Please don’t get a new hobby because this is the shoulders down / unclenched jaw / giant exhale I need every December. I’m INFJ and all the planning and scheming that final week of December is my personal Christmas… “making goals, creating rituals, reminiscing, being overly nostalgic, being unwarrantedly hopeful, and—most of all—admiring a blank slate and wondering what could possibly fill all that glorious nothingness!!” A thousand times yes.
This is EXACTLY what I needed to read this morning, Mari! THANK YOU 💖 Sometimes I feel guilty for pursuing so relentlessly the things I want to do in the way I want to do them when structuring my life but this is the perfect reminder that I’m working with my system not against it when I listen to my body and spirit and do what feels good to me! I also really appreciate the emphasis on being creatures of environment - where I’ve lived the last 18 months has felt like a very big struggle / I took a month to do street interviews in NYC in September/October and felt so energized just being there & realized how important it is for me to be in a place that makes me feel alive & not like I want to die all the time (bc I have a savior complex/martyr mentality I can convince myself I need to suffer for the greater good so I get stuck in these states till someone or something reminds me God wants us to have joy & that includes me!) Now I’m making the jump to move to NYC and will be there in the new year & my body and nervous system feels so relieved & happy about that. Thank you!!
ENFP (extrovert to your introvert) here. I feel the same, except I'd like to invite all my friends (and people I want to be friends with) over to my house to sit at my table while we drink mulled wine and journal and collage our rituals and goals for 2026.
INFPs are some of my favourite people. And the way you described this time of year? Perfection. I relate completely although I’m the exact opposite: ESTJ
INFP here! Completely relate to your love of the new year, reflecting on the past year and looking at the blank page that awaits!!! Great ideas and tips here :)
Please don’t get a new hobby because this is the shoulders down / unclenched jaw / giant exhale I need every December. I’m INFJ and all the planning and scheming that final week of December is my personal Christmas… “making goals, creating rituals, reminiscing, being overly nostalgic, being unwarrantedly hopeful, and—most of all—admiring a blank slate and wondering what could possibly fill all that glorious nothingness!!” A thousand times yes.
This is EXACTLY what I needed to read this morning, Mari! THANK YOU 💖 Sometimes I feel guilty for pursuing so relentlessly the things I want to do in the way I want to do them when structuring my life but this is the perfect reminder that I’m working with my system not against it when I listen to my body and spirit and do what feels good to me! I also really appreciate the emphasis on being creatures of environment - where I’ve lived the last 18 months has felt like a very big struggle / I took a month to do street interviews in NYC in September/October and felt so energized just being there & realized how important it is for me to be in a place that makes me feel alive & not like I want to die all the time (bc I have a savior complex/martyr mentality I can convince myself I need to suffer for the greater good so I get stuck in these states till someone or something reminds me God wants us to have joy & that includes me!) Now I’m making the jump to move to NYC and will be there in the new year & my body and nervous system feels so relieved & happy about that. Thank you!!
ENFP (extrovert to your introvert) here. I feel the same, except I'd like to invite all my friends (and people I want to be friends with) over to my house to sit at my table while we drink mulled wine and journal and collage our rituals and goals for 2026.
Oh, this is so good. Life design is an epic adventure. :)
PS I love the “be well-mannered” goal 🤍🤍🤍
INFPs are some of my favourite people. And the way you described this time of year? Perfection. I relate completely although I’m the exact opposite: ESTJ
INFP here! Completely relate to your love of the new year, reflecting on the past year and looking at the blank page that awaits!!! Great ideas and tips here :)
You are such a gift to the world. I absolutely adored this post!
Thank you! Excellent counsel and enough time to savor it before the start of 2026.