I’m Tip Toeing Into January

This year for the first time I’m approaching the new year differently.  In the past I have diligently written down a list of new year’s resolutions, as well as created beautiful vision boards.  They have all had a meaningful place and a purpose, but this year I’m stepping into January slowly and gently, and to tell you the truth it feels so RIGHT.  At least here where I live in the Northern Hemisphere it’s chilly, the trees are bare and it feels more like a time to respect the rhythm of nature, and the season of Winter we are in. 

What I did choose to do to honor the new year was to pick an archetype oracle card, ironically it was the desert (definitely not the feel of winter) and there is a lot for me to unpack around that archetype.  I then picked a charm for the year which was the camel, a fitting fellow for a ride this year through the desert.  When I think of desert I think of baren land and solitude.  Perhaps that is part of this tip toeing into the year energy I’m experiencing.  I also chose a word for the year, and my word was commit.  Commit to self.  Last year I chose the word forgiveness (forgiveness of self).   These three simple practices felt more aligned with where I am and where I am heading. It’s refreshing to know that we can shift things up each year depending on how we feel (our energy), and to pay honor and respect to that feeling. How are you choosing to invite in the New Year? Are there resolutions?  Rituals?

We have left behind a 9 year in numerology and we will be leaving behind the year of the snake in February.  What has come to a conclusion?  What did you shed?  How do you feel about what is gone?  Are you wobbly? Lighter?  Do you still have parts of you that feel outgrown, like wearing an identity that no longer fits quite right?

 I closed lots of chapters this year, none I saw coming.  I gave up caffeine, dairy and meat none of these I had on my radar at the start of 2025.  Several friendships ended or shifted and although some of that was painful, I know they were not balanced or reciprocal relationships.  Giving up the people pleasing and being everything to everyone continues to be something I work on.  Choosing me first to be honest is not easy, but I know there is deep growth when I allow me to come first, then others.  Lastly, I moved from my beloved home in Eastern NC to a city outside of Knoxville TN.  I’m still finding my footing and imagine I will be for some time.  I moved on a feeling that something had been outgrown, and that it was time for a new journey.  It’s been a lot I won’t lie!

We are now in a 1 year, a year for something to germinate, to take root.  Like a seedling you plant and nurture.  What was bubbling up in 2015?  That was the last 1 year, did that close out this year?  Ironically my real estate business was beginning to truly bloom in 2015, and ended in 2025 and that happened organically.  It is when we tune into the cycles, and how they flow we can learn to work WITH them not against them.  We will also be welcoming in the year of the Fire Horse.  A year of action and new beginnings which goes well with the number 1.  We will all be experiencing a different energy entirely.

Honor where you are this January.  If you are guns a blazing, or like me tip toeing ever so gently into the year neither approach is right or wrong it just is.  May we find ease in the undoing and the becoming.

May we approach 2026 with curiosity, acceptance and wonder.