Recently, during a personal consultation with one of my clients, we discussed the results of the year. That summing up is like one of those “important things” that definitely needs to be done before the New Year. You don’t get any pleasure from this, you just get nervous and stressed. What then is the point of summing up? Once upon a time, I summed up not only at the end of the year, but also after each calendar season, which I wrote about repeatedly on my social networks. After I began to study natural holidays and the Wheel of the Year, I no longer focus on the calendar change of seasons, but on folk agricultural holidays, which are closely related to natural cycles. I believe that from a psychological point of view, summing up is important. This is a kind of “fulcrum” and at the same time a “growth point”. A time when you can stop, slow down, “exhale” and calmly reflect: “Where have I ended up?”, “Do I like what I have now in life?”, “What do I have now?”, “What am I?”, “Where do I want to move next?” In other words, summing up is a collection of psychological resources that we have acquired over a certain period. In consultation with the same client, we came to the conclusion that the results of the year are not should cause stress. You don’t have to let them down at all if you don’t want to. And if you want to sum up the past year, then this process should cause joy and inspiration. Otherwise, there is no point in it. Summing up the results of the year should not activate the “inner critic”, who will persistently whisper in your ear where you “didn’t live up to it”, “didn’t have time”, “missed”, “forgot”, etc. On the contrary, it is important to praise yourself for what you have acquired, what you have learned, what you have become, what you have achieved. Metaphorically, this is similar to checking with your “inner compass”: “Do the things I do still bring me joy?” Do I like my lifestyle?”, “Do I want to continue moving in the same direction?”, “What has stopped bringing me joy?”, “What do I want to change?” We cannot and should not live for years in the same rhythm, lead the same lifestyle if we “grew out” of it. And in order to understand whether everything suits us and whether we should continue in the same spirit or something needs to be changed, it is important to “check with ourselves.” Summing up at the end of the year can become a practice of establishing contact with your own soul. Today, instead of standard questions, I want to offer you a psychological exercise in imagination that will help you decide and understand what is important to you now, what you have acquired and what to strive for next .You can read the instructions and then do all this in a calm environment (if you so desire). Take a comfortable position, close your eyes, take a few deep breaths and let your imagination wander freely. Imagine yourself in your home at the present moment, as if you returned from a long journey. This journey could last a year, or it could last several years (whichever is closer to you). Now you have returned home to celebrate the New Year and spend the holidays. Look at yourself from the outside, at your home, at your loved ones who are next to you. Look around what things are in your space. How they characterize you, your life, your hobbies. Do you like them? Which ones have been useful to you on your travels? Which ones were waiting for your return? What did you bring with you from your travels? What kind of person(s) have you become during this time? What has changed in you? Do you like these changes? In what areas of your life have you improved? What dreams have you come true? What goals have you achieved? Watch yourself. What do you want now? What did you really miss while you were traveling? How would you like to spend the holidays? What do you want to do? Maybe there was something you didn't take the time to do during your adventures, but now you want to do it? (just lazing around, putting things in order, sorting things out, lying around with a book, chatting with friends, painting with watercolors or knitting). What is the most important thing for you right now?: 8-961-289-57-75.