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Hey y’all, sending you a virtual hug from a chilly North Carolina.

I recently attended a seasonal planning workshop with that completely changed how I'm viewing these winter months.

Here's the thing about January — marketing says "NEW YEAR, NEW ME," while our bodies are like, can we just hibernate? The workshop invited us to map out our year using the four seasons, and it was exactly the permission slip I needed to slow tf down.

Looking at my to-do list, I noticed my brain was trying to convince me that everything needed to happen now.

But the seasonal planning workshop gave me space to really feel into what I actually want and need from these next three months. So I marked January through March as my “transition and planning” months.

What does that mean?

Besides client work, I'm taking time to check in with myself, my boundaries, and my systems. I'm not trying to change anything right now — I just want to listen, observe, and take notes on what actions I might want to take when the timing feels right.

Here are some resources I’m using to help me do this:

• ’ free Business & Life Workbook — to help me set boundaries

• Best Self’s Daily Action Pad — which helps me take things one day at a time

• An “itch” list — a list of tasks that aren’t necessarily the most important but I know will scratch an itch for me. (Like using this guide to help me organize my files.) I have a tag in my task management system called ITCH that I can reference in times where I need a low-effort win.

I want this to be a season of intentional slowness. A time to marinate in possibility rather than rushing to cross things off a list.

What energy are you wanting to call in for the rest of this season?

Peace, love and hibernation,

Andrea