Advent Calendar Blog 2025 – Three Wins
What if, instead of adopting new year resolutions, you chose wins this year? Not big, dramatic ones and not the kind that require willpower, perfection, or reinvention.
What if, instead of adopting new year resolutions, you chose wins this year? Not big, dramatic ones and not the kind that require willpower, perfection, or reinvention.
maybe the reason spontaneity matters so much now is because presence requires courage. It asks us to risk disappointment, to risk vulnerability, to risk saying yes even when the outcome isn’t guaranteed. In that way, spontaneity isn’t the opposite of mindfulness—it’s mindfulness with its guard down.
So I’m sharing this not because it’s easy, but because it’s true: fresh beginnings don’t always look like grand reinventions. Sometimes they begin with a move, a box, a moment of clarity. Sometimes they begin with grief giving way to readiness.
Standing at the threshold of a new chapter, I find myself sorting through conflicting emotions, as I discover how learning to live alone can be a transformative and empowering experience. I’m actually feeling excitement and anticipation for the possibilities that lie ahead. The start of a new year is also like that, and timing personal…
We hear lots of talk about change at this time of year. It’s good that we perform these personal assessments annually, taking a more critical look at our accomplishments and measure our satisfaction, with a view to continuous self improvement. What do we mean when we talk about change? Are we saying we want something…