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REFRESH THE SOUL

5 Ways to Add Refreshment to Your Soul in the New Year

Being Intentional Can Go A Long Way

Nancy Blackman, MASF
5 min readJan 3, 2022

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The holidays are over. For some, it was another stressful family event. For some, it was hanging on through the loneliness because you missed gathering with family or having no family. Still, it was an incredible time of joy for others, because you celebrated in the way you wanted. That was me.

I had the opportunity to gather with my family as carefully as possible, but because I am recovering from adrenal overload, I must be careful how I manage my time. I’m also an extreme introvert. Too much time, even around one person, can be too much for me.

As I moved from the New Year celebrations to reflect on how I wanted to be intentional with my new year, I began to think about ways to add refreshment. I hope that adding ways to refresh my soul will bring freedom.

  1. Setting Goals: In the past, I didn’t set goals, but recently learned that without goals, I will stay in neutral forever.

Setting goals can help you intentionally achieve the big goal with little progress steps. For instance, I’m not setting a year-end goal without figuring out what I need to do each month and each week to achieve that big goal.

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Nancy Blackman, MASF
Nancy Blackman, MASF

Written by Nancy Blackman, MASF

Boosted & 8x Top Writer. Owner: Refresh the Soul publication. Editor: The Shortform and Poetry Playground. Published in: “Mixed Korean: Our Stories" — Kindle.

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