TODAY is the first new moon of the new year and… the amount of massive events that have happened in this new year already is … a lot. New moon is a good time for dreaming, for focus on the good, for manifesting work. I use the rhythm of the lunar cycle to give me practical, tangible, tactical goal achieving tools, and this moon is so valuable to the process.
In order for me to do this moon work and nurture my self and my truths properly in these chaotic times I have been very determinedly enforcing blinders. Every time my brain or my phone habits encourage fruitless negative spiraling I redirect strongly to what is fruitful for wellbeing. I firmly believe we must thrive now. This is our lifetime, ours to make count. I am fiercely determined to honor my personal power and rock out on my path that allows me to shine light all over this experience. That is an important piece to making this a better world.
HOWEVER, I don’t believe blinders alone is the right tactic… that way lies toxic positivity, denial, anxiety from inaction, and possibly societal collapse. SO, I wrote my representatives before I initiated my moon work- it did not take long and it is important. Don’t allow feelings of worry, overwhelm, or helplessness to paralyze, allow them to move you. In moon work and in life- listen to your feelings- let them move you to action. AFTER, you have taken the actions, THEN put on blinders with ferocious dedication. Do not let anyone steal your power or take your light. Fight for an equitable society, fight for your life, fight for each other and for love and light. Build community bonds, prioritize friendship, share your voice in helpful ways AND THEN give yourself permission to do this good moon work, this good life work.
MOON WORK: This is the moon where I flesh out my year’s goals in a living document. I keep it in google drive and use it all year long, I reread and add to it all along the way. If you did the new moon work before the new year you already started this document and likely have some vision for yourself outlined and hopefully a motto. If you don’t yet have that, read this blog to remind yourself how to start or dive in and see if you can just catch up now!
Sitting at your open document, write freely. Title the page with your motto and the year 2026. Write what you know about your year’s vision. Write sentences or singular words, write vibes for your life categories (home, body, career, purpose, relationships). Focus on what you know about how you vision this year for yourself, focus on the good feelings in each category- let that positive vibe fill you and make you smile as you write. The beauty and magic of this is how answers will arrive. I am always sure to write in fun things and heartfelt goals and to write in ease and magic and miracles too.
Now, write the details you have. Write the months on the page and see what tasks can be assigned to what month. An order emerges. Check that the order you write honors the priorities and vibes you wrote at the top. Notice that there are always steps for you to take. I eventually have a document with tons of details, goals of a overarching wide paintbrush nature and goals of life minutia too.
Insert deadlines. Deadlines are so helpful and a great way to make sure your priorities are being honored and actualized. It is unlikely you will meet all the deadlines but it is good to have them! If you find you are constantly pushing your deadlines, or one particular deadline, the why of that is worth examining and addressing.
You may not (likely will not) see the whole path, the work for you to do on that is stay honed in with intention, concentratedly holding your core truth joyful visions, then TRUST and LISTEN. As you maintain locked in on your priorities and as you take action on the steps you hear to take, more actions will arise and then you will take those steps and BOOM a path.
Check your feelings along the way. As you work with this document you should feel excitement and empowerment. Let your goals thrill you. If you’re not having enough fun with the document you better write more in!
Check in with this list often. Check in with your document monthly, weekly, daily- as you are able. Keep your relationship with it accessible. This is to help you and to keep you focused on a better future that is also a fulfilling journey. As you complete items on your list keep them there and note them as COMPLETED- seeing your accomplishments is so helpful. It is somehow all too easy to forget things we achieve, write that shiz down and applaud yourself!
THE BEST STUFF: After you do this tangible work I highly recommend you take the delightful vision of this year to the sky and holler it to the heavens. Call in your guides and ancestors, speak to your environment and get in the gooey good vibes of your dream. Ask for help from those surrounding you, the esoteric and the tangible physical. Stand in your center. Practice some cleansing breaths and fill yourself with Divine gold light. Rise up. You are sacred and Divine and all is available to you.
Blessed new moon, friends. I hope it is productive for your spirit. I wish you wellness and a joyful life that is so powerfully good it spreads out into this world all over the place.
BTW even the work of moon work can be fun and playful and should feel that way. So keep things accessible but please do ask of yourself to show up for the work because it will in turn show up for you.
For funsies, after I wrote my mantra for 2026 and got into the good vibes I designed a bunch of motivational posters for myself to have and hold in my mind and heart this year. Here’s a link to them on my Insta:
Stay strong. Stay focused. Sending big love.
The Moon Maven 