December is one of my favourite times of the year.
Family time, holiday celebrations, cinnamon candles, warm cups of tea, fuzzy socks, curling up by the fire, sweaters, cookies, cuddles, and home-cooked food are all some of the finer things in life, in my opinion. Bring it all on!
I also think that December is an amazing time for reflecting and planning. I, like many people, have big plans for 2014 and I want to start it off with a bang. This means that I’ll be doing my love-infused new year’s goal-setting, event-planning, story-boarding in the next couple of weeks.
Instead of making a resolution or five that I’ll end up breaking again this year (go to the gym 3 times per week, do yoga once a week, set up skype dates with far away friends once per week, eat kale every day, etc), I’m planning big and from the soul. Those areas of life that I want to focus on (see my birthday post here) are going to get fleshed out in full.
I started by organizing my drawer in the file folder (read: actually started using the file folder). Excuse the messy writing. I LOVE writing things by hand but having an injured dominant hand makes it hard. I decided to write anyway. Infusing my finances with love is slowly becoming a thing for me.
I definitely suggest reading Money: a Love Story by Kate Northrup.
I’m hoping that I can actually write with my right hand again after I get my finger pins out on Wednesday, so I can make a big, bodacious 2014 calendar with sharpies. But I’m doing my best to play it cool and not get my hopes up… we’ll see how that works out.
I’ll share the progress soon!
And in the spirit of the season, here is my absolute favourite holiday video. To be watched in the month of December only. Brace yourself for some Mariah fabulousness.
Tatiana Cheladyn 