It is the year of the horse. Which means intense energy, rapid, unpredictable change, and a push for forward momentum, independence, and bold, adventurous actions (according to google). It makes sense in a way, but I do have to ask.. why is the horse actively stomping on me? A common theme this year has been a nonstop flaw-state. Going from having a beautiful flow-state to a major flaw-state is jarring. Especially considering that mercury wasn’t even in retrograde at that point (I don’t know what that means but people use it in a negative connotation so…).
The stars misaligning is the only explanation to my front door handle breaking off in my hand, my skin breaking out, and forgetting my phone charger on a day I really needed it. This streak of bad luck is getting so out of hand, that I am trying to find good signs that may or may not signify a changing of the tides. One being a lady bug coming out of my purse (how it got in there is a mystery to me), an almost car accident, and a random sighting of Waldo, of ‘where’s Waldo?’ in the wild. Truly grasping at straws over here.
I will say, if you are going through the same thing, directing your negative thought spirals into positive thought spirals makes a world of a difference. I think it’s like a manifestation thing. Lately my mantra has been “GOOD THINGS ARE COMING”, and screaming that into the ether in an almost threatening way, genuinely works. Every time I use that mantra, good things do tend to happen.
Something I can attest to for a fact, is that January was the biggest flop, and February is fighting for that title. Though I refuse to let that happen, no more flopping allowed! The rest of this year will go amazingly well for all of us. Cue a moment of silence here, because guess what? Good things are coming. Good things are coming, I repeat as I rock back and forth, in a very Spongebobian way.
2026 has been rough, and we are only 2 months into it. I like to think that maybe that’s just all the bad energy clearing out. It is understandable to fall into a mental block because of everything going on in the world, and in your own lives. Being a human being is incredibly difficult, and going at it alone is close to impossible. Talking through it all helps, no matter how small your issues might seem in comparison to the state of the world, but they still matter. I think that if something is enough to bother you even just a little, then it matters, because it is affecting you, and you are allowed to feel however you feel.
A lot of people tend to find comfort in the thought that the universe is incredibly vast, and at the end of the day we are so minuscule in comparison, that technically nothing really matters. However I’m not one of those people. That thought freaks me out, if it helped you, then that’s amazing. But, if that thought also freaks you out too, then we can close our eyes, take a breath, and allow that thought to disappear. Our minds shape our realities, and if we constantly exist in this mental ideology of everything being difficult and out to get us, then our brains will only focus on that and filter out most other good things that come. I am trying my hardest to get my brain to focus on the good, and filter out all the bad, but it is difficult. Though I think it is incredibly possible and just trying already sets us on that path.
If you had a bad or difficult week, just know that once the week is over, it’s over. That’s it, it ceases to exist. How freeing is that? There is something so beautiful about that. Nothing is forever, so applaud yourself for getting through it, and open up your heart and mind to accepting that good things are coming. So get back on that horse, and ride the year out, the journey might just surprise you. Ponder on that ‘til next time.