FROM THE EDITOR...

HELLO 2023! I WANTED TO PUT TWO EDITIONS IN ONE, JANUARY & FEBRUARY.

I ALWAYS FIND JANUARY A WEIRD MONTH. I DONT GOAL SET, I DONT OVERTHINK IT IT IS SYMBOLIC OF A NEW YEAR FOR SURE, BUT WHEN I THINK TOO MUCH INTO IT, IT BECOMES FEBRUARY AND I HAVE SLACKED ON THE GOALS I HAVE SET MYSELF.

THIS IS WHY, I NOW ALLOW JANUARY TO BE MY MONTH OF FLOWING. I ALLOW MYSELF TO NOTICE WHAT COMES UP FOR ME AS I STEP AND ACCEPT A NEW YEAR, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY, THATS WHAT IT IS, ANOTHER MONTH, A NEW YEAR.

BUT WHAT I SEE TOO OFTEN IS PEOPLE PUTTING PRESSURE ON OURSELVES TO QUICKLY GOAL SET, AND THEN WE ARE HUMAN AND IF WE DON'T FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THE HUNDRED GOALS WE SET OURSELF WE SAY 'OH WELL ALWAYS NEXT YEAR'; GOAL SETTING ANY MONTH (YOU ARE LIKELY READING THIS IN MARCH!) ALLOWS US TO FEEL INTO WHAT WE ACTUALLY WANT, NOT FROM THE FEELING OF PRESSURE, AND THATS EXACTLY WHAT IVE BEEN DOING THIS PAST TWO MONTHS

NEW YEARS ARE ALWAYS CHALLENGING AND A LITTLE BIT UNSETTLING, WHETHER GOOD CHALLENING OR BAD, BY MARCH WE CAN ESTABLISH IF THIS IS HOW WE WANT THE REST OF THE YEAR TO LOOK LIKE? IF IT ISN'T... WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? IT ISN'T TOO LATE.