to own!
Here are a few questions to ask yourself if you want to join me and envision the future you want:
- What excited and stretched me this past year?
- What choices did I make that I don’t want to repeat?
- What lessons do I most want to take with me into this new time in my life?
- How am I wiser, more skilled, more mature and more productive now?
- What do I want to do to stretch myself, enrich my experience and become more like the person I want to be?
Here’s to your amazing new year!