Leaning Into Trust ~ December 2024

Ya'll- it's freaking December. WHAT?! Good gracious, it has been a year.

I can remember exactly where I was when I wrote last December's email, and I swear that feels like it was just 3 months ago. Time has been playing funny (not really) games with my mind, recently.

I don't have intentions of this month's newsletter being a novel (lol, we'll see though). We are going to do a lot of diving into what 2024 was for each of us in the Intention Setting Ceremony later this month, and I truly hope you'll join in that! It's just $10, recordings will be available, and it's a really wonderful way to connect with people from all over, and most importantly, with yourself!

Last month I wrote that I have some news to share, and I'd like to do that, in a way that is near and dear to my heart- through written words. A lot of you who are local to Wilmington might already know. Since moving back to Wilmington, NC in January of 2021, (after our wild bicycle trip across the country and COVID pushing us out of our home in the Virgin Islands) my husband, Arden, and I have been working really hard. Like really hard. Going to 2nd and 3rd jobs after the full-time one, making sacrifices that were hard. We have been so focused and clear on our vision for what we want our future to look like. Now, this isn't to say it hasn't come with a ton of challenge, failure, pivots, hiccups and just flat out stress, but nonetheless, we have been focused. And we have relied a lot on trusting the process. December 29th we have a flight to New Zealand where we will begin our year of travel! Our hope is to spend 1 year visiting different parts of the world- New Zealand, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Nepal, Indonesia, Morrocco, Zimbabwe, Spain, Greece, Chile, Brazil, just to name a few...(: - volunteering, growing, expanding our resiliency, teaching some yoga, and practicing our "simple living" approach at life!

I'll be honest, it has been a dream for a long time to say we are quitting our jobs and spending the year here, there, and everywhere, but in the last 12 months we have made very clear and conscious decisions in order to make this happen. My word, after all, for 2024 was/is "space". Create space, make room to explore, and to take it up! I can't wait to see what all of our words for 2025 will be!

I said it earlier, but I recently have been leaning so hard into trust. Into trusting my gut, trusting the process, trusting myself and knowing that I have landed on my feet 100% of the time. 100%! We all have. If you're reading this right now, it is a damn testament to your strength, your perseverance and your dedication to keep going! So many times this year, Arden and I have looked at each other and said "are we crazy? Are we making a mistake leaving all of this for the year?" We have jobs that we both love, we're in a flow with rental properties and saving money, we have worked hard to establish community and "home" here in Wilmington. But I have reminded myself that this experience, this desire, does not take away from any of that. The goodness in both of those things can coexist! The butterflies in my belly that say "this is scary and risky but you're going to THRIVE" are moving me in the right direction and I am trusting that.

There will always be more money,

but there will never be more time.

The "timeline" in your mind of what needs to be accomplished when, it's made up. It doesn't exist. We are all on our own unique paths, with the freedom to decide how we fill our precious time.  

I know a year is a long time, and it is also a relatively short amount of time. Wilmington is homebase and I trust in my heart that we'll be back. So many of you have made this time here in Wilmington magical. I have felt loved, and seen, and valued beyond belief- and I hope that each of you have felt that back from me. As I said in last month's email, I'm really hoping to get back into some virtual classes. I know they aren't the same as in person classes, but sometimes that familiar voice or cueing can feel like the hug you need. So please know I'd love to have you in those online classes throughout the year. I also plan to continue the monthly emails. I won't promise anything, because to be honest, I have no idea where I'll struggle to find WiFi, but I am certainly going to have a lot of thoughts running wild in my mind and need an outlet (: Please. Stay. In. Touch! Shoot, come out and visit us wherever we are next year! I mean it! Connection is so special to me. You are so special to me. I cannot wait to see the magic we all create in 2025!