Now that we are a few days into the new year, I keep hearing more and more about everyone’s ‘new year’s resolutions’. I personally have never been able to keep a resolution past the first two weeks of the year so I have shifted my thinking to consider this time of year as an opportunity for new beginnings, or nā ho’omaka hou (pronounced: na-ah hoh-mah-kah ho) in Hawaiian. 

Maybe I am odd but there is a shift in my thinking the minute the clock strikes midnight on January 1. I reflect a bit on what happened the previous year…. the good and the bad that may have happened. When the bad is happening, it feels awful but come January 1, I realize how much stronger that experience has made me. And I go into the new year feeling a bit like  a superhero!

What are your opportunities for nā ho’omaka hou in 2023? Share with us on our social media pages!

What are your hopes for the new year? Share with us on our social media pages!

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