For much of my life, the journey -any journey at all- felt like a burden. No matter what it was, if there was an ending or a final goal, I just wanted to BE THERE already. The idea of being somewhere in between would bring my mind to her pretty little knees. Moving, changing, learning, TRYING, felt like too much for me to handle. Although I wanted badly to live an exciting life, and almost always ended up choosing to be out of my comfort zone anyway, I’d do so internally kicking and screaming. The mental noise was exhausting and frankly, I was sick of it. This year, I faced that part of me, and I’m proud of it. I feel a renewed sense of invigoration when I meet with the unknown. When I meet the surrender. I feel incredibly excited for the privilege to be alive and I will be damned if I am not HERE for this life. Two thousand two hundred twenty two. Two zero two two. Twenty Twenty Two. The year I became engaged to my Shane Hanner. A man that words will always fail to encapsulate. The year I dug deeper into my purpose in this life. To guide freedom quests of the heart. The year I lost clarity about what I mean when I use the term “I’. Or what I mean when I say “self.” The year during which the ordinary became more mystical and the spiritual became more ordinary. The year where a lot I thought I knew became not what I thought. We sold our home and moved to a foreign land. We wept for finished relationships and found ourselves in humorous hysterics as we danced in our living room too. We took huge risks in pursuit of our truest callings. We adventured and adventured and adventured until we were blue in the face. Both internally and externally. And very (but perhaps not most) importantly, I found my passion for learning once more. I found myself nose deep in books. Into my continued education. Into challenge. Into the abyss of deep waters. Into new language. The journey, my dear friend. So cheers, to two thousand two hundred twenty two. I love you. And I love you if you’re reading this. Happy New Year! @camillejoannexo and I will be back with my favorite project @thedenmothers early 2023! Ou! Ou! Ouuu!