Episode 31: New Year 2021!

Photo: Christie & Rosemerry shortly before the pandemic began. (Yes, that is one of Rosemerry’s poems on Christie’s tights.)For creatives, the new year is a chance to look back on what we’ve accomplished and how we’ve grown in the past year, and also a chance to dream about our creative endeavors in the future. In this episode, Christie and Rosemerry have a conversation about how to do your own “year end report,” how a magic wand might help you identify your goals, and how two questions from Motivational Interviewing can help you verbalize why your goals are important to you. We talk about bonfires--both literal and metaphorical, a few of our own goals, some of our skepticism around goals, and our mottos and themes for moving forward. Motivational InterviewingA story Christie wrote about how to make New Year’s resolutionsChristie’s 2021 New Year’s resolutionChristie’s Instagram and Rosemerry’sA little new years goal advice from our episode 28 guest, Holiday Mathis. “Do not set targets for results that are beyond your control. Keep asking yourself what can be done to help this along. Set targets for what you can produce, actions you can take, miles you can move.”_____Bonfire in the Heartby Rosemerry Wahtola TrommerI throw in any talliesI’ve been keeping,the ones that recordwho did what and when.I throw in all the lettersI wrote in my head but didn’t send.I throw in tickets I didn’t buyto places I didn’t visit.I throw in all those expectationsI had for myself and the world last yearand countless lists of things I thought I should do.I love watching them ignite,turn into embers, to ash.I love the space they leave behindwhere anything can happen. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emergingform.substack.com/subscribe