The start of this year has been a different one for me.

Normally, a new year is a fresh start with goals and accomplishments to set your sights towards. While I have a few things in mind, I’m still cleaning up, 2019.

The Christmas holidays was a very relaxing one. I purposefully made sure to take the time to really just enjoy the season with my family… and I did. I felt at peace for the first time in several years and appreciated each one of those days.

While there was many good intentions to tie up all loose ends during my time off, it didn’t quite happen. So I left 2019 out of sorts.

I was out of my rhythm for the beginning of 2020: work that needed marking, five book reviews to finish, tasks around the house and wrapping up finances for the year. The new year couldn’t begin (in my head) until I finished it all.

That’s when I decided January was going to be a month to end last year and transition to the next. With determination and focus in place, it’s all caught up now.

The last decade is closed for me now and the roadmap for the next one has been set.

I’m excited for what lies ahead.