Well, it's THAT time of the year again (the home run into Christmas). How did it happen? I know we say it every year that it's gone so quick, but really? 2024 has absolutely FLOWN, and I'm not alone in feeling that.
Anyhoo unless we sit in a cave contemplating our navel for the rest of our time on Earth, we just have to get on with living our best life while we can hey.
Year End Rituals...
For those that have been following me for a while, you know by now I have a yearly end-of-year ritual. I've been doing it for 12 years now - and it's POWERFUL!
Words have power. Truly. And so every year around this time, I've usually been thinking of my WORD for the next year. A word that will resonate with the energy of what I want the coming year to be about; what I want to embody.
This word is my ANCHOR for the year. When I get the wobbles and things aren't necessarily going the way I want them to, I think of my word and ground myself back into its energy. It's amazing. I FEEL the word and change my energy and away I go. Sounds too woo woo? I really encourage you to give it a go.
My word for 2024 was ABUNDANCE. Now, I'm pretty abundant in most of my life, so in choosing this word I wanted to fill in the abundance gaps, which for me are around love (significant other) and money. So, how have I gone...?
On the love front I've surrendered. I've given up. And I'm completely ok with that. Honestly. I have a very busy, full life, and no one has come along to enhance it in the past 12 years of singledom so I'm no longer actively 'looking.' Now, don't get me wrong, if someone amazing turns up out of the blue then of course I'm not going to turn him away :)
On the financial front, let's just say it's been a rollercoaster of mammoth proportions this year. This is my 8th year in self-employment and it's been an unpredictable rocky ride for most of that time.
I share the raw honest truth, not for you to feel sorry for me, but for you to understand, that no matter how hard things might become, it actually always gets better. ALWAYS...
So, the start of 2024 saw me in desperation at WINZ (Government support for those not in NZ) trying to get a temporary helping hand after almost 6 weeks of no income due to Christmas/school holidays (one of the other reasons I hate this time of year) and a maxed out credit card with trying to stay fed. Anyway, I didn't tick any of their boxes (I don't rent/have a mortgage and I'm not looking for full-time work). No help was forthcoming, so I left the office in tears, sat in Wanda (my van) and balled my eyes out feeling shame, humiliation and desperation.
So what happens when I'm down and desperate? My Silent Warrior comes out. With a few swear words thrown out to the universe I got back on my white unicorn with what little resolve I had left at that point and started hustling even harder for work. Thankfully some arrived pretty soon after and away I went once more.
I hustled my backside off to get to Thailand and upon my return had another month of barely any work. Knowing now to TRUST (that was my word back in 2013) I held on tight and soon after the work started trickling in again. Whew!
Come October the trickle had turned into a tsunami and I was drowning in workload and stress - yep I live in extremes LOL. I've had the busiest two months ever!
So, has 2024 gifted me ABUNDANCE? You betcha - in spades. And you know what? I'm finishing this year full of so much GRATITUDE and peace around everything. 2025 is going to be EPIC, I can feel it.
So, what is my word for 2025? I think it's time for some EASE please! :)
I receive clients with ease
My work flows with ease
I have fun with ease
My writing retreat flows with ease
I attract money with ease
I feel at ease in my body
I feel at ease in my heart
It's feeling full and it's feeling calm. I like it.
What is YOUR WORD for 2025? I'd love you to let me know. And if you had a word for 2024, I'd love to know if you managed to embody it this year...
And as always, you can download the WORD sheet to give you ideas. And my yearly REFLECTIONS workbook. Enjoy!
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