It is almost New Year’s Eve and already the commercials are setting us up to be a better self in the new year. Organization and exercise seem to be the important messages for what constitutes a new person in a new year. Let’s not fall for that hustle this year, sure I think the passing away of the old year is a great time for reflection, but why does a new me involve some kind of wall Pilates, fitness app, spinach smoothy makeover. How about we take the time to reflect on who we became in 2023, what kindness did we find for ourselves, what change did we make for someone else? Did we laugh every day? Did someone find a hard time easier because we shared a sandwich? And now for the new year, how can we rise a little more, call a friend that seems down, connect with a relative you have not seen in years, volunteer to do something new and helpful, learn, grow, look at something from a completely new angle. I am all in for the new year, new me, I just think that the new me part is so multi-dimensional and builds on the person we were last year. I love the idea that what we do right here today, the small habit changes are the ones that have the biggest impact long into the future. Do something today, try a new thing and next year at this time, we can again reflect on the impact in big and small ways of the journey we are all on together from one year to the next. Goodbye 2023 with your lessons, triumphs, happy moments, and challenges, laughs and heartaches, Welcome- a shiny new year with no mistakes in it, yet.
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