15| New Year's Reset: Germinating >>> Goals.

I do not set goals in January and I never will. I love myself too much to rush myself out of my winter hibernation. Why do we impose so much on a year that we just met? How do I hope for the harvest when I have not even tilled the earth yet? The ground is frozen! What if we just... sat and rested instead? In which Ismatu Gwendolyn discusses treating January gently and changing the name of the podcast to Threadings.read the full essay at ismatu.substack.com.Jazz of the episode:The Single Petal Of A Rose x Ben WebsterThese Foolish Things x Lester YoungEasy Living x Clifford BrownLove Song From "Apache" x Coleman Hawkins QuartetManhattan x BLOSSOM DEARIEAbide With Me x Thelonious Monk SeptetFor Every Mountain x Amber Bullock...Feeling Good x Elvin Jones This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ismatu.substack.com/subscribe