Letting Go of 2023

 

It's the end of the year, so it's time for my annual letting go post! I've written them for 6 years now and you can see my previous posts at the links below:

Letting Go of 2017: https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2017/12/letting-go-of-2017.html

Letting Go of 2018: https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2018/12/letting-go-of-2018.html

Letting Go of 2019 + Starting a New Decade: https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2019/12/letting-go-of-2019-starting-new-decade.html

Letting Go of 2020: https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2020/12/letting-go-of-2020.html

Letting Go of 2021: https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2021/12/letting-go-of-2021.html

Letting Go of 2022: https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2023/01/letting-go-of-2022.html

 

The end of 2022 wasn't very good for me (due to personal reasons), as I mentioned in the previous Letting Go post. And 2023 didn't start off that well. But it got better further into the year. I also write a mid-year reflections post and you can read 2023's here: https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2023/06/mid-2023-reflections.html

If you follow numerology, the Universal Year Number for 2023 was 7, so 2024's is 8. Its themes are empowerment, manifestation and abundance. It's supposed be an "accelerator" year, which will help people push forward on their goals. You can read more about it here: https://astrostyle.com/8-universal-year-2024-numerology-horoscope/

Gratitude List

Today is New Year's Eve, so here is my last Gratitude List of 2023! :)

Things I'm grateful for this month: 

• Yule/the Winter Solstice
• Chocolate advent calendars! 
• Christmas 
• Getting new slippers
  
• Hot chocolate and seasonal Christmas drinks
  
• Winter sunshine 
• Ghost stories for Christmas (books and TV)
• Christmas lights

 

Happy New Year and wishing everyone a wonderful start to 2024! :) I will also be posting my yearly letting go post today, so look out for that.

Gratitude List

Things I'm grateful for this month:

• Last burst of the autumn colours
• Walking in the park
• Sunny days
  
• Library books
• Hot chocolate
• Positive online spaces
  
• New Jennifer Lopez music- a preview of her new song Can't Get Enough!
• The last full month of autumn
  

 

And here is a recent photo I took in the park:

Autumn trees in Hove Park.

 

 

Gratitude List

 Things I'm grateful this month:

• Autumn colours
• Going to a belly dance class with Nadia Undine
• Going to Lancing Beach- I wanted to go again before it gets too cold!
• Watching 16 & Pregnant repeats
  
• Gold chocolate coins for Christmas already being in the shops, lol
• Seasonal reading (i.e. ghost stories!)
• Cosy autumn vibes (cooler weather but not really cold yet)
  
• Hallowe'en/Samhain tomorrow!
  

 

Gratitude List

I normally post on Sundays or Mondays but since today is the last day of September, I'm writing my monthly Gratitude List today instead :)

 

Things I'm grateful for this month: 

• The late summer hot weather we had at the beginning of the month!
• Going to a belly dance workshop with Katie Holland
  
• Going to the library
• Madron/Mabon aka the Autumn Equinox
• Golden sunlight as autumn starts
• Trees starting to change colour
• Music
  
• Going to Starbucks

 

Thought I'd share a picture I took recently in the park:

Leaves starting to turn- Hove Park.

 

Gratitude List

 Thing I'm grateful for this month:

• Lammas
• Last full month of summer
• The weather warming up and feeling more "summer like"!
  
• Having a computer again! :)
  
• Going to Five Guys
• Sunsets
• Libraries
• Going on a beach walk with a local group

Finding a Way Forward

I haven't posted much on the blog so far this year. As I said in my mid-year reflections post, I found the first half of 2023 quite difficult. While I've still been blogging on my entertainment blog Star Sparkle Blog and seasonal living one The Seasonal Life, I've not had much motivation to post on here. I cover "deeper" topics such as self-help, spiritual methods and mental health, and just didn't feel like I had the energy to write much about them.

But I would like to get back into blogging more here, so today I'm writing about finding a way forward when you've been feeling stuck or lost in life. 

Two years ago I wrote a couple of posts about moving upwards and feeling better when you've been in a low place. You can see them here:

Starting from the Bottom- Part 1: https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2021/04/starting-from-bottom-part-1.html

Starting from the Bottom- Part 2: https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2021/08/starting-from-bottom-part-2.html

And last year I wrote another post about feeling better when you've been down for a long time: https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2022/02/when-youve-been-down-for-too-long.html

I've spoken (or written!) before about having depression and anxiety. So if I'm really struggling it can be hard to see a way forward. Especially if I feel stuck in certain patterns.