A Note on January

"Don't live the same year 75 times and call it a life."

Robin Sharma

Typically, I wouldn't say January is my favorite month. Though I enjoy the winter season I typically dread the boredom that use to come with January. So uneventful, Christmas is over, not much to look forward to yet, back to reality I guess you could say. But as I reflect on this 14th day of January, 2021, I realize that January has always been a big "leaf turning" moment in my life.

Not to be all "new year, new me" on you but historically in my adult life I have chosen to make big life changes in January, good or questionable. Each decision has eventually pushed me to where I am today and for that I am appreciative to whatever string of fate in my life I keep pulling on.

I heard the quote "don't live the same year 75 times and call it life" and it really put some things in perspective for me. If not now, then when? If not today, tomorrow? Tomorrow comes, but not today? I was always making excuses. In January 2017 I left an abusive relationship. In January 2018 I enrolled back into community college to work on and later finish my degree. In January 2019 I was in a dark place and was headed down a road some may call suicidal. In January 2020 I and my now husband made the decision to make a big move, quit our jobs (after securing jobs elsewhere) and work towards securing a better foundation for our life. Now, January of 2021, I find myself content. I don't feel like I need to reinvent myself or do anything drastic. I am thankful and happy in my home, watching Netflix documentaries and writing to you, my fellow reader.

So what is your month? What month in your life seems to stick out to you?

I hope whatever your goal is this year that you achieve it, and if you don't achieve it just yet, you at least find the courage to try.