Happy New Year!

I have long given up on New Year’s resolutions, especially after realizing they were essentially the same year after year. I started challenging myself to do one new thing a month. Then I moved to selecting a word of the year as my beacon and gentle reminder that nothing changes if nothing changes.

Choosing a word for 2026 was exceptionally hard. Not because I did not have enough life experiences to choose a word, but because I had A LOT of life experiences!

This year, I am challenging myself to reimagine. I am giving myself permission and space to imagine differently who I (you, we, they, that, who, or whatever!) could be beyond the boxes, stereotypes, and make-believe stories I have told myself.

This is BIG because at this BIG age I have some BIG opinions. I am also a perfectionist – breaking news. I want it right – all the time. Reimagining a world where I give myself permission to BE and SEE beyond what I think or know is “right” is actually scary, but I am embracing it as an adventure.

Today I permitted myself to reimagine a different New Year’s tradition – I did laundry. Where I am from, doing laundry, sweeping, or any kind of cleaning on NYD meant bad luck. We were made to believe we are “sweeping away your blessings for the new year.” The house had to be cleaned from top to bottom on NYE.

Do I think my blessings will stop because I did laundry today? Nope!

God is still God.  

So I did TWO loads of laundry today!