Often it seems that there is so much outside of our control, but what we miss are all the things we can change by simply saying no. I love projects, new opportunities, and jumping from one thing to the next. What I miss is that I cannot give them my all, and I begin to miss the point.

In time, when my mind is full, I cannot decipher what I truly wanted for myself. In many ways, this is partly why I could not see how important my own fashion dream was, as so many other things became priorities. Over the past six months, I began editing out big things that once mattered so much.

These were things I had spent years building but were not yielding results worth the time. The impact was there, but I was ultimately funding and investing in other people’s dreams. That was a hard reality to swallow, so I began closing out commitments to catch my breath and reset.

If you are in a moment of uncertainty, begin to edit out what does not serve your deepest calling. The unearthing may be painful, but the land you plant for the next year must be filled with what you long to nourish for a lifetime. What can you clear to store energy for what truly matters?