Hey Friend,

Somewhere between the fireworks and the first full week back to “real life,” the buzz fades. The candles are out, the vision board is drying on the table, and suddenly it’s just you… and the same dishes, the same inbox, the same budget, the same body trying to remember how to move through a regular day.

This week I felt that shift. The excitement of “new year” softened, and what was left was quieter. Not disappointment. Just reality. I caught myself wondering, “Now that the hype has calmed down, what do I actually want to carry into this year?”

There was a moment where I looked at my list of intentions and realized some of them weren’t really mine. They were expectations I thought I should have. Things that sounded good, looked good, but didn’t actually feel aligned with how I want to live.

So I’ve been letting a few of those “shoulds” fall to the floor. Not with guilt, but with relief. I don’t need a life that only works on January 1st. I need one that makes sense on a random Tuesday when I’m tired and still becoming.

I’m starting to see this in-between moment—not the high of the new year, not the drag of old routines—as sacred. It’s where we tell the truth about what we really want.

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There was a moment one morning when I felt myself reaching for another plan, another “this is how I’ll reset,” and I heard this gentle nudge: “You don’t need a new direction. You need to live the one you already have.” I just sat there with that. No fireworks. No big emotional wave. Just a deep, grounding truth.

Part two of a reset, I’m realizing, isn’t as glamorous. It’s not the announcement. It’s the alignment. It’s the part where your soul’s yes slowly starts to rearrange your daily life.

The question that keeps circling for me is:

What if the real reset happens in the days after you decide?

The first part of a reset feels like standing at a doorway. You see a new season. You feel something shifting. You sense what no longer fits. And you choose: “I can’t carry this version of life into what’s next.”

Part two is quieter. It’s walking through that doorway over and over again, every time your old patterns come knocking.

You feel it when you want to say yes from obligation, but your new season is asking for honesty.

You feel it when you want to spend from fear or scarcity, but your new season is asking for trust and stewardship.

You feel it when your body says, “We’re done for today,” and your old self wants to push anyway.

A reset is not a one-time moment; it’s a relationship you build with the truth you’ve already heard.

There’s no rush here. No checklist. Just a steady invitation: keep choosing what you’ve already chosen. Let the reset move from idea to rhythm. Let it show up in how you talk to yourself, how you handle money, how you schedule rest, how you move through conflict.

Maybe part two is less about adding anything new, and more about not abandoning what your deeper self has already said yes to.

If any of this is sitting close to where you are, you might gently ask:

“Where have I already received a reset… that I’m still learning to live into?”

You don’t have to fix or perfect it. Just notice one place—maybe in how you handle your time, your money, or your energy—where your new season is asking you to keep choosing what you already know is true.

If you’re sitting with something similar, you’re welcome to stay with that question for a while and let it walk with you through the week.

Just one episode. No homework. Something to keep you company while you move through your everyday reset.

May you feel no pressure to reinvent the reset you’ve already received.

May you have the courage to honor what you know, even when it doesn’t feel flashy or impressive.

And as you move through this week, may you remember: the evidence of a new season is not always loud. Sometimes it’s the quiet way you keep choosing yourself, your healing, and your truth—one ordinary moment at a time.

Be gentle with the work. This isn’t about doing more; it’s about doing the next right thing.

Keep showing up for you. Keep flowing in freedom! 💜

Liberating Living Weekly

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