Issue #57: How A Month Off of Social Media Inspired Me to Change My Life.
And other things that I was forced to learn about myself.
Oh, hey! It’s me, Alisha from Mind Body Brand! You may have noticed this newsletter got a little name change! Keep reading and I’ll explain!
Well, happy New Year, friends!
I hope that 2024 is treating you well and already off to a great start. I missed writing in this space every week but that month-long break was needed!
For the past couple of years, I have tried to be intentional about taking the month of December off. Publicly off anyway. I’ve noticed that towards the end of the year, my body craves rest, retrospection, and silence. So that’s what I allowed myself to flow into, even though breaking my consistent newsletter streak hurt my ego.
But the break from social media is what I needed more than I had realized. As you can tell by my lightly dramatic subject line, I learned some things about myself that helped me to realize what needed to be changed in the new year.
Over the past month, I sat with my thoughts. Like really sat with myself. I took time to think about what I wanted, uninfluenced by the outside world. I had tough conversations with my husband that made me realize what I have been missing in my life. And most importantly, the time off inspired me to become the absolute best version of myself in 2024.
I know what you’re thinking, “Everyone feels like this at the beginning of a new year.” That is true, I had to question if these thoughts were created because of the hype of January 1st. But I truly believe, with my entire being that 2024 will be the year that I let all old things go and become a new me.
A new me that presents herself boldly and confidently into the world.
A new me who isn’t timid with her prayers or shy with her gifts.
A new me who is no longer affected by her past failures or mistakes.
A new me who is becoming exactly who God created her to be.
This break allowed me to see what’s possible. It allowed me to see what parts of me that I have been holding on to that I desperately needed to shed. It also showed me that the pandemic affected me a lot more than I had realized. I was still holding on to this fight-or-flight mindset that I wasn’t yet comfortable with letting go of. But it’s time. To become this new me, I have to let go of the fears, doubts, and insecurities that I have been taking with me into the new year, year after year after year.
I have to learn who I am and what makes me happy outside of the numerous titles that I hold.
Needless to say, my word for 2024 is NEW. I don’t know what it is about this year but it feels different. It feels lighter. It feels…possible? Like, everything that I have been praying for, working for, and dreaming of, can all happen over the next 365 days.
And I am open to whatever God has for me. I am surrendering control and allowing him to move as needed.
I hope this new year feels incredible to you as well. And I hope that you walk into 2024 with a sense that anything is possible. Because it truly is.
Speaking of new, you may have noticed that the name of this newsletter has changed. Well, you know me and my pivots 😂 But this isn’t a pivot, just a little rebrand. Over my break, I also realized that Mind Body Brand has the potential to become something bigger than myself. While I am “the face” of the brand currently, I don’t want to get in the way of it growing. So Mind Body Brand will have its own newsletter that will allow me to do all of the fancy sales funnel things and this newsletter will continue to be my space where I share how I am incorporating more rest into my life and business.
Don’t worry, the format of these newsletters won’t be changing at all! And you’ll still get the same goodness in your inbox every Wednesday at 1 pm Eastern!
Cheers to a restful year my friend!
– Alisha
GOOD FINDS
❌ How long does it actually take to break a bad habit? Because you know it’s time!
👙 If you haven’t already, please plan out your PTO for this year.
💤 How to run a multimillion dollar company and still take naps everyday. Tiffany Aliche is GOALS!
⭐️ Here’s what an abundance coach has to say about how to have the best year ever.
🧘🏽♀️ Everyday I commit to moving my body instead of exercising. That one small reframe is powerful.
I could hear your voice as I read this and I’m so happy for you!!
Loving this! I think maybe my January will be your December. I've committed to a work break, which is sort of happening / sort of not lol, but I committed to some healing burnout work, and resting and NOT focusing on setting goals or restarting anything or striving hard or any sort of hustle-adjacent tasks for this month. It's so hard to step away from that since the entire energy of January is new planners and new courses and new money goals etc but I'm rejecting it and doing it when I feel like it, even if it's not til March!