What are you leaving behind in 2024?

I like the turning over to a new year. It feels like a blank slate, even if it's totally not. We can benefit from thinking of it that way, though.

Caveat: if you are heading into the new year exhausted, burned out, and/or in general not feeling the blank slate vibes, honor that and don’t feel bad for one second if you don’t keep reading. We have to meet ourselves where we are.

If you are feeling the vibes (as my 11 year old says), take 5 minutes to think over everything that happened in 2024. What do you want to leave there? Write it down. Then write down three things you need to do to keep whatever it is in 2024.

Got it? Good. Now schedule a self-check in a month from now — how are you doing towards leaving whatever it is behind? If you need to remind yourself or change tactics, you can do it then. No judging yourself for not being able to leave it in the dust, this stuff can take time. Be kind to yourself.

One of the things I am leaving behind is hyper-reactivity. It's second nature for me to make quick decisions, fix fix fix, and bulldoze everyone else.

In order to do this, I'm going to work on taking three deep breaths before responding to something that I perceive as an issue, which should help me to slow down the adrenaline response to think more rationally about a solution.

What about you? What's staying behind in 2024?