Hello, friends. Happy New Year from sunny Sydney. This beautiful artwork is from New Happy Co (and you can find them here!)
In case I got into the new year before you, let me say this: it’s already wonderful, and I really hope you love it.
I hope you find what you’re looking for.
I hope you seek out every good moment and savour it in 2023.
I hope love and good fortune knock on your front door, and walk right in.
Look at all those days in front of us—those empty circles waiting for us to fill with the choices we get to make.
A fresh start.
New possibilities.
We have no idea what will happen.
Let’s choose to make it good.
And finally, there’s this: instead of rehashing everything we didn’t do in 2022, let’s take a minute to think about what we’re proud of.
Here’s what I’m asking myself:
Did I love all the people I’ve been given to love?
Did I find joy in simple things?
Did I read, dance, walk outside, sing sometimes, laugh as much as possible? Did I look for beauty and find it? Did I try and keep trying? Was I a good friend? Was I a good friend to myself, also?
Here’s to more of that in 2023.
We have a fresh start, all these days in front of us to fill with contentment and joy.
Love Catherine x
PS. The fun stuff!
This box of pens. Love them. They write beautifully!
This poem. Good Bones by Maggie Smith.
This song. Perfect for a kitchen dance.
This inspirational quote.