Start when it feels natural

Dear Leader,

There’s no need to force a start before you’re ready.

Nature has a lovely way of reminding us that new cycles and new beginnings will happen without us needing to push or control them.

If the first week of this new year has lacked the fanfare of the strong start you imagined, remember this:

𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗮 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁.

We can invite initiative energy 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 we choose.

☀️ Look to the sun for a daily reset.
🌕 Look to the moon for a monthly reset.
🍁 Look to seasonal transitions (e.g., spring equinox) for a quarterly reset.

Maybe your personal rhythms feel more aligned to the Lunar New Year (at the end of January) or the astrological new year (at the end of March). Maybe you celebrate a reset on your birthday, your wedding anniversary, or your organization’s fiscal year.

⭐ It’s perfectly okay to choose starts and cycles that work well 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪, even if your choices are different from what others are doing.

⭐ It’s perfectly okay to prepare for a new beginning by nourishing what you need 𝙣𝙤𝙬.

I have many big goals for 2025, and, honestly, some of them are still quite unclear.

In the spirit of building a more sustainable start to this year, I’ve decided to give myself a long runway to allow my clarity to crystallize.

So far, I’m clear on 𝗺𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲 for the year (more on that tomorrow) and 𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 I want to launch to be of service to others. I’ll be spending a lot of Q1 running experiments and developing clearer goals to take root on the first day of spring, which is Piñata Possible’s 2nd birthday. 🪅🎉

Today, I invite you to join me in letting go of the pressure to start 𝙣𝙤𝙬 and instead focus on starting when it feels 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙡. We can make 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 a great time to begin.