HAPPY NEW YEAR BY GRANNY

A lot of my family and friends think New Year’s must be a crazy, busy day for me because of my passion for planning and goals. On the contrary, it is one of the most leisurely of 2025. Keith and I spend it together with rituals we’ve honed over the decades together. This is all possible because my pre-planning was completed in December and my 2025 planning will be formally launched this weekend (Jan. 4-5). I have enrolled in an intensive 2-day online planning seminar. The truth is, my plan won’t be done until my birthday at the end of the month. It takes me a month to get all the pieces prepped. Maybe someday I’ll write out the workflow. And that’s how today is filled with a playful hunt for an open restaurant for breakfast, deciding on one 2025 theme for each of us, chinese food, time at the lake, love taps to family, jazz, candles, and cuddles.* It starts the year with the tone I want to preserve until this time next year. Let’s call it “heavenly peace” - and I make space for it wherever I can.

* and two loads of laundry