I am beginning this year as a moma to a 3 month old baby girl, who brings me so much joy and has challenged my perception of the woman I wish to become. I don’t know exactly what to expect from this year but I have a few central, key pieces that I envision and pray will flourish this year.

Each year I like to end the year by reflecting, journaling, and starting a social media detox as I introvert and think deeply about my year progress and values. One tool that I use every year for the past 3-4 years is my Artist of Life Workbook from Lavendaire. My goal for this year is to recap each month and capture my growth and progress, since my Artist of Life Workbook already has a monthly reflection I may just bring you along and post some of me reflections on CM blog.

2022 Highlights

• Celebrated New Year with family
• Scheduled Big Bear trip with sister and her family, stuck in snow!
• Attended nephew toddler baseball games
• Shared pregnancy with family in Spring
• Drove to Texas for family wedding- never driving again!
• Two nephews born in June
• Birthday and baby shower in July- family from Texas came.
• Baby girl born in October
• Breastfeeding journey has been one of the most difficult things I have ever done
  • So much lack of sleep, hours spent pumping, milk bleb and milk duct clogs really impacted wellbeing and mental health and fortitude
• Seeing Hubby as a father- wowwowow… what a beautiful experience seeing him as a father. I feel so privileged this is the man I get to parent alongside.

2023 Vision Board

I enjoy reflecting on what I want to bring in this year and below is a summary of key goals or memories I want to build on for 2023. I will admit, I am kinda nervous about publicly posting my vision board but here we go- this is a year of accountability and taking small steps in one direction.