If you’re like me, you spend this holiday period oscillating between peak laziness and peak aspiration. I meticulously audit my spending of the previous year, categorizing every transaction …and cruise boxing day sales. I review a notion doc I set up to track my workouts…and submit myself to another night of charcuterie and sugar sweats. I reflect on all of the goals I set for 2023, the lessons I’ve learned…and those I didn’t. It’s a time I’m very privileged to experience as slow, full, and mindful (if not all due to overeating). But as exciting as I find it to dream up a new year of possibilities, it’s typically punctuated by things I didn’t do.

To me, this episode marks the end of things I didn’t say and highlights how something like learning to accept and love ourselves can be beautiful…and ugly…and worth celebrating all at the same time.

Happy holidays and thank you for listening.

Much love, Riley

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