Birth-day Eve

My birthday is on Wednesday, and I usually treat my birthday as a Day of Reckoning. A day of tallying everything I have done for the last year, the good and the bad, and seeing how how it all adds up… what kind of a person am I becoming? What moments stand out for me? What do I hope for in the year ahead? It sounds a little woo-woo written out like that, but I mean, birth-days actually seem like a better time than January 1st to start new beginnings.

Tonight I decided to finally clean out my office space in honor of a new beginning tomorrow. Ditch old calendars, salvage scrap paper from old notebooks, throw away brittle rubber bands, read and toss cards as needed. There are a few places that never were sorted out when I moved a year and a half ago… so yeah, plenty to be gotten rid of. A lot of bad energy stuffed in the back of these desk drawers!

There were a lot of emotional ups and downs this past year, more than usual, but I think I’m traveling through all of it, and hopefully won’t get stuck again. When I stop overthinking things, I feel like I am in a good place. This drawing was for Inktober Day 21 (prompt: Treasure) but it sums up how I feel these days. X marks the spot, and I’m here now.