Lots of New Year's messages today?

I'm going to (for once) try to keep this short and simple.


As we close out one year and begin the next (at least, according to the Gregorian calendar), I have a few wishes for you.


I wish that you will take a moment to reflect on everything you've been through this year...celebrate, grieve, honor your badassery and tenderness.


You may be shedding pieces of 2022 you don't need to take with you, but I hope that you're also able to still carry with you all you've learned and all the ways that you've grown. 


Welcoming in a new year doesn't mean abandoning our last year selves.


And I promise, even if 2022 felt like a "nothing" year for you...you've done and experienced and lived more than you might notice at first glance.


I wish for you a few delights that you're looking forward to bringing into 2023 with you. 


I hope that you have some things that feel doable and that you're excited about, without feeling any of the "new year, new you" pressure.

 
I wish for you a warm, welcoming embrace of the both/and that each new year holds...


...it is an opportunity to release the old and welcome the new, yes...and it is also just another day, and you don't need to be any different when the clock strikes midnight.


I'm so glad you're here today, and I look forward to all the ways we might commune together in 2023.