My year of releasing differently - by Yancey Strickler
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A personal year in review
We live in a world that wants things now. An urgency culture that continues to increase in pace and demand. But this year I learned there's wisdom in letting things take their time. Sometimes the most powerful thing you can do is wait and let an idea reveal what it wants to be. 2024 taught me this lesson over and over. What started as a year of reluctance — to busyness, to collaboration, to New York City itself — became a year of surrender to larger forces that showed me new ways of creating, releasing, and being in the world. I didn’t see how the dots were connecting while living them, but…
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