demands of my kids in my husband's schedule, and the slowness that I still wanted. And so I have found myself being really intentional about other ways beyond my business that I was slowing down this year, this past year in fall 2023 Right so I kind of did that in January. And then when I got to fall this past year I started to think about, like, how am I coming to the slowdown this year, I had been thinking about starting the slowdown, maybe a week earlier in December. So rather than just the last two weeks, maybe it's the last three weeks, and getting that, you know, full three weeks of intentional slowdown before January 1, or second, when you know, my kids or my husband got back to school. And then, you know, I started to brainstorm from then as to what my January slowdown would look like. But if you've been around this show for a little while, you know, that life really played out very differently than I had planned with my dad's passing in November. And so my slow down at the end of 2023, and into now has been, for a whole other set of reasons that I never expected aid. And it has everything to do with the black hole that I'm kind of living in now, as I tried to wrap my mind around my dad, but I want to make sure to remind you that whether or not you've had a life altering event happen in 2023, or, you know, earlier than that, you know, the state of the world is really weighing on our collective mental and emotional well being. And I know you know that right. But I think it, I think it's worthwhile to say, I think that we really need to say it, I don't think that, you know, you know how sometimes people will be like, Well, if you say things over and over and over again, it loses its value loses its its its essence, but for this, I don't think it's, it's that applies, because I think that we need to continue to remind ourselves that you know, what we are experiencing this collective overwhelm, this collective stress, it is it is something that is worth naming as often as we can, right so that we don't forget it. So we don't bypass ourselves. So we don't gaslight ourselves into trying to feel differently, because we've forgotten why we feel this way in the first place. Right? So with that reminder, like, if you feel like you are just not into starting the year with a bang, or having some sort of focus, you know, that's okay. You know, if you're feeling like you really need to continue to slow things down. Or maybe you got caught up in, you know, things kind of picking up pace at this time, and you're like, No, this does not feel good, then, you know, maybe this is the invitation to listen to that, I don't know, right, like, because I feel as though for those of us who are doing the hard work of liberating ourselves from the BS of dominant culture, we still find ourselves up against that rug right there, there can be a tug of war happening. And sometimes we find ourselves kind of going back to old habit. And sometimes we find ourselves standing our ground, but that's really hard. And so I invite you to just notice what's coming up for you as I talk about this. And as we can continue, as we continue to talk today. You know, over the course of 2023, a lot of the spaces I held, I was talking about your Vedic Science and wisdom, you know, in terms of our well being throughout the year, and also talking about shifting our minds to remember that each season is three months long, right? We don't have to rush through it, to enjoy it all. We don't have to rush through it to get to the other side of it. You know, and even more importantly, each of these seasons has a specific purpose in nature, and a specific purpose, I believe that we are called to as well. And so in terms of nature's cycle, winter is our dormant phase, our planning phase. It's our, you know, kind of regeneration or rejuvenation phase, so that in spring, we can begin to tend the soil and begin our initial planting, summer is more planting and some reaping. And then fall is our final reaping or cleanup and our wind down phase. And so I'm wondering, you know, we have about eight more weeks of winter. How can you take a note from nature, and continue to reflect continue to arrest and recalibrate, to rejuvenate, imagine, you know, very slowly and expansively and continue slow planning through the first half of March because the reality is spring does not begin to like March 18, or something this year. I'm curious how might you deepen habits or create new ones if that's what you want to do around this part of nature cycle in your life? One of Ayurveda as guiding principles of self care is take it easy. And I don't know about you, but what comes to mind when I hear that phrase is often softening intensity. Maybe not pushing too hard or so hard, maybe even leisure. And within the principle of taking it easy are a variety of practices including but not limited to hobbies quite I get time time to yourself as well as rest practices. I've been talking about all of this all last year, this first the first season of the podcast. So feel free, you know, to tune into past episodes or, you know, just stick here with this. You know, I find that especially in in the circles that I'm in, you know, I'm around so many people who really do enjoy the December slowdown, who really look forward to it, who find it to be something essential. And wanting to maintain that as January begins, I'm finding more and more people really do want to align with winters with with winters vibe, and so I'm curious for you, you know which piece of this hobby is quiet time time to yourself or rest practices where, which is kind of emerging for you, as you know, something that you want to continue with, because maybe you did do these things during your December slowdown in even maybe your initial January slowdown if you had one. And maybe that fell off a little bit in the last week or two, maybe it fell off. Prior to that, I don't know. But I'm curious, like what's emerging for you right now that's like, oh, my gosh, pick me, this is what I need to know. I know, for me, when I am busy, My hobbies are what gets pushed to the side. And if you've been around the show, the last few months or so, you know that in the last year or so I've been deliberate about creating blank space in my day, that space where I don't schedule meetings, I don't you know, it's a space and time where I'm not doing errands or, you know, stuff around the house since I've worked from home most days. And I instead have some quiet time or time to myself or do rest practices, because I've noticed that they are truly necessary for my daily well being specifically for my mental and emotional fortitude. But hobbies for some reason I find maybe it's because it's like something that I do for like personal enjoyment. And in my mind, and this might be where capitalism Dies Hard for me. In my mind, I view them as not as like, as essential, as, you know, quiet time time to myself and best practices. And so it gets pushed aside. And I'm not saying that they are not as essential, but somehow I've convinced myself of that. You know, like when free time and resources, including money are limited. Something's gonna get pushed aside. So for me, it tends to be hobbies. So I'm curious, you know, what are you noticing for yourself as I talk about myself, I'm always interested in feel free to always reach out and share. I, you know, I want you also to create space as you're considering all this to like, where the resistance is coming up, like where is capitalism? Where's dominant culture? You know, coming up, right? White supremacy culture, like, Where's all that coming into either, where you find yourself pushing things aside, where you find yourself, maybe bypassing yourself, gaslighting yourself, even, you know, where are some of your beliefs? You know, where are the ties still coming up? And where might there be some resistance as you begin to consider something different, right? Because usually, there's, there's a rub, right? Like, we're here, even for those of us who are deep in the work of decolonization and then liberating ourselves, right? It's hard. But as you know, the shift is necessary, right? And so, you know, here's the thing, right? Like, you may be like, staff, man, I really just, there's this one thing I really love to do for myself, and I just, you know, I find that the struggle is real, right? Like, there's a tug of war happening between, like, how I want to show up to myself care, the things I want to do for myself, and kind of the pull of old processes and procedures, right, because I'm busy, I've got a lack of time and energy, I've got a lack of resources, possibly, right.