Starting 2016 With A Clean Slate
January is passing quickly. And Mercury is no longer in
Retrograde! * Come January 1st, everyone gets bombarded with
suggestions for goals for the New Year– lose weight, quit smoking and get
organized! We bounce from the busy holiday season to the goal setting of an
entire new year without any time to reflect and finalize various parts of our
life from the past year. I offer a different approach to the standard goal
setting scenario. Hopefully you have recovered from the holidays and you can
now finalize 2015 and welcome 2016.
In Japan, the end of the year is spent cleaning the house to
welcome the New Year. Everything is
spotless and items that are no longer needed are gone from the home and office. The New Year now has space for new
opportunities! In Western cultures, most
of us are busy with the traditional year-end holidays and all of the work that
goes with the busy season. I am
proposing that January be the month to cleanse and detox from 2015. We can set
goals only after we have tied up loose ends and said goodbye to the previous
year. How do you do this? Here are a few ideas to get you started:
·
Take any decorations that you didn’t like or use
in 2015 and let someone else enjoy them. Why store these unwanted items only to
unpack them again next year?
·
Finish up any little nagging details from your
desk area including moving finished projects to the appropriate location (
file, digital archive or trash!)
·
Send that card to your grandmother that you’ve
been meaning to do for 3 months
·
Get rid of any clothing you don’t love and free
up space so you can actually see what
you have
·
Return those library books that keep
accumulating fines
As you move around your home, you will find more of these
small cleansing rituals that will allow you to put 2015 behind you and create
space for 2016. It is hard to make any
goals or plans for a new year if you still have unfinished business from the
previous year.
Once you have finished with 2015 why not do a “super clean” throughout your home. If this seems daunting, hire a cleaning
service to kick -start your fresh beginning.
Often you can find reputable companies offering a 3-4 hour package with
several associates working together. In
an afternoon, your home will shine!
Now you can add a bouquet of fresh flowers and welcome the
opportunities of 2016!
Happy
Fresh Start to 2016!
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What is Mercury Retrograde? Read more here:
http://www.ibtimes.com/what-mercury-retrograde-astrologers-time-miscommunication-technology-breakdown-also-1929461
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