What’s bringing me joy lately (Nancy Drew), plus a new original poem, “You Can’t Take It With You.”

This post is inspired by some of the monthly updates that one of my favorite podcasters and bloggers creates over on her own podcast and blog: Kelsey over at The Rising Shining blog and podcast. Listening to her most recent post reflecting on January and looking ahead to February made me want to write my own such post–this might not be the most riveting material, but one my blog goals this year is to simply write about the things I feel like writing about–no matter how ‘mundane’ or ‘profound’ (subjective words anyway). Another thing I’d like this blog to do is to become a record of my current life, so that when I read back, I’ll be reminded of this season of my life, which has certainly been one of the most beautiful but also the most challenging. 

So without further ado, here’s my reflection on January and a look ahead to February. 

While I might quickly forget the words that I choose to guide me, I still think it can’t hurt to spend some time reflecting on how you’d like the coming year to feel and seeing if you can’t pinpoint that feeling in a word or a simple phrase. When you look back at the end of the year, you might be surprised to see how that word showed up in your life even if you were not being intentional about it. Here are a few really simple ways you might brainstorm your Word of the Year: 

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