32 and counting. Let go to create.
My free online launch party and webinar is in 32 days! I have no idea how to work the technology! I'll be busy figuring that out! Almost 400 people have already signed up – I hope you will too! Details are here.
To celebrate, folks are submitting their answers to the two questions I always ask myself at the end of a year and the beginning of another:
What do I want/need to let go of?
What do I want to create?
I hope you'll submit your answers. I'll post a few here every day as we count down to January 5th, the day on which my new site will officially launch!
Here are a few beautiful submissions from readers. We can learn from each of them:
Letting go of stagnation
-Kyeli
As 2011 comes to a close, I'm letting go of stagnation. Since developing arm pain, I've let myself sit and flail instead of write and create. I'm giving myself time to grieve the loss of how things were for me, then picking myself up, dusting off, and moving forward.
At the dawn of 2012, I'll be creating my first novel! I'm going to channel my writing time into writing that, and I'll be taking a few art classes and doing my own illustrations for it. I've got a couple of short stories that'll get their day in the sun, too!
I've already begun the moving forward process, and I'm eager and excited to dive into 2012 and all the creative juice it holds! Whee!
I just want to be the real me
-Shawn
I want to let go of this growing sense of insecurity I've developed in myself. I want to let go of the hardships this year has brought. I want to let go of the self-doubt that has invaded my soul this year. Next year, as I've already begun, I want to create an Authentic path for myself. I want to be able to stand in my own power, live life to the fullest by walking to my own edge and no one else's. That's it, really. I just want to be the real me — imperfections and all — next year. For once and for all.
I want to let go of my fear of not being good enough.
-Michelle
I want to let go of my fear of not being good enough. I don't start things (art, classes, writing) because I know nothing I create will be good enough. I want to remember that the journey is as, or more, important than the destination.
I turn 50 in 2012 and I want to give myself permission to be mindful of the process of aging; documenting and celebrating my milestone by honouring who I am and who I can be.
