Roisin mcbride

For the last 4/5 years, I’ve chosen not to celebrate New Year’s in January and instead celebrate mine at Spring Equinox. And as much as Winter is about stillness and calm, I still feel a shift around this time of year. However, rather than harsh resets and new routines, I instead use it as a time to reflect and reconnect.

So for the last few weeks, I’ve been reflecting on the past 10 months and everything that’s happened (hot top… it wasn’t pretty). But it was insightful. It was the highest of highs, met with the lowest of lows. Love, loss and lots in betweens. Life questions were answered with harsh life lessons. It really felt like the year of survival. A lot of things were abandoned so I could use my energy just to keep my head above water. And I include myself on that long list of things that were indeed abandoned.

But with abandonment comes shedding. An emptying down to the bare essentials. Like taking a house right down to the studs.

The idea is that over the next few weeks and months, I spend the time reconnecting back to what it really is that I enjoy and love and redesigning life to make it work for me.

But until then, January is about just moving slow and with intention. One thing is for sure, I’m super excited to be back on the blog!