Is 2024 What You Expected So Far?
I expected 2024 to arrive in grand fashion, bringing with it excitement and the changes that I craved. I hope my expectations for 2024 are met, there’s definitely plenty of time.
For now, up to this point, 2024 has been more of a personal reckoning and spiritual journey, which I welcome because there is a reason it is this way, right? Right. There has been a great deal of digging deep, a lot of examining thoughts and patterns, loads of seeking answers to the whys and hows, and plenty of reanalyzing all parts of life.
Some days I feel at peace, other days I want a one-way ticket to the island of ‘forget my troubles’ but I can say that overall, I feel balanced on most days. I've been careful about the information I consume, and I've had to limit my time on social media by a considerable amount. I also find myself tuning out or changing the subject of conversations that I feel are unhelpful or unhealthy. Being careful about what I’m internalizing helps me stay in a good headspace.
I've endured painful and chaotic times in life, more than I’d like to remember, and I realized, just today, that this is probably the best I have navigated the rough tides. Rather than resisting, I choose to surrender to how life is unfolding right now. I’m practicing stillness more than I ever have and in a way that I never understood before. Feeling my way into alignment, allowing the internal to inform the external, rather than trying to force things to happen from a place of external pressure and panic.
So, here I am. Five months into the New Year, having a different kind of year than what I anticipated. In times like this, keep pushing forward, keep moving forward. We will get to the other side.
Where you can find me/how to contact me:
YouTube: Wildly Planted (this is a work in progress, but I’m finding direction)
