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This Is The Year
This is the year.
The year you drop the weights that have kept you down. Those old not-true truths, the stories about how hard it all is and the ways you aren't up for it. It's the year you put all those on the ice floe and send them out to sea.
It's the year you clean house. The year you remember that it's not what happens but how you react to it. That you are what you eat and who you're friends with. That the way to really free yourself is to look directly at the hard stuff and to forgive everyone involved. Because you want to be free not because they were right.
It's the year you take 100% responsibility for your life. The year you stop complaining about it and blaming other people and start figuring out what you have the power to change. Because as soon as you do that you see that you aren't trapped and never have been. It's the year you cut the shit.
The year you get things done. The year you act on things rather than worrying about them. Or avoiding them. It's the year you act.
This is the year you finish things. The one where you drop perfectionism like it's hot. The one where it no longer matters if you're good enough or smart enough or talented enough because none of that has anything to do with the work of simply bringing something to completion. It's the year you experience how difficult and how satisfying 'finished' is. And how that immediately makes you want to do it again.
It's the year you remember there are no shortcuts and that good things take a really long time. It's the year you cultivate patience. The year you let go of timelines and expectations and the hope that someone will save you or discover you. It's the year you save and discover yourself.
It's the year of small actions and big ideas. Bigger ideas than are comfortable because the only person who decides the size of your life is you. And because up until this point you've been thinking too small. It's the year of thinking too big. Too grand. Too magnificent. Too...impossible.
It's the year of being okay with being uncomfortable.
The one where you stop trying to be cool. This is the year where you look people in the eyes and tell them the truth. It's the year you stop pretending.
This is the year you trust yourself. It's the year you trust where your intuition is asking you to go. It's the year you remember that the path you're on is 100% yours and will not look like anyone else's no matter what. It's the year you stop following other people's paths and follow your own.
It's the year you let go of needing that path to be straight.
It's the year you laugh more. It's the year you're more grateful. The one where you remember that it wasn't a series of catastrophes that got you here but a series of gifts. It's a year of more gifts. It's the year where you notice them.
Happy 2012 everyone.
PS. NYC folks should sign up now for the January 7th workshop. I'll be sending out a free/bonus New Year's ritual tomorrow to those who have registered. Non-NYC friends: Creative Kickstart webinar will be on Saturday, January 14th from 2-4pm Eastern. Registration details coming, but if you want the New Year's ritual as well, email your interest to melanie @ melaniejones dot ca.
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by Melanie "Calamity" Jones
