Welcome back, everybody, to the Pursuit of Purpose podcast. Mmm! It is 2024. I am stoked. So stoked for this episode to record it. It literally just came to me in a download, and I had to scribble it all out. And, yeah, I'm just so happy to be back with you guys. It feels like forever. And I hope all of you guys had the best holidays, if you celebrate holidays at this time of year.

And if you don't, hope you're enjoying winter. Or whatever season it is where you are. I It's funny. With New Year's. I'm always, I don't really subscribe to the whole, it's a new year, like redo everything, but I don't know what it is about this year. Maybe it's because it's 2024. My birthday's on the 2020, my birthday's on the 24th.

Whoa, actually, it's on, my birthday's on February 24th. I'm looking at it now, and I'm like, it's 2 0, but it's like 0 2 24. I just realized that. Maybe that's why I'm so jazzed about this year. Anyways, I, I feel like there's a whole, just really powerful energy going on to 2024 [00:01:00] versus 2023. And I'm just riding with it.

Maybe it's cheesy. If you believe in that, cool, you're in my vein, and if you don't, fine. But, one thing that actually was really interesting as I was looking up, maybe I was, I think I was scrolling on Instagram and I saw the numerology around the, like, the, the years. And so, if you add up like, 2, 0, 2, 4, it equals 8, so it's, 2024 apparently is the year of 8.

And It's supposed to be a year that's, like, super powerful about abundance, balance, success. Like, if you have financial, you know, ambitions or want to manifest financial wealth, career success, growth, development, it's like the year of that. So it's like a super potent year, apparently. Versus 2023 was all about introspection, like breaking things to build them back up, like a lot of Like inner world stuff.

I have to look up what that one is it because it added up to seven like two zero two Three is seven go check [00:02:00] into that if you're into that stuff. It's quite a quick cool but I'm just taking it as a cool sign for what 2024 is about because I feel that energy like I feel like Magic's going to happen at least for me in my life.

And I hope, and I'm praying for it in your life as well. But I had a 2023 for me, I think was a lot of like, just breaking down my own personal stuff inside. So I'm rolling with it. I'm taking what they're saying and we're just going to go with it. I, I feel like for once at the beginning of a year, I have so much.

Like so many ideas kind of clicking and not in a way that's overwhelming for me because usually it's it's The creativity and spiral of projects ideas, whatever gets like really overwhelming, but I just have so much. I'm excited about which I love You know for this podcast, especially like the play and I'm still trying to work through it So I'll share that with you guys a little bit maybe going forward but so So much vision and plan for this podcast, like [00:03:00] this podcast, I'm calling it now.

This podcast is going to blow up this year. You know, I'm putting my gusto into it and want to show up here for you guys, getting to more topics that you want to listen to and hear about more that I just want to create because it's fun. And yeah, we're just going to roll with that. Like I want for us to grow this community here that that's listening and just make it the best fricking year ever.

So. I also really actually want to know, too, what you guys want to hear and see from the podcast this year. Definitely, you know, it's not going to be completely governed by that. Like, I have stuff that I want to create, but I, it has a purpose, right? Like I'm here for you and like my whole passion and desire is, you know, my own purpose is to help those around me step into theirs.

So what do you guys want to hear? What's going to be helpful for you? Like where are you guys at? And I want to crank up more of that for you in the podcast. So that's going to be this week's Q and A question. If you want to drop in your answer to there, [00:04:00] any and all thoughts, welcome. That'll be in the bottom somewhere in the show note y spots the Q& A there.

But yeah it has been a minute since we connected, so, mini life update before we just jump into right into things here. Yeah, hope holidays were good for everybody. Mine were I felt like December just whizzed by but I was with friends down in Tulum, in Mexico, for a little bit of time, which was super fun.

Um, very, like, just whipped together, last minute and fun. And Yeah, and then really just holidays like got to relax. I mean made a puzzle I baked gingerbread cookies from scratch like just time at home is the best and I loved just taking a minute to do absolutely freaking nothing. It was wonderful and Just been spending a ton of time here where I am in Canmore, which It's taken me like a month and a half to sort of get used to it, but I'm here.

I'm [00:05:00] living here with one of my really good friends and just having the best time teaching him how to ski and just, yeah, learning also how to do backcountry touring. So challenging myself to learn new things, meet new people, like just really soak in the atmosphere I get to be here. So I just feel like a refresh of energy.

I don't know. It's a gift every day to walk outside and go for a morning walk. It's freezing cold, but look up and see mountains all around you. A sunrise, like, there's nothing better. So, that has been my life lately, and I think, like, what the holidays gave me is this reflection that it came from talking to people as well, reflecting on the year that I had, which felt like I had a lot of friction.

I don't know why, like, per, like, interior, in a good way, but, like, a lot of growing pains. And I felt like always, I was always up against myself. Like my own worst met enemy in things and just making things difficult and complicated for no reason. And so taking a note out of the [00:06:00] book from some of my other peers and like teachers and mentors and stuff who are literally just saying like the best path forward is following your joy.

And that's my main motto for 2024. Like it really truly is because it's hard for me to do is freaking follow. The joy, like truly pursuing that and trusting that by following what lights you up, what turns you on, especially because I'm a generator in human design. So like what turns you on, everything that I need or want will come to fruition from that place.

And so that's kind of like the litmus test that I'm testing everything by, of like, Does this bring me joy? Is this like challenging in a good way or fun or yeah, it just can't be monotonous. I think that's, that's what I'm going to run away from this year. So in that vein of thinking about like Refresh and 2024 and like our intention for it, today's episode is all going to be about how to become the person you want to be in 2024.

I love a new year as much as [00:07:00] anyone. I am Pisces through and through, so I am like the dreamiest dreamer you could think of but I'm also a Virgo Capricorn and a Generator. So if you know anything about astrology or human design, I'm certainly no pro, but you know that that combo means by, like, my default is getting shit done or wanting to get shit done.

Part of that for me each year is thinking about what I really want in the year. And maybe I don't always do that really formula formally, but definitely informally and not in the sense of just manifesting material things, but rather like, who do I want to become in the next year? What do I want to feel like?