I know....#cliche

I am being such a cliche. Dusting the cobwebs of my blog in JANUARY. Even, I am rolling my eyes at myself. Yes, it has been a while. My blog was always at the back of my mind, but I chose to honor one of my 2022 commitments to myself, which was to show up WELL or simply not show up. I worked fervently on quelling half-assed energy in my life [I still am, to be honest] and I score myself a solid B+ [Listen, letting go of lifelong patterns is an extreme sport that requires time and patience, LOL] 

As 2022 reached its dusk, I kept reminding myself about my blog. What it does for me. Jotting down ideas in my notebook. Randomly referencing it on Instagram. Asking myself, ‘Will you show up next year, Ij? How about a whole year of consistent blogging?’

So here we are, on the first blog post of 2023. Let’s start where I started last year and that is 12 days of Youanuary. 

It would be best to reference this blog post but the gist of it is, 12 Days of Youanuary was a sort of advent calendar, I created sharing how I approach the new year and refocusing energies away from the stereotypical ‘new year’ goal-setting and back to the self. In fact, the series is a reflection of how I think and live as a woman. 

The crazy thing about creating anything is that the creator always seems to forget that this ‘thing’ just may TRULY take a life of its own. Think of Victor Frankenstein and his Creature. I really did not expect the prompts of 12 Days of Youanuary to weave themselves so intensely into my life. I only realized so when I filmed my end-of-year check-in over the matter. As I spoke to you [or rather the camera], it dawned on me, how much I had grown. How much I had let go of. How much I had received. Excessively grateful.

And I will end this blog post as I ended my last video of 2022……Wishing you a really good step into 2023.

PS. The highlighted words are links that will take you where you need to go!