Specials

A whole seven days into the New Year, I can attest that I, without a doubt, love New Year. Riding high on the possibilities yet to unfold in the remaining 358 days of 2015, I find myself steeping in optimism, creativity and new ideas. One of the main things I love about a New Year is the specialness, or my seemingly unique need to create specialness for one day, a specialness that burns brightly through the remainder of the year.
I think that there is a great importance on reflecting on the previous year and taking consideration for what one would like to bring into the new year and what one would like to leave behind in the past. On New Years Eve this year, I was coming down with my third illness since October, which is a very rare thing for me to be so frequently ill. I stopped and asked myself what would make me feel good? Feeling good about life is something I would like to bring into the new year, and I decided that caring for my home, my houseplants and my creative self would feel the best to me. I picked up some things around the house that had been bothering me, I watered my many houseplants, had a delicious snack, painted for pleasure and kissed my sweet man at midnight.
I made it special.

It felt great, it felt like New Year. It felt special, I often think that there needs to be something special to attend, somewhere special to go. This New Year, I wanted to be at home. Home became my special place to go, my special thing to do. I realized in that moment, that with my need for things to be special, I could make them special regardless of the circumstances. Given this realization, I have vowed to make this New Year, of 2015 special, for me and the people I care about.

How do you make your days special?