{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"january slow.","description":"my anchored thought for the very first month of a new year.  i have always thought of january as calm. january is for sorting. for quiet. for reorganizing. for purging. physically and mentally. for clarity and peace. i stopped making my resolutions or words a must by january because i just love shifting and sitting. so if it\u2019s helpful, i\u2019m passing along my \u2022unrush january\u2022 method. you have the whole month to get cozy with yourself and let what will float, float. to decide what this year feels like. what speaks to you and through you. truthfully though i do love just knowing the year has started. a start and freshness. but there is a melting away of old and welcoming new that cannot be done ((at least in my experience)) in the sweet chaos of the holiday season. so calm, disheveled january is the mood. it will pull itself together just like us. i pray that feeling washes over you and you feel your shoulders relax a bit. it\u2019s january. it\u2019s a world time out, a self plug in.  ","author_name":"In Kristen We Brust","author_url":"http:\/\/inkristenwebrust.libsyn.com\/website","html":"