New Year Decrees
This exercise is enjoyable, exhilarating, powerful and perfectly timed as the year draws to a close. These are just a few of the things I think we should rule ourselves on, but, as always, you should add your own as well.
New Year’s Eve is a magical time, filled with hope and joy. Families and friends gather to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new with fireworks, music, and celebrations. It’s a moment for reflection and setting new resolutions.
This exercise is enjoyable, exhilarating, powerful and perfectly timed as the year draws to a close. These are just a few of the things I think we should rule ourselves on, but, as always, you should add your own as well.
A candle can transform the atmosphere. Its scent, its color and its mere presence can lift our spirits. However, a carefully chosen candle and above all well placed in the home, can attract health, wealth and love in the coming year.
In the hustle of Christmas traditions and commitments, this piece guides you to live the holidays with a new awareness, centered on being over ego, finding a balance between routine and the true joy of the season.
My Wish for You Is Time by Elli Michler is not just a poem, it’s a reflection on life and the way we perceive and value time. In each verse, Michler explores different aspects of time, from its capacity to wonder to its importance for personal growth.
New Year’s traditions are not just festivities; they’re expressions of cultural identity and hopes for future prosperity. Each custom, from Japan’s Joya no Kane to Denmark’s plate throwing, strengthens community bonds and welcomes a hopeful new year.
Among the customs that many Venezuelans follow on the last day of the year are the rituals of grapes, yellow underwear, suitcases, lentils and money in hand, in addition to esoteric baths and stripping or special cleansings for the home or workplace.