Last year at this time.

Last year, around this time, I was writing about decision-making skills. The most popular post that month was about questioning - "Ways to Question." Thinking about now, we're seeing a similar genre, but a different style.

Understanding the unknown, the what-ifs, requires you to discover and activate beautiful questions. Questions that bring you closer to what's in front of you. Maybe there's something about December that makes us more curious - or anxious.

Have you noticed that loved ones become increasingly more stressed this month? They tend to hit the proverbial "brick wall" more often? Our hope for family time becomes so stressful that holidays are canceled? Then, as if it was magic, on January 1, you hear choruses of "new near, new me" across social media.  

December sucks, but it doesn't suck because of the stress. It sucks because we don't realize what this stress is for. It's for propelling you into something better.

You get to use December to be curious about what lies ahead. You get to use that curiosity to think about what January will bring to you. You get to decide how you will show up. And then, hopefully, you follow through. You get to choose.  

How are you going to spend the rest of this year? Stressing about the unknown? Or being curious about what lies ahead? You get to choose.