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Hi friends! I really want to be the kind of person who goes with the flow. The kind of person who will slide gently into the new year and see what it brings. But I’m not. I lack any semblance of chill around the new year and I feel antsy if I don’t have any sort of plan or structure and so I’m no longer even trying to fight it. That being said, the “resolutions” I’m looking at making feel different this time around. Maybe it’s just that while I am making them, I’m being a bit more flexible and gentle with myself and focusing on things that will bring me joy.

You can take a look at my annual goals issues the last three years here: