This year, I’m trying something simpler.

I’m not creating for output.
or relevance.
or to prove anything.

I spent a long time wrapped up in my professional self.

Marketing.
Management.
Strategy.
Being useful. Being sharp. Being needed.

I spent a long time trying to heal myself.

Assuming I was broken.
Treating myself like a patient.
Like something fragile.
Like some kind of burden (until I get “fixed” that is).