Calmness, closeness, and curiosity. And the importance of moving forward

I hope you finish this year soft. I hope you finish this year with gratitude and with satisfaction of all your accomplishments.

For this new year that is starting now, I have so many dreams and ideas. There’re so much i want to do, learn new things, read more books, create, discover new places and new people. There’s also so much I don’t want to do, like stress through the days, say yes to things I don’t want to do, and say no to things I do want to do. But I also want to spend so much more time not doing anything, just listening to the blackbirds song, feeling the sun warm up my skin, the smell of pine trees, eucalyptus trees and the warm soil.

For this new year, the words that has come to me is Calmness, closeness, and curiosity. And the importance of moving forward.

I want calmness. I want to feel free from all the urgency our society push on us, this fabricated stress that we need to be or do so much all the time. I want to feel at peace within me and with my values and decisions.
I want closeness. I want to feel valued and heard, and I want to feel other people’s warm hearts. I want to feel belonging.
I want curiosity. The feeling of excitement and the sensation of tingling under my skin just when I’m about to discover and learn something new. The feeling of the adventure that is waiting around the corner when one thing is finished and a new something is about to start. That is one of my favorite feelings.

I want to move forward in the world, in my life, with these words in my heart. To take small steps towards something better while still being grateful for what is, is one of the hardest and biggest balance to maintain, but also one of the most important.

My words for this coming year took me back to something I wrote a few years ago, that I call my manifesto. A short little text that captures the essence of how I want to my world to be like.
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Some of the most radical things we can do is to get back to our roots of what it is to be human.

Be  creative, explore your inner worlds. Express them in any possible way. If it's through words, paint, music, textile or in any other way that speaks to your heart and wants to be shaped by your mind and hands. The world becomes a dangerous place when we stop dreaming.

Share your stories and dreams with the universe. With your family and loved ones. With your community and your tribe. With the stars. Just share it. The world becomes a dangerous place when we become silent.

Build your life how you want it to be. Grow your food, and make your home your safe space. The world becomes a dangerous place when we lose the sense of home and belonging.

Be intentional with everything you do. Intentional and wholehearted in every task, in every relationship. The world becomes a dangerous place when our actions are not aligned with our hearts.

Love, and be kind. Always. ​​

​And with this, I hope you finish this year soft, and with bravery and curiosity of what this next year will bring you.