Here's to sitting in the in-between for a bit longer, and to [as Woolf so wisely resolved so many decades ago] being free and kindly with ourselves, come what may. 💛
So grateful to be in community where it is okay and even encouraged to sit in the in-between and allow myself to “winter” in January. Along with Woolf’s resolutions, I love the idea of practicing the line from “A Room of One’s Own”: “No need to hurry, no need to sparkle, no need to be anybody but oneself.” What a liberating way to begin 2025!
I subscribed at the end of November for the 24 Days of Making, Doing and Being with the intention of reading along daily in December. When I got Day 1, I realized that rather than being something that I could eke out a few minutes each morning on, it was something that I wanted to take time to explore more in depth. So I gave myself permission to wait until I felt like I had the space I wanted to dedicate to it. And now I have been slowly working my way through them every day since the day after Christmas. Sometimes doing one, sometimes more than one. But always journaling and contemplating as I explore some of the narratives I have around my life. It has truly been a wonderful way to spend this in between time and exactly what I needed as I head into the new year.
I especially want to thank you for Day 4: The old and unpolished. That one hit me so deep in such a good way as it put words to something I've been wrestling with for a while now. I keep going back to it. ❤️
Here's to sitting in the in-between for a bit longer, and to [as Woolf so wisely resolved so many decades ago] being free and kindly with ourselves, come what may. 💛
So grateful to be in community where it is okay and even encouraged to sit in the in-between and allow myself to “winter” in January. Along with Woolf’s resolutions, I love the idea of practicing the line from “A Room of One’s Own”: “No need to hurry, no need to sparkle, no need to be anybody but oneself.” What a liberating way to begin 2025!
I subscribed at the end of November for the 24 Days of Making, Doing and Being with the intention of reading along daily in December. When I got Day 1, I realized that rather than being something that I could eke out a few minutes each morning on, it was something that I wanted to take time to explore more in depth. So I gave myself permission to wait until I felt like I had the space I wanted to dedicate to it. And now I have been slowly working my way through them every day since the day after Christmas. Sometimes doing one, sometimes more than one. But always journaling and contemplating as I explore some of the narratives I have around my life. It has truly been a wonderful way to spend this in between time and exactly what I needed as I head into the new year.
I especially want to thank you for Day 4: The old and unpolished. That one hit me so deep in such a good way as it put words to something I've been wrestling with for a while now. I keep going back to it. ❤️
I really appreciate hearing this, thank you ❤️
I'm adopting Virginia Woolf's resolutions immediately.
Same!!
Happy New Year! I have come to love the slower pace that January can bring … if we allow it.