Hello, my dear readers. We’re here once again—the end of a calendar year, and for me, the beginning of the end of a place in my journey through this life.
In my last blog, I told you I had been on a bit of a break. Well, for this blog, I am going to tell you about the beginning of the endings.
Last month, I imparted lots of information about my many months of “life reflection and evaluation”—the stripping away of the superficial and the realization of the really important and self-satisfying choices that I have the option to make. New beginnings that I can step forward to grasp.
So, logically speaking, new beginnings would also herald new endings. That’s only logical. And so it is that the month of December is not only symbolic of the year’s end but of the multiple “endings” I’ve experienced this past year.
Am I sad? Sometimes. Do I lament what might have been? Only occasionally. Do I have regrets? Really, if you’ve lived life, how could you not have just a few?
Overall, however, my life is a happy place. Everything must have a beginning and an end; that’s the natural order of life and everything in this life. Rear views are for perspective. Looking back is for remembering and re-evaluating, so that when you look ahead, you do so with an understanding of where you’ve been.
I like to compare this to a “spring cleaning” for the soul—dusting out all the old cobwebs and clutter that keep us from seeing our surroundings clearly and with renewed purpose.
I’m looking back in an attempt to understand and reflect on the path that is behind me so that I can turn around and look to the path in front of me with eagerness and wisdom. I look forward to the future that is waiting for me to take my first steps with my whole self and with an attitude of joyful and excited anticipation.
I’m almost through these “endings,” and with the close of December, I’m hoping to experience the last of them. It’s an agonizing experience for me to wait for all the great and wonderful beginnings to have a chance to fill my days and weeks, but we must wait. All things happen in the right place, at the right time.
Right or wrong, I’m a huge believer in the astrological signs and charts. If the 2024/2025 information is to be believed, I’m in for multiple new beginnings and challenges for the upcoming year. I’m taking the time in December to clean out the closets, sweep out the clutter, and make way for the exciting new beginnings just over the horizon. One of those just happens to be the audiobooks for The Scrapbook Series.
The final steps in the process of bringing the Scrapbook Series to life in audio and eBooks are in process and should be complete before the end of the year. So, quite possibly, the books and boxed sets will be available on Audible for a Christmas download! I’m so very anxious to see them on the Audible website! As usual, I will keep you posted.
Another new beginning and challenge is the opening of a new career door. I can’t share just yet, but I believe it will be a real key in bringing some of my other dreams into existence.
As an author, I’ve been very slow to move on this journey to writing and publishing. As an inventor, the journey has been a bit faster. My career is somewhere in between. I like to think of each area as if it were a planet circling the sun. Each one of the planets in our solar system revolves around the sun, managing to complete that journey in various different timelines. That’s how my life moves forward—multiple projects and tasks circling my existence, being completed on different timelines. If you, like me, believe that time is not linear, that everything exists all at the same time, it’s fascinating to watch the pieces of your life come together. What seems like a linear path is really different pieces on different planes all at once.
Okay, I think that’s enough for one month, and so that’s all I have to share for December. As usual, until next month, dear reader, stay safe, happy, and well-read!
Natalie