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My dear friend,

welcome back to the Safe Space 💛 Take a warm drink and cosy up with me today, while I share with you some words of reassurance ˙✧˖°☕ ༘ ⋆｡˚

January is a tough month for many people...
I've never understood why mainstream culture pushes us to choose goals and resolutions by such a strict deadline. Moreover, we are encouraged to start fulfilling them right away, from January 1st, while the deep winter has just started. I've always felt like there was a dissonance, so I started rebelling.

My first act of rebellion was against New Year resolutions (ง •̀_•́)ง I don't really set goals anymore, but rather I set my "energy". To me, it makes more sense to attune to feelings, rather than discipline, so during winter I choose a way I want to feel throughout the year. Last year, for example, my energy gravitated around the word "Release". Whenever I had to take a decision, or I felt lost, I came back to this energy to attune myself again. It is no secret that 2025 has been a hard year for me, maybe the hardest one yet, so having this energy guidance has really been vital.

My second act of rebellion was against the "January 1st" deadline (๑•̀ᗝ•́)૭ Who has time to wrap up the old year, possibly celebrate, and have the clarity of mind to set goals by the end of December? Why should we constantly project ourselves in the future, instead of taking the time to pause, rest and find gratitude for where we are at, right here and now?

Winter is the time when Nature, and our bodies, slow down. Like we need sleep at night, we need rest in winter. When in doubt, look at the trees. Follow their slow breathing between their lush thriving and their bare hibernation. Let's all be trees this season, and take the time we need to prepare for spring. Without rush, let's think of January as a neutral space between the Solar New Year and the Lunar New Year, a moment to reset and recalibrate, and to welcome our new energy for the new seasons coming. 

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🎁 A small gift: while I was recovering from sickness, last week, I've made a short video to play with our intuition together, you can find it attached to this post, at the top 👆 I hope you enjoy! 🥰

I wish you a cosy winter with cosy warm drinks ☕🧣🌨️

Until next letter,

Anna 🍋☕

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