Progress over perfection

Taking my whole self here this year! <3

Theres been so many ways in which i’ve felt stunted over the last year. Things that I thought were happening that really either didn’t at all-

So many intrinsically deep changes, and loss- ways in which I repeatedly was humbled over and over again. There was almost TOO much going on to do anything but hold on- at least it seemed it at the time.

Still the world was turning and in the same breath with all the loss and despair I felt like so many versions of myself were experiencing there was also so much that was being seeded in the 2025 year.

I’ve been trepidatious and reserved in my sharing- I don’t know if some of you have experienced this- but it seems as though if you talk about potential and possibility ‘too soon’ it tends to vanish- as if it were just an apparition and not quite a tangible reality.

So i’ve stayed a lot quieter, and really working to focus on making the very best of each and every day with what was showing up in front of me. ‘One foot in front of the other’- which in some ways feels a bit crazy making to live like that- and in another instance its absolute bliss and perfection. Working towards present moment is a real cultivation.

I’ve landed on a few things that I think are fairly obvious but have really felt more meaningful than ever in my daily life.

Routines are the key to long lasting change and success- routines dont happen overnight- and they take real work + often sacrifice of some kind in order to say yes to something, you likely are saying no to something else

Try and keep what you’re looking to work on to what can fit on one hand (meaning 5 things only!!!

Mine are :

1. beautiful interior design + design travel work projects,

2. a solid loving relationship with my partner,

3. deep bodybuilding fitness goals (this includes my love for healthy eating and a healthy lifestyle to support alllllllll that ,

4. tattoo dreamwork (the transmutation and exploration of my love of symbols and ritual experience is what Practical Magic is shaping up to be) and

5. developing a new relationship to my art practice is all that is fitting onto my year for this fire horse year expression.

Of course i hope thats filled with lots of time in nature, reading, knitting, baths cozy cups of tea with friends new and old and a connection to the space i have been inhabiting and residing for about a year now- California!

I didn’t really say anything when I went last year, I just knew for a while that Utah and my time there was feeling like it had run its course. I went with my soul and what it was needing, which I would say- was the very best thing- albeit some of the most lonely singular time in my life.

Being alone helped me get very clear and focused on what i was yearning for- connection.

I am and have been for the most part in my life, a lone wolf. I don’t mind spending time with myself as I grew up an only child until my teenage years. So playing and keeping myself entertained was the theme of my childhood.

But as a double Gemini- as much as i love my space I love my community so very much. Its been a weird piece of the puzzle to walk away from physically seeing most anybody that I knew in order to pursue something that my heart was calling out for.

A year later and its feeling a bit lighter, and I’ve been able to more intentionally choose the time and space to meet some new creative spirits in my neighborhood- as well as spend lots of time at the river, which is something I almost never got to do in Utah. Water is a great conductor of letting go for me (baths, river dips, time submerged in water is my biggest healer/ teacher)

Anywho I came here to say i’m looking to show up in a more real way in my reflections this year. To talk about things that are exciting, to SHARE a bit more about my process and reality as sometimes I intend to (and then go quite dark). To be in a practice with this you gotta start it up someplace, and so this is the place I’ll be. Between here and my newsletter for Practical Magic ( which is currently getting a revamp ) - i’m hoping to find better ways to share with you whats on my heart.

Because I know you’re out there thinking things too and this is whats not lost on me, I wanna hear it! I look forward to reading and seeing and staying connected with you all in some way shape or form. Instagram isnt doing it for me anymore ( albeit a good way to photo dump) it really doesn’t tell much of the truth.

So i’m hoping you want to hear whats going on with me too! And if you do, well then you’re in luck :)

Cheers to being in the flow with 2026. May it bring us all closer to the practice and progress we are seeking.

Currently -I’m writing this and reminding myself that I can actually embroider something (writing and hands on a craft at all times LOL)- oh to have a scattered ADHD brain.

Here we go into the Horse divine! May we all find our strength in the routines and daily doings.

xoxo Kat