January jitters I saw this phrase on a post and I felt like it describes EXACTLY what me and maybe some others might been feeling. For me it’s a mix of post-holiday blues with anxiety of how this year will turn out. Maybe because some of us got burnt from starting fresh in 2021 with all this ambition and hope that it was the year that things would truly go almost “back to normal.” But after having yet another rough holiday season because of COVID, I’ve been seeing not as many people going for the new year new me let’s hustle attitude. People being real and honest about easing into the new year makes me feel normal for everything I’m feeling because that’s not how I wanted to start the new year. I’ve never not hit the ground running at the start of a new year so taking it slow is definitely uncomfortable but it felt like something I needed to try. I set my intentions for 2022 without too much reflection on the past year mainly because I wasn’t happy with my progress the latter half of the year and I would end up ruminating. I had to remind myself that it was okay. Just because I wasn’t where I wanted to be by the end of 2021 doesn’t mean I’ll magically end up there at the start of the new year. I didn’t have to flip the switch on January 1 or even the first Monday of the year because there wasn’t one. I’m not placing any pressure on myself except to be more intentional with my actions.