this new year is TOTALLY YOU!
with a new year waiting backstage for its curtain call, how about we begin two-zero-one-nine with a cheery disposition and some wildly magical shui to light the way for this magnificent new year?
any time BEFORE New Year’s Day…
- clean your ENTIRE house. don’t have time to conquer it all? go for the 3 power spots – your front door (it sets the tone for the year), the bedroom (it’s the backbone for all types of LOVE), and your kitchen (want the year to ring cha-ching?). still too much to do and not enough time? focus on the kitchen as it most represents health, wealth, and prosperity. and whatever leap you take, DO NOT wait until January 1st to do this — cleaning on that first day of the year “sweeps away” all the collective fortune and luck headed your way.
- get the laundry done, dry cleaning off, and your sheets/linens washed – we want to be pressed to impress in the new year!
- wash your car – this is an extension of you, and its energetic state needs to be buzzin’ fresh and fabulous just like YOU!
- sweep the porch and vacuum the floors— out with the old, in with the new — and you’ll be looking SO good, 2019 won’t take her eyes off you!
- stock the coffers, and refill all your reserves. think: pantry, fridge, bird feeder, food canisters, empty vases +/or candle holders. remember, wealth begins with the consciousness of abundance, so now is a good time for your house to feel happy and full!
on New Year’s Eve…
- empty the trashes because who needs 2018’s leftovers on the cusp of a minty fresh forecast?
- treat your wallet to the green stuff! my mentor, Ellen Whitehurst, always told me 27 dollar bills and 49 coins makes money magic happen. i’ve also heard a C-bill ($100) or a yard ($300) works wonders, too! i say – pick one, and trust its magnificence as you make your entrance into twenty nineteen.
- buy 9 oranges and keep them out on the table for your pleasure and consumption. oranges represent fortune + luck + prosperity – the “good life” trinity! if 9 oranges are too much, go for a single orange or a bottle of its sunshine. (and when the new year is here, indulge in this vitamin c shui, letting that sweet life run down your chin!)
- bring new growth and beauty into your space with flowers or a plant – it’s woo will have you beaming ear to ear!
- move 27 things in your house…and shake it up by making at least one big change to kickstart the party! my suggestion: do something unexpected or controversial to spark energy!
- declare a few intentions for the new year. this could be something you want changed or improved before 2019 bows out; maybe your focus is what you won’t do anymore and this is your year to bid them aideu; or perhaps it’s ways to finally fall in LOVE with your real life! claim them, WRITE THEM DOWN, put them somewhere you will see them daily, READ THEM OUT LOUD every day, and let’s agree this year our BEST SELVES will get out more!
as the clock tick tocks midnight…
- say “HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and PROSPERITY” before anything else. pretty well sums up all the ingredients for a minxy good year, right?
- if you are home, open all the windows (even momentarily) to let out last year’s energies and invite new ones into your space. want to amp up this changing of the guard? bang on some pots and pans, shake a rattle, or clap like you are front rowing Beychella — the noise is guaranteed to scare away any lingering negative vibes and your little hallelujah blazes a trail for the new year LOVE to find you!
on New Year’s Day…
- no complaining – it’s so last year. no crying or whining or swearing or losing your temper either. let’s try this instead: be deliberate + decide the day will be great and let that vibe be the 4thcourse of every day in 2019!
- you’ve swept away the past, so don’t bring it up today. at all. m’kay? linger instead on your dreams, ambitions, and intentions for the next 52 brand new weeks of your life! and while you are soaking up the essence of all your potential, enjoy one of the 9 oranges in your bowl (or a glass of OJ!).
- splurge on a meal, an outing, or something NEW for your space that totally makes an ‘AS IF’ statement – as in ‘AS IF’ your intentions + ambitions have manifested, how would you behave?
- wear something NEW! and pleasepleaseplease tag me (#simpleshui or @amandagibbypeters) so i can oooh and aaah and get your style tips + tricks – because this new year is TOTALLY YOU! xo
p.s. want to take your shui in the new year to next level EXTRA? consider joining the Simple Shui Circle, where i just shared a New Year’s Eve ritual i’ve never posted once in my shui hive! the table has plenty of room, so pull up a chair and let’s make your shui full-tilt today! xoxo
