December is a unique month swirling with emotions for most. Wherever you are, you’re likely in transition and figuring out what step to take as solstice short days and long nights approach affecting our alignment.
It’s always good to check in. Even if you’re busy this last month of the year wrapped around holiday season 🎁 and joyful celebrations to anchor the weight of uncertainty.
With natural and calendar happenings, you also have personal goals and projects to finish up this year.
And sometimes there are raw emotions mixed in.
It’s a sadder time as the current year is ending and we’re often reminded over losses we had.
But we can pick ourselves up when we choose to remind ourselves of our overshadowed wins and happy (positive) times.
And for everyone, there’s anticipation of a looming new year that plays in life’s mix.
Will our future plans pan out? What should we be planning for?
And then there are the monkey wrenches thrown in. Why no one told us this in life to get ahead of adulthood is a mystery.
But you can turn your misses into your comeback story.
Because your misses can be your greatest finds when you’re aware and aligned.
So that’s why alignment checks are so valuable.
You can align to your best-self intentions to make up for all those lost years.
And that’s a way to come out victorious before next year’s end.
And in between, intentionally finding future hope to lean on and joy along your daily journey.
We all need that. Because your situation is on this planet, which automatically means you’re facing some challenges or giant in your life.
And because busy December stirs up anxious moments it’s good to stay in check with yourself (mind, body, and spirit).
Even if you’re calm and steady, others around you are triggered and act erratic or are weirdly mooded around the holidays. 🤪
That’s been my experience.
…And I’m sure yours too.
But you can keep on keepin‘ on and overcome the daily stings with in-your-face daily happy and wild impromptu surprises to erase triggered moments.
…Like this out-in-the-wild calm meeting I had with this Quarter Horse on my past weekend journey.
…Where we special bonded over an apple I happened to have on me. He gladly finished it, core and all.
We shared a few peaceful moments in the sun. 🍎
But even as calm as this meeting was, it’s not like the relaxation that the body experiences when taking a shower in Default Mode Activation (that’s a real coined term).
How do I know I wasn’t totally relaxed?
…Because I couldn’t think of questions to ask in the moment that I later thought of on my journey. Ideas didn’t pop in. Same effect you get when you’re put on the spot to answer a trivia question or your favorite whatever.
There’s a small shutdown.
And that’s how we can unintentionally turn away our creativity spark.
It’s important to weigh in so that doesn’t become the new norm.
We’re not human robots but we have automatic reaction features built-in with birth. But we can exercise our rights to self-correct and restore.
And that helps us go, grow, and evolve.
As does witnessing the life around us that can surprise us. Like this unexpected violet cluster bloom amid the purple foliage…
By using the wonders around you as curiosity you have and small signs of growth in your life, you can get more calm. And get inspired!
Getting outside your head makes you appreciate that not everything is meant to stick around in life. And that’s more than okay.
Life (and you) keep growing.
Changes are good and normal.
And growth happens in its given time (and not when we always expect).
Like this example of wild winter growth where I saw no sunflowers bloom from my seeds this past summer.
And buzzing around town and markets, you can see signs wherever you are east or west, and north or south.
Like I’m seeing winter watermelons where I’m at. And just like that, Christmas in July is now July in Christmas in the northern hemisphere. 🍉🎄
These are all small signs that anything is possible.
Where you don’t need to be able to know it’s out there to be a possibility.
Because the Universe above sees it all.
And responds to our thoughtful prayers that stirs us up and the energy around us.
Wherever you are, you are purpose… and you are useable energy.
And you can sense and pick up on the living energy around you.
…If not in your home, take a walk, look up, and all around and to see energy happening.
Like pine cones falling.
Nature and trees are a good symbol of hope and life energy to rely on when the world is full of chaos.
And exercise is still one of the best ways to get new energy and clear your head from life turmoil.
Or a creative outlet project that ignites your untapped potential.
Your healthy mind doesn’t care what you work on to change tunes and get the happy vibes back.
It just wants you to get out of your current thoughts dragging you down.
And if you do something challenging or tough today, you can then appreciate what you did later or tomorrow.
That’s why you smile when you see your past photos.
Or when you think about the job where you were miserable, but are no longer there. You made it!
So strange… if you really think about this life.
Especially since now when you’re doing the painful activity is where there’s gain.
But the gratification feelings are often delayed from the grind.
Where we usually want instant gratification.
…So we’re misaligned.
Until we connect-the-dots, and use our delayed gratification ways that are a given, to our benefit.
Then we have the opportunity to appreciate the tougher times and get more patient about our current situations. And plow through.
And on the other side, we’re happy we went through our pains to get to where we are.
And with enough practice, even partner with (and empathize) with “no pain, no gain.”
That’s done more healthy with balancing some FUN downtime.
…So your candle doesn’t burn out.
And these are a few December fun ideas you can do:
Bring out your RED and white sparkly glitter garb. Be the one to break out the bright Christmas socks and sweaters.
It’s the one time of year where you’ll see a swarm of red Ho-Ho-Ho worn by everyone from the Rock-ettes to red cap wearing sports fans.
Let the red cheer remind you of fire passion you can ignite in you.
Make handmade craft decorations with your own cookie cutters.
Bake gingerbread cookies with chai spices and adding a pep in your step.
Play Christmas therapy songs to help change sad or anxious moods.
Hold and sip warm hygge-cozy beverages to get in the holiday spirit.
Around town, notice the Christmas trees 🌲, pretty wreaths, sparkly ornaments ✨,and colored lights strung that are just in time to brighten up nature’s bare tree season.
Humans make up for nature’s dormant transition. And show up and sometimes out…
It’s a good time to be hyper-kind and for-giving… and put aside differences… staying thankful for the peace, joy, and love we all want.
…And to reflect on what we did earlier in the year that was life changing. But we temporarily forgot about in the current hoopla… maybe a move, change in job, vacation, or goal made. Or all of the above!
We forget the smaller happy times and inching along micro strides we made. Writing it all down before year end, or putting together a small scrapbook could be a good way to stay optimistic and align with your best self and next steps for tomorrow. 👣