Completion Isn’t the End

First things first—Happy New Year.We’ve entered a 10 year (2+0+2+6 = 10). In numerology, a 10 is a completion year. But completion doesn’t mean an ending in the way we often think it does. A 10 also reduces to a 1 (1+0 = 1), and 1 carries the energy of beginnings, self, leadership, and initiation. So while last year felt like a closing year—and I know many of us witnessed doors shutting on relationships, habits, stagnant energy, and long-ignored shadows—this year invites us into something powerful. A completion year isn’t just about finishing; it’s about closing cycles so something new can be born. And if you want something to change, it always starts with self.

A decade ago, I was closing doors on almost everything I had known. I began ending the cycle of abuse. I married my second husband and moved away from a place—and people—that were deeply toxic. Since then, I’ve found my footing in life. I’ve reclaimed my power, created a version of myself that actually fits, and consciously deconditioned from who I once had to be to survive. I’ve taken shadows that once felt heavy and turned them into beaming lights. I’ve expanded my knowledge, my awareness, and my relationship with myself in ways I couldn’t have imagined back then.

This month also marks ten years of marriage for my husband and me. I know—crazy, right? A decade of choosing each other, growing together, stumbling, healing, and learning what partnership truly means. So yes, this may be a 10 year numerologically, but it’s also a very real, lived 10-year cycle for us as a family.

This holiday season, an itch I’ve been ignoring finally became impossible to overlook. It’s the itch to move. Physically. Energetically. Intentionally.

My family and I currently live in a small town—one that supported us deeply when we first became a family ten years ago. It gave us exactly what we needed at that time: safety, grounding, and a place to rebuild. But as we’ve grown, we’ve also outgrown it. There isn’t much here beyond eating out, and if you know us, that just doesn’t match who we are. We’re outdoorsy people. We love to explore, create with our surroundings, move our bodies, and care deeply about our health and overall well-being. This place doesn’t offer much support for that anymore—and that’s okay. It doesn’t mean it failed us. It means its role in our life is complete.

Yes, my family and I have talked about moving many times over the years. And each time, we chose to wait. You know that book by Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!? There’s a section called “The Waiting Place.” If you know me at all, you know I am not someone who enjoys lingering there. And yet, somehow, I allowed myself to do just that—waiting for my husband to feel ready for change in career, self, and passion; waiting for the kids to get older so the transition wouldn’t feel so heavy; waiting for finances to align; waiting for the right moment to finally say, “F it—we’re out.”

What I didn’t realize was how much waiting had quietly turned into settling.

Over the past couple of weeks, something clicked. The questions became louder: How much longer are we going to wait? What exactly are we waiting for? Why are we creating limits where none actually exist? I hit rock bottom with waiting—and from that place, clarity rose.

I’ve done everything I can do here to support growth—personally, financially, spiritually, and physically. I believe my husband has too. When I look at my family, I can see clearly how this place has served its purpose. We’ve overcome so much here. We found strength in our weaknesses. We uncovered pieces of ourselves we didn’t even know were missing.

And now, it’s time to move on.

It’s time to see what other doors are waiting to be opened.

So this year, for me, is about completion—not as an ending, but as a conscious transition. A closing of one chapter so we can move forward, lighter and more aligned, into the next.

What are you completing this year?