12/18/2025
๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งโฆ
๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ.
And Iโve been thinking about that a lot as the year wraps.
We love beginnings โ the clarity, the energy, the fresh start.
But endings? We usually slip through them half-present.
Weโre already onto the next thing.
Already in planning mode.
Already moving.
A yoga teacher once told me:
โ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฉ ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฉ ๐ข๐ง.โ
And honestly, Iโve never forgotten it.
Because itโs not just about the posture.
Itโs about everything:
How we close a conversation.
How we exit a role or a season.
How we end the year weโve just lived.
The truth is โ
๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐.
So lately Iโve been asking myself:
โจ What needs to be acknowledged before I move on?
โจ What needs to be released?
โจ What would it feel like to finish well โ with intention, not just momentum?
Not perfectly.
Not dramatically.
Just consciously.
Because how we close this year has just as much influence on next year
as all the big plans we make on January 1st.
And I donโt know about you, but I want to begin from a grounded place โ not a rushed one.
With love,
Rachel โค๏ธ