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Ready or not 2022 is here! I am still trying to process 2020, so it feels weird to say and write 2022. But here we are, and may this year be kind to us. That’s all we can ask for now really; some hope, kindness, and relief. I would usually claim that 2022 is going to be my year, speak it into the universe, but I am not going to. Instead I am going to let go of expectations and let God guide me to where He wants me to go. That is my new year’s resolutions: no expectations, just live in the moment.
My resolution isn’t about not caring for my goals or where I am headed, it’s to let go of control of how it comes. Perhaps where I am headed is far greater than what I planned, yet I am getting disappointed in certain outcomes not coming true. As a Virgo I tend to want to control every situation. I like to plan and know how things will unfold. If you believe in universal signs, then the message the universe has been sending me is to let go in order to receive. So that is what I am going to do this year; let go, let God work His blessings, and have no expectations.
Having no expectations, again, does not mean I do not have goals. I definitely have goals for my business and personal goals. I believe in mini-goals; reaching X amount of followers, then once I hit that it’s onto the next amount. Instead of going big and getting upset that I do not have a million followers or views right then and there. Small, attainable goals is how you keep the faith. Growth in my business is my biggest overall goal for the year. I’d also like to move into a new luxury apartment– letting God take the reins on that one if it’s meant to be.
Every year I like to set a theme with a few words to describe my intentions. My intentions for 2021 was trust, limitless, become, and love. Looking back on the year I achieve two of the intentions: love and trust. There wasn’t much growth in a lot of the areas of my life, but there was personal growth. And that, to me, is the most important. My growth was finding the positive in each situation, loving myself more, and keeping the faith. I learned to trust God more. Of course there were plenty of days I felt defeated, but I always picked myself up.
Going into 2022 my words are let go, love, receive, experience, and up level.
Let go: I have explained a little about letting go of control and expectations. It’s accepting what is and knowing what is meant to be will be. It’s to stop obsessing over an outcome and let life unfold. Letting go of the attachment to people, places, and things. Let life and God surprise me. If a brand collaboration doesn’t work out, then it’s not for me. If an apartment that I want doesn’t work out, then it’s not for me. It’s letting go of dating and relationships, trusting that someday the right guy will come along. Letting go of what I think is meant for me, in order to receive what is. It’s trusting God and the universe to guide me to my destiny. Fully trusting in God in everything I do.
Receive: To piggy back on the above intention, I want to relax and receive what is meant to be mine. I think we stand in our own way a lot of the time. We are closed off to the good things in life in fear of failure. It’s the fear of completely letting go and trusting that everything that I can be mine, I just have to receive it. So this year I am in the mindset of receiving blessings. I wan to receive the goodness of life. I want to receive love. It’s also about making room in my life to receive. For example: if you are a hoarder like I am of clothes and accessories, it’s energetically blocking blessings from coming in because my energy is cluttered. So I am going to be purging a lot this year. Not just in clothing and objects, but also things I hold onto personally like past heartbreak, people, and failure. It’s making room in my life, both physically and mentally, to receive what is meant to be, to receive blessings.
Love: I always have love as one of my intentions because to me it’s the most important thing in this world. Love for ourselves and love for others. For the last few years I have been focusing on self-love. My dance professor in college used to say “in order to be selfless you must first be selfish”. You can’t take care of others if you are not taking care of yourself. It’s why when you fly they say to put on your air mask first before putting it on your child. So I spent a few years focusing on myself, because I really needed it. I want to add this does not mean I didn’t care for others or show sympathy. It’s just that I needed to give myself extra love, put myself first for once. Now I am ready to equally give someone special, and others, the same amount of love I give myself. I am ready to love and I am ready to be loved. It’s also about aligning myself with things that I genuinely love. If it feels off I won’t do it. It’s surrounding myself with beauty, music, dance, people, art. It’s creating a life I love and surrounding myself with love.
Experience: This quarantine thing was fun and all… but I am ready to experience life again. Looking back on this year I tried to see how my year played out. While I saw others jet setting on vacations or partying until the break of dawn, I did not go anywhere (except for Ohio) nor partied past happy hour. To be honest, I look back and feel sad at the lack of socializing I did. However, I did have some great experiences. I made new friends and got together with old friends after a long year of being separated. I went to Greenwich, CT for the first time. I also went to the Brooklyn Botanical Garden for the first time as well. I took advantage of exhibitions, seeing art and creation. I saw a broadway show for the first time since the pandemic started. I got to partner with a few dream brands this past year. When I look back, I did have a great experience even if I didn’t get to socialize as much as I wanted to. So this year I want to continue to experience life. Knock off some of the items on my NYC bucket list. Meet new people and start dating again. I have already made the effort to reach out to people I haven’t seen in a long time to grab drinks or brunch. I want to experience life.
Up level: For the past year I have felt like I have been stuck in a rut. So I am speaking it into existence that I am ready to up level my life all around. Growth in my business, growth within my self, new experiences, hopefully a new and much better apartment, and being in a relationship would be wonderful. I am ready to take my life to the next level, whatever that may be. Perhaps adding a new business venture or up leveling my blog even more. Collaborating with dream brands, and growing my following. Hopefully it’s growing my income. Perhaps it’s finding the one who I will marry. Perhaps it’s having fun and dating more. Perhaps it’s traveling to a new place. Whatever it is, I am ready to step into a new chapter in my life. I’ve done the work, now it’s go time.