Ask Dali Mama

DEAR DALI MAMA:

Is there anything you suggest to do at the end of a year or beginning of a new year?

–PREPARING TO RING IN THE NEW (UNITED STATES)

DEAR PREPARING:

I like to do a few things to say goodbye to a year and bring in a new one.

• I think about the wonderful things that happened during the past year and also reflect on any lessons I’ve learned and how I can make the most of what I learned moving forward. I also give thanks for the past year as well as for everything else that I’ve experienced.
• I get rid of anything I no longer need. For example, tax papers I kept for the prescribed three years that I can no shred; manuals for appliances that broke or that I no longer own; clothes that I haven’t worn for the last year or anything else I own that I haven’t used for a year; or tokens and gifts from old beaux.
• I envision what I’d like to create during the next year and write everything down as a first step to my intentions concrete.

Play with this and see what you come up with. Have fun and happy new year. May this next year bring you all many blessings.