As My Birthday Nears next Month, I Enter a Space of Reflection & Opportunity
Each year, as I approach another journey around the sun, I begin a powerful and intentional process. This time, it’s my 55th. And with it comes a question that guides my evolution:
What do I truly desire in this next chapter of my life?
Not just surface goals, but soul-deep aspirations. I ask myself:
- Who am I becoming?
- What parts of me are ready to rise, to heal, to grow?
- What parts of my 54th year did I enjoy and want to continue?
- Where do I want to experience these desires unfolding?
- Who do I want beside me on this path?
- Who do I need to honor, cherish, or release?
- What new adventures call to me?
- What old habits need to fall away?
This isn’t a list-making exercise. It’s a listening practice. A slowing-down. A month-long journey into stillness, where I quiet the noise of my Ego and its ridiculous expectations… and tune into the quiet wisdom of my Soul.
Because within that stillness, truth speaks.
And it’s there I discover the most honest, most aligned, most inspired version of who I am becoming.
So as I step into this sacred new year of life, I invite you to do the same. Whether your birthday is near or not, ask yourself what your soul truly wants next. Not from fear, or urgency, or pressure, but from a self-loving perspective. From curiosity. From the knowing that something more is always available when we get quiet enough to listen.
Your Soul has the answers. Your Ego does not.
