2021

Dear 2021,

You have taught me so much about myself.

You have challenged me. You have pushed me so far out of my comfort zone. You have made me trust my inner strength.

2021 you have brought me so much. So much love, so much joy. You have brought so many people into my life. People that I needed to meet. People who bring me love, happiness and courage. Incredible people who give me so much. You've brought me closer to people who were already in my life. You have taught me to appreciate what I've got. You have filled my life with the kindest best people I could hope for and I will forever be grateful. You have also removed the people who I don't need, the people who drag me down, the people who make me feel insecure. Thank you for giving me the confidence and the permission to choose who I surround myself with.

2021 at the start of the year you really challenged me. Slowing down, going nowhere, feeling stuck. You threw everything at me. You made me stop and look at myself, you made me get to know myself. Even though it felt tough, even though I never wish to repeat those days I am so grateful. If the universe hadn't kept me still a little while longer I wouldn't be who I am today. I wouldn't truly know myself. So thank you for doing what was necessary.

2021 you then threw me back into life full of challenges and tears. You made me cry, you made me laugh. Life was suddenly busy, suddenly full again. Maybe I wasn't quite ready for the challenge, The fear of potentially losing someone you love. The emotion. The challenge of feeling broken and rattled with nerves. But I put on a brave face and smiled my way through it. Was that the right decision? Possibly not. I felt the need to be perfect, to be fine even though inside I was screaming. But you didn't do it. Thank you. Just thank you for not breaking me and allowing me to make more memories and share more moments. I won't waste it. I promise.

You taught me how fragile life really is. Taught me to appreciate every single day.

Every Single Moment.

2021 you gave me the confidence to start Concentrated Sunshine and spread joy to others. You gave me the inner strength to be open and vulnerable. You helped me share the magic, share love and share myself. 2021 you absolute star. Creating Concentrated Sunshine is one of the best things I've ever done and I am phenomenally proud of it. It's a lot of hard work but it's also love and joy and everything else. Thank you 2021 for helping me create this wonderful space and for bringing the most special people into it. Thank you for creating a community that means so much to me. Thank you for helping me achieve everything.

You are wonderful.

2021 you gave me the courage to sign up for the biggest challenge of my life. Training to become a yoga teacher. You knew it would be hard even though I didn't and you still knew I could get through it. Even when I was left broken with disbelief and self-doubt you held my hand, you brought me the people I needed. You made sure I heard what I needed to hear so that I would keep going as you believed in me. I took my final exam. I passed. I laughed and cried and screamed because I did it. I achieved something that I didn't think I would.

What a feeling. What a moment

For the last few months, I've been feeling confused. A bit lost. A bit unsure. You have challenged me again. Forced me to look deeper. Look within. That has bought tears and frustration. Just when I think I knew myself I discover a whole new layer, a whole new me. The shift has felt weird, scary, uncomfortable. I'm still very much in it. I'm still learning who I am. I always will be. We are always learning, always discovering. It has been a huge challenge, a necessary challenge but a big one. You have made me open my heart and open my mind to new possibilities. I am growing. I am outgrowing old versions of myself as I move even further on my journey, my adventure of self-discovery. I am trusting myself, my inner knowing and that feels good.

2021, another lap around the sun. Another year of my life. A good year, a great year even. I have genuinely had one of the best years of my life. I am more confident than I have ever been. I am closer to my friends than I have ever been. I am more okay with being vulnerable, being imperfect. I have had so much fun, so many adventures. I have cried so many tears, I have had to dig deep so many times. But I've done it.

Another year, how has that happened?

It really shows that we need to appreciate every single moment.

2022 what are you going to throw at me, at us? I don't know yet and I'll never truly know but I'll go through it. I'll roll with the punches. Appreciate every single step of this journey called life.

2022 bring it on.

2021 thank you for everything!

Megan x

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