Dormouse approach as usual!

On reading over my journals from early last year, I noticed the ‘dormouse approach’ took much longer than I remembered. Partly, I think, because I had a bit of a lurgy after my London trip (Covid praps??) & had to re enter ‘dormouse‘, only to emerge, finally, around February!

This year, I did my usual ‘taking stock’ of last year, & did choose my ‘words for 2021’ (2020’s got abandoned in April after deeming them inappropriate & not useful!), however… I haven’t done any real planning ahead for obvious reasons…

Previously, this has been a fairly peaceful process, but, unsurprisingly, it wasn’t quite the same this year! There was a lot of crying (wailing even), screaming, & of course, swearing (for those of you who know me personally!) before I settled into quiet acceptance…

I am an ‘expresser’, so some of that may seem shocking to those of you who bottle things up, I absolutely do not, & ‘letting it out’ is one of the keystones of my health & wellbeing. For balance, please note there is a shed load of deep, dirty, belly laughs too – it isn’t all just the ‘heavy’ or ‘dark’… &, by the way, whoever told us it was all gonna be light & sunny?! We really need to get a grip & make friends with the not so pleasant elements of life…

Strangely, I’m emerging from ‘dormouse’ earlier this year, maybe because work has not ‘got in the way’, so I’ve been able to follow through with any unconscious or conscious processing. Where are you at with it all? Do you do any stocktaking of any description? Has it been different this year? I would highly recommend some kind of process, however you do it, it fits so beautifully with nature’s hibernation, before we enter the more energetic phase that is Spring.

I’d love to hear your January 2021 thoughts – do ping me an email…