A while ago I decided that the old year ended at the Winter Solstice and the new year didn’t begin until January 1st. The period in between was, for me, a time out of time. A special, magical time. Not quite accidentally, this is the period of all the Christmas lights and holiday decorations. This year it’s also my time away from Staten Island, NYC, Ganas, and Point A and my time back in the Boston area with my family and friends: I left NYC on December 21st and I’m returning on January 2nd.
Interestingly enough, last year I left Massachusetts on January 1st, 2015, for Virginia and to join Point A, so this also marks the end of my first year working with Point A. It’s been quite a year, including three months staying on the Virginia communes, hanging out with my Virginia cousins, and making Point A trips to Washington, DC, and Baltimore, as well as NYC--followed by nine months now living in NYC and organizing there for Point A.
The new year will bring a good many things and many of them, I’m sure, will be unexpected. I’ve just started on my organizing in NYC and I’m hoping that some of that will come to fruition this year.
As a beginning to the new year and as a refresher for folks who haven’t read this blog from the beginning and might be wondering what Social Alchemy is and why I write so much about intentional communities (not to mention chemistry, systems theory, personal growth, spirituality, agriculture, survival stuff, ecology, and many other random things), I plan to spend my next few posts covering my take on social change theory and how it fits together with a lot of the other things that I cover.
In the meantime, I’ve had a wonderful time out of time and it’s time to plunge back into whatever passes for normal time for me.
Quote of the Day: "This is a new year. A new beginning. And things will change." ― Taylor Swift
2 comments:
I do exactly that! I call it "the dark time of the year." Time to hibernate and be. :-)
I wonder how many people have unbeknownst to each other come upon this tradition?
Cool!
And that's a good question. I wouldn't be surprised if other folks figured it out. But thanks for letting me know that you do it, too.
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