January 2, 2020
For me, January 2 is the first day of the new year. January 1 is just a day in between the old year and the new one. I have no musts, no goals, no nothing, it’s simply just a day in between. Same thing every year.
This morning I got out of bed and went to take a long shower. I imagined myself washing 2019 off my body. Last year, whenever I had a hard day or I was in the middle of crying, I jumped into the shower and washed off negativity, sadness, anger or whatever I was feeling. It helped every time. Sometimes it could be for 20 seconds, sometimes several minutes, but it helped (obviously didn’t always shower my hair, my long hair takes an eternity to clean hahah). The dream would be to go for a dip in the ocean every time, but water is water, a shower works. The image of everything washing off is cleansing and healing. And today I wanted to wash off 2019, a year that has been so emotionally hard for me. Now I’m ready to start fresh. I welcome you, 2020.
I have the same resolution every year (if we can call it that); be a loving wife to my husband, to be kind to others, be a loving daughter, sister and pommy mommy. This year I’d like to add; to be kind to myself, love myself. 2019 taught me so many things – to trust that it will all work out, that I can’t always be in control and I might not be the one to blame for when things doesn’t work out. As long as we continue to be grateful, kind, always do our very best, believe that we are all worthy of amazing things and love ourselves, then we’ll be ok.
I truly hope you all will have an awesome year! Happy New Year!