RHYTHMS OVER RESOLUTIONS
 

On December 31, author Emily Freeman posted these words to Instagram:

January is the new week between Christmas and the new year.

My fingers had never double-tapped an image so fast before. Amen, amen, amen.

I mentioned it a few weeks ago, but over the last few years, I've watched my perspective about the new year change and develop into something, shall I say, softer.

I still love setting goals. I still adore a good benchmark and celebratory milestone. But about five years ago, I started walking into the new year whispering three words beneath my breath and haven't stopped since:

Rhythms over resolutions.
Rhythms over resolutions.
Rhythms over resolutions.

Here's what I'd begun to notice about the resolutions I created for myself:

They were often abstract.
They were often built from a place of “not good enough” or “needs serious improvement” as if I were being graded.
They were often held up by a foundation of “I need to get it together,” and that's not a very sturdy foundation.

I would set many goals and never really check back on them. I reserved results for January and February and then counted my losses in the following months, hoping I would get myself together in March… then May… then July...READ MORE