Happy New Year!!
I am one of those people who likes a rhyming mantra for the new year. These have worked much better for me than resolutions. Last year it was: Getting It Done in 2021. In a previous year, I simply focused on one word, like Courage.
I think they resonate more than resolutions because they’re motivational and inspirational, rather than restrictive or disciplinary (i.e. eat less sugar).
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New Mantra 2022
So for this year, I’m going with:
Make it Do What it Do in 2022.
Yeah, it might be a bit obvious, even cliche, but it truly fits. This is the first time ever in my life that I’m entering a new year 100% self-employed and following my bliss!
Self-Belief
Anyone who’s ever been self-employed or owned a small business knows how much work and commitment it takes, how resourceful you have to be, how often you have to feel the fear and do it anyway, how courageous and determined you have to be in order to fully step and show all the way up!!
I tried self-employment once before. I wanted to be a full-time freelance writer. This was in my early days of blogging, and right before I started Colorism Healing (though I had already been publishing posts about colorism on my other blog).
The biggest difference between then and now is my self belief, which I really started to build in 2020 and 2021. Two small but powerful things that helped me:
- A song: “Doubt” by Mary J. Blige
- Another rhyming mantra:
Follow All Hunches and Pull No Punches
That mantra was of utmost importance because I recognized my self-sabotaging energy of not really trying, of only giving partial effort, likely due to subconscious self-doubt.
The Wake Up Call
But I think it’s important to also talk about what really woke me up: I had a very brief but pretty bad relationship at the beginning of 2020. (It had to be that year, right??)
As I was getting away from that situation, I understood that as confident and successful as I had been, there was still a gaping whole in my self-image or self-concept or my self-narrative that was blocking my ultimate confidence and success. It made me cringe to think about what I was almost about to settle for.
That was really the catalyst for me to “take my power back,” as they say, and create the life I truly desire rather than settling for low-hanging fruits.
So, I have changed, and I have changed my life!
But what remains the same is my focus and dedication to Colorism Healing.
And I’m grateful that I’ve been doing the inner work that will allow me to show up in a way that more powerfully serves this mission.
Your Reflection:
What’s new for you in 2022? What remains constant?
Your Affirmation:
Everything before this moment is fuel for my journey ahead.
