​Letting Go Right Before Christmas

Christmas is three days away, and I can feel it more than I see it. Everything speeds up this week. Not just the calendar, but the emotions underneath it. The stuff we didn’t have time to deal with all year has a way of showing up now.

This season brings old things back up for me. Conversations I thought were done. Expectations I didn’t realize I was still carrying. Versions of myself that showed up when they were needed and never really left.

Letting go isn’t dramatic. It’s quieter than that. It’s noticing I’m telling myself the same story again and deciding not to finish it. It’s realizing I don’t want to bring this into the room one more time. It’s not needing the moment to go a certain way.

The holidays make it obvious what I’m still gripping. Being right. Being needed. Being seen a certain way. None of that makes the season better. Presence does. And presence doesn’t happen when my hands are full.

Letting go doesn’t mean I’m okay with everything that happened. It just means I don’t want to keep dragging something forward that no longer needs to come with me. Especially into time with people I care about.

This year asked a lot. If you’re tired but clearer, I get that. I feel it too.

I don’t need a perfect Christmas. I want a lighter one.

So this is the question I’m sitting with: what am I still holding that I don’t want to carry into what’s next?

Merry Christmas.

If you’re heading into the new year with clarity but unsure how to turn it into real decisions and forward movement, that’s the work I do. I coach leaders who are ready to let go of what’s no longer aligned and intentionally author what comes next. If that resonates, I’d love to talk.