Hello 2023,

It’s great to finally meet you. After a year of big milestones like graduation, travel and advancing my small business I am looking forward to what you will bring. 2022 was a year of change for me and I believe 2023 will be a year of continuing to settle into that change and establishing a new routine. Change is hard for me, it always has been. My goal for 2023 is to establish this new normal and make advancements in my personal and professional life.

My phrase for the year is “Protecting my Peace”. I have decided that I am only going to nurture things that serve me. If something does not bring me joy, or in other words disturbs my peace, I am no longer holding on to it. Yes, this is easier said than done but I truly feel like I need a cleanse. I need a purge of all things I don’t truly enjoy. This can be a simple as clothes to as complicated as relationships. Life is too short to not enjoy every day or to let things get in the way of your joy. Time is moving faster and I want to be surrounded by what I love.

As I said, I have a lot of goals for my personal and professional life. Although I am not going to share them in this letter I wrote them all down on a piece of paper to visualize them. I have always found it beneficial to create a mood board at the start of the year. You can see my 2023 mood board is filled with travel, food, friends and an overall feeling of freedom and wanderlust. I hope 2023 brings me these moments, as it’s what I feel I need most at this point in my life.

I am opening my heart and mind to you, 2023. Please be nice! Make this year a year of learning, growing, smiling, loving and discovering. I’m counting on you!:)

With love,

Laura

“Just because its taking time doesn’t mean it’s not happening.”