"When I'm an old lady..."

My old lady dreams came true this Christmas.

When I was growing up, we had an elderly neighbor named Mrs. Dunn.

She was kind and sweet. She planted yellow marigolds and red geraniums along her walkway every summer.

She taught us important lessons like, “You must love one another and care for one another.”

And sometimes, when we were lucky, we were invited up to her house.

It was a magical place; We’d take off our shoes and walk along her plush mauve wall-to-wall carpet to her living room where we’d delight in turning the pages of her coffee table art books.

And Mrs. Dunn would offer us each an Andes chocolate mint from her crystal candy dish.

I decided long, long ago that when I became an old lady, I, too, will have a crystal candy dish and fill it with Andes candies.

Each Christmas, my children gift me a box of Andes candies and I get to tell them about Mrs. Dunn and her crystal candy dish.

This year, I am officially an old lady.

My daughter gifted me a crystal candy dish.

And it is filled with Andes candies.

It’ll serve as a reminder to me of the kind of person I want to be - kind, generous, patient, loving.

And a reminder of how much I’m loved.

I’m grateful for my sweet daughter who remembered this story and decided I didn’t need to wait until I was old to have this.

What gifts have you received that have helped you become the person you wanted to be?

What gifts have you given to help others become the person they wanted to be?

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Use these prompts as written or as inspiration to uncover what you need in your life this week. And know that I’m always here to support you and answer questions you have along the way!

• What is that small thing you’ve always wanted? Something that can help remind you of the person you want to be?

• What would it do for you to have it now instead of waiting until much later?

• How can physical objects to inspire you to be better?

• What objects are symbolic of who you want to be?

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One Journaling Idea I Love:

Goal Setting

Take some time in your journal to set some goals for 2023. What do you want to accomplish? What habits do you want to adopt? How and where do you want to grow in the new year?

I like to start with a theme for the year and apply it to different categories in my life: health, career, finances, learning, relationships.

Be sure to build in both a way to hold yourself accountable for moving forward in your goals and a way to celebrate your progress!

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Work with Me in 2023!

I work with clients both 1:1 and in my group programs to design and live a life you don’t want a vacation from.

My group program, Better Me in 2023, is a journey to rediscover and claim our worth. Even though we’re all inherently worthy, it can be hard to feel it - especially when we’re ambitious go-getters, always on the hunt for the next challenge to tackle, the next thing to learn, trying to outrun the feeling of not enough.

Each month we’ll focus on a new theme and journal our way to self-awareness, self-confidence, and self-worth.

We start on January 2 with a deep dive into all things self-care.

Interested in learning more? Click HERE to set up a time to chat.

I can’t wait to journal with you! 💛

Happy Journaling!