Lucky 2013 really was.

This is my favorite time of the year, a time to reflect and a time for possibilities.

Last January, I participated in Amanda Upton's workshop: Complete, Create, Celebrate. During that blissful three hours of yoga, meditation, reflecting and dreaming my word for 2013 emerged, it was LUCKY.

In Amanda's workshop, we made gratitude jars and adorned them with our word for the year. Throughout the year I wrote little notes to myself about how I felt Lucky. My daughter wanted to join in, so she often wrote little notes for the Lucky Jar, too.

Last night was New Year's Eve and I asked my husband to write down how he felt Lucky in 2013 to add to the jar. Then, we took turns pulling out slivers of paper and read them to each other. It made us realize that 2013 has been VERY good to us.

Lucky Jar 2013

Here are a few notable things that I feel Lucky about in 2013, in no particular order…

1. I signed my first book contract and got the idea for Sweet Spot Style.
2. I worked with 16 talented contributors and 3 professional photographers.
3. We are all healthy.
4. We received over $16,000 in unexpected financial abundance, most of which we used to remodel our kitchen.
5. I found a hundred dollar bill in a fountain in New Orleans :)
6. My daughter loves her school, teacher and classmates.
7. Family trip to Disney World (a dream come true for my daughter and her Gigi).
8. We love our home, and feel grateful for it.
9. Hubby and I went to a Kripalu Retreat for couples that has profoundly changed our relationship.
10. I had a smooth and loving transition from my four years at Marlboro College.

Last night, my daughter declared her word for 2014 was ICE.
Then she won a raffle for 10 free passes at the rink.

After reading the list from our jar, we talked about how acknowledging what we feel lucky or grateful for is a way to bring in more abundance and draw more of the things we desire into our lives.

Later that night, we took my daughter ice-skating. She said her word for the 2014 would be ICE because she loves ice-skating! (Well, her first word was CANDY, but I asked her to think a little more deeply about it- ha ha!).

Shortly after, she won a raffle at the rink for 10 free ice-skating passes!!! A fine example of how gratitude really does bring in abundance, and sometimes it is immediate!

As I say goodbye to 2013, I should let you know this will be one of the last posts on this blog, as I prepare for the launch of Sweet Spot Style. It seems appropriate to post my new word and expectations there for 2014.

Until then, sending light and love to you all. I hope you had a joyous 2013, and may your heart's desires be fulfilled in 2014 as well.

xo Desha

What's Your Theme for 2013?

Tis the season for reflecting over the past year and thinking about the next one. I did a bit of that on New Year's Eve here. How about you?  Do you make New Year's Resolutions? How does that go for you? Mine don't usually go so well. I'll write stuff like "exercise" and guess what? I'm still a sloth.  I like the idea of coming up with a theme based on feelings instead of particular goals. It's the feeling I'd like to conjure- because in the end that's what we're all after anyway, right? So why not just cut to the chase and go for the feeling.

My theme this year is lucky.

I want to feel super dooper lucky in 2013. It might be the year of misnomers as 13 is usually unlucky, no? Not for me, I'm going to be one lucky hefa! I think I'll write it down and keep track, too. For example, my bro sent me this awesome x-mas package that came late so it felt like a big surprise and inside was a box full of my favorite brand of lotions, potions and girly stuff plus a gift cert to my absolute favorite store. Did I feel lucky? Hell yes!

I'd like to know, how do you want to feel in 2013? I asked a few of you on Facebook for your themes and you said...

Original image from Laurent Photography

Leave a comment below and tell me:

What's YOUR theme for 2013?