INs, OUTs & KEEPs for 2024

My list.....

On New Years Day, my teenage daughter looked up from her phone and asked me, “Have you seen any of these lists?”  She leaned over and showed me a post called “Ins & Outs for 2024.”  We read a few of them together.  They were great!   My favorite things I saw were “OUT: Scrolling” and “IN: Reading.”

I asked her if she had posted a list.  She said was thinking about it.  So am I.

In a 2022 article published in the Elephant Journal, Nicole Cameron wrote that she gives herself permission to “tiptoe into the new year.”  There’s a lot of pressure to reinvent ourselves each year.  It’s unnecessary.

I don’t need an overhaul.  I adore my friends. I love my family.  I enjoy my work. I appreciate my community. I take care of my body, mind, heart, and soul. However, I am always up for an opportunity to reflect on what is working well and what I can improve.  There’s no better time than the new year to take stock.

The instagram trend is missing a bucket. In addition to INs and OUTs I think there’s space for KEEPs. Here’s my list.

INs:

• Protein

• Substack

• Podcasting

• Embracing AI

• Authentically teaching, writing, creating

• Listening to the end of people’s sentences before speaking

OUTs:

• Buying things that I don’t need

• Being late to everything always

• Schadenfreude, scarcity, cynicism

• Past drama/old stories: who cares?

KEEPs:

• Sobriety

• Noting joy and gratitude

• Resistance training 2x/week

• My morning routine: journaling & meditation

• Supporting, educating and connecting expecting and postpartum mamas

What are your INs, OUTs and KEEPs for 2024?