Write to Celebrate You
Hello Dear One,
One of the most powerful things journalling can offer is space to witness growth.
It was my birthday on Saturday and, as well as spending time with my sister, parents and gorgeous niece, I opened a letter from the year before. There’s nothing like reading your own words and I love putting them away like this, giving things time to simmer.
Personally, many of the things that mattered when I sat cross-legged on the floor in 2020 don’t matter anymore. I’m not in the same job, I’m not in the same city. And, although I had no idea a big life change was going to happen, there was a strange kind of foreshadowing. I wrote:
I have complete faith that you’ll have made positive decisions. This doesn’t mean everything will be sorted, but you’ll know a little more about where you’re going, and why. I trust you completely.
Words like this, from previous me, aren’t just words. I feel them deeply because I remember how much I meant them. Here, I gave myself permission to make changes, but also to make mistakes. How empowering.
You might want to squirrel this away for your own birthday or give yourself another date to open it. Make a ritual out of it, light a candle - put on a playlist. If you don’t feel comfortable with a physical copy you can even write an email on a website like this. Seize what feels good.
I hope it helps. We can often feel tender on our birthdays too, especially if life hasn’t given us what we’ve expected. Be kind and loving to yourself; many things will be out of your control.
And remember: what matters is not what we’ve done in a year, it’s caring about our journeys and how much we enjoy them.
I’ll leave you with my final words to myself: YOU MATTER. It’s easy to underestimate how much. Don’t.
Thanks for being here and being you.
All love,
Jo
P.S. So much love to everyone who joined my September workshop last week. There are a few spots left for the coming months, head here if you’d like to join.
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