New Year’s Day.
A magical day full of possibility.
A time to “take stock” of life.
A bridge of incredible transition.
This transition has been underway all year- as I have been growing, building and changing. In fact, haven’t we all been working toward this all year? Now it is our chance to leave all that we did not achieve, did not finish and did not start- BEHIND US- No Regrets!
The New Year’s Day preparation formally began for me on December 28- Good Riddance Day! My fabulous NYC entrepreneurial friend, Carolyn Herfurth discovered this event and off we went with our bags of symbolic things in our life to which we were ready to say “good riddance”! Tossing those token items away brought me lots of laughter, quite a bit of cheering and a few bittersweet tears.
But it is not all about clearing things from my life. It is also all about hope. Hope for the future. Hope for 2012. And that’s where the Wishing Wall came in. I just LOVE this concept and plan to make it a part of my New Year’s transition ritual every year!
When the ball dropped in Times Square and the confetti fluttered down, one of those orange pieces of confetti had my wish for 2012 on it! Magical!
Now when I wake up in the morning, the New Year is underway. My list of dreams and goals written out and kept close by because I need to constantly review and be inspired.
What about you? Are you ready? Have you completed your New Year’s rituals?
Thank you for being such an amazing part of my community!
Wishing you joy- pure joy- in the most unexpected ways in 2012.
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I love this idea of a wishing wall Bryn! It reminds me of a little ritual I did with a friend many years back, and I think I’ll bring it back. We’d fill a balloon with a little wish, and let it rise into the atmosphere. It was such a simple thing to do, and felt so good! Thanks!
Love the balloon idea Beatrice… symbolism is so powerful and it only takes a little intention to make it happen. Happy New Year!
OMGosh, I love the good riddance day. What a fabulous idea. Thanks Bryn for sharing it with us. And you are always so inspiring. I love your blogs.
Happy New Year – make your good riddance list and burn it all (oh wait- brush fires- um throw it all away!) Sending kisses and love in the new year
I’m still trying to wrap up projects so I guess I can’t throw it all out! But negative feelings about what I did and did not accomplish. Yes, I can get rid of those! HOPE for 2012? Yes, I have it!!!
Thanks for this post Bryn – Happy New Year!
yes- toss those negative feelings about what you did not accomplish. it is like a reset button. It is all about the Hope! Thanks so much for sharing- I will be cheering you on!