Start the Year with a Blast Off or Push Off
Welcome to 2023 everyone!
If you’re like me, you might be getting overwhelmed by all the ways you can kick-off the year, and I’m learning for the second year in a row that I need a January that is slower paced and about getting grounded and rooted for the new year rather than blasting off.
But you may be different. That’s why I lean into choosing what’s right for you.
Is it time to blast off? 🚀 You might be ready for that. Or, you can also think about blasting off in another way. Sometimes we might need to muster the energy to get going and to break through what may be holding us down or back just as rockets need to work against gravity to get out of Earth’s atmosphere. That’s a bit how I’m feeling.
If you’re looking for inspiration to get energized, consider watching this oldie but goodie video of the Black Eyed Peas singing “I Gotta Feeling” for Oprah. It gets me going every time.
Or, is it time to push off? 🛶 That’s also what I feel like I’m doing. Think of being in a canoe or a kayak and pushing off from a dock or from a shore, and you glide towards where you want to move. There’s less resistance. You let momentum take you. You follow your energy.
If you’re wanting some push off energy, consider revisiting my Pause videos that I shared last month and where I’ve added a couple more. Allow yourself to take deep breaths and slow down watching these videos. Or consider listening to this Khruangbin Mix on Spotify, a band I got introduced to over the holidays and have been chilling with since.
So I offer these two analogies as you think about the start of your own year. How do you want to start—with a blast off or a push off? And depending on whichever you choose, because there’s no right answer, what would that look like for you?
I’m looking forward to a hopeful, brilliant year! ✨ Start it in a way that works for you.
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