Normally, the first order of business for a new year, is plotting the travel I intend to do over the year and the projects around the house I want to complete in between.

But this year, I have decided not to make plans, but rather to simply go with the flow.

I am testing a new approach to healing, emotionally and physically, after the many conversations I’ve had over the year with friends and acquaintances. About the added stress we tend to put on ourselves with plans and the inability to achieve them.

So the new plan for the new year is – to simply not have a plan…and as every day unfolds, jot down – the good (first), the ugly (second), and the bad, last.

And let’s see where we end up in six months and then the year, in terms of our mental health…

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