New Year Reflections with zero hustle energy
I take no part in the New Year hustle energy. It’s a new year and I’m still me. And it’s the middle of winter. So all I want to do is be cozy. I don’t need to organize a million things or try to find all the flaws in my life and make them better. I’ll just take my books and an extra cup of coffee, please.
But the turn of the calendar certainly does do something to my brain, making me want to reflect and plan a bit. I like to take my time (and not hustle here). So it is January 13, I’m slowly working through some reflective thoughts, and allowing some excitement to come as I make some plans for the 2025 flower season.
These plans may all change. Or they may drive my year. But I’m happy to give them some thought now and use them as a starting point.
But FIRST, the GOOD.
2024 was a mentally TOUGH year. So this morning, it was good to look at What Went Well, and What Didn’t Go Well, and guess what - I was actually able to come up with a LOT of GOOD. (There is more, but here are my top things)
Built mental toughness. For all of the hard, I definitely learned some mental toughness this year. Not anything we WANT to go through, but always can have gratitude for it.
So many NEW people came here this summer. The flower stand and the upicks brought people who I am not connected to in any way, and it was so fun to meet brand new people and help spread the word a bit more!
The events we had were just. so. fun. Lark is an absolute DREAM of a night. The Tea Party is DARLING. All of the events bring me absolute joy, every single time.
I zeroed in and felt way more secure in what I want for this business - to bring people HERE, so they can experience a deep exhale, find some peace in nature, and bring joy through flowers.
What a year. It felt so so hard, every step of the year, but, look! There was good!
And boom. The calendar turns and we are at 2025. (But HOW!?)
And the year ahead looks so bright to me. So unknown, yes. But also, so bright. Full of things I want to continue and also new things! It’ll be a little scary to share these publicly, but hey, right now, I’m doing a bit of stepping into new, scary things, so why not share them?
I want to continue building and retaining customers for the flower stand and upicks and make these bigger and better.
I want our Tulip UPick to be a massive event - think photo ops, maybe like a bounce house or something, just BIG.
I want to build out some “packages” for new offerings like Bouquet Bars and Design Classes that I can either host OR bring to you.
I want to host a market here on site! I have too many amazing business owners around me - I would love for them all to be here for an event!
I want to step a bit into design, learn the craft more, and feel more confident in my ability to teach others.
Now comes the hard part. ACTUALLY planning out how to do those things. (I think THIS is actually the part I hate. I can goal-set and dream all the time, but to figure out how to actually do it is a whole different ball game.)
But this morning (a bit of a cumulation of my random, scattered thoughts from the last few months) has been a good morning to reflect, and put pen to paper. To see the good, and to dream about all that this next year has in store.
Thanks for reading friends, and for cheering me on!
