I say it’s NOT YET the New Year By: Denise Orsulak

I have decided that it’s NOT YET the New Year in my eyes. Recently things have been feeling more like same old same old. My holidays like many of yours was marked with a family member getting this new variant of Covid. And so things didn’t go quite as planned….again.

It’s tiring for sure. My son is virtual again for school. I have decided to pull back from going to restaurants and other group things again. I am not afraid of this variant and getting sick, but I do not want the inconvenience of being stuck in the house for 5 days or more if I am in close contact with someone.

I want to be working and out and about in other ways even if I am choosing not to do somethings again.

AND I have hope. Hope that things will be changing again soon. Like they always do. Hang in there. The only constant is change. You can still meet up with a trusted friend to get connection, to talk about our feelings and struggles, and feel support.

You are not alone.

So getting back to the New Year. I believe at any time we can celebrate the New Year. And that’s what I plan to do when it feels right to me. MAYBE the end of the month. Maybe tomorrow. Every day can be the start of a New Year. And then again and again, over and over, start again.

Instead of struggling again that feeling of not quite being the New Year, go with it! Decide when it feel like the right time to start over or begin again.

Let me know when your New Year is going to be!

Maybe we can celebrate together!

With Love,
Denise