If your Christmas tree is still up, it’s no longer festive.
It’s noise.
What once felt warm now quietly delays the next season.
Not because it’s bad — because it’s finished.
Rituals are meant to mark transitions, not stall them.
When something lingers past its moment, it stops giving and starts taking.
Letting go isn’t rejection.
It’s acknowledgment.
Some things did their job.
That’s enough.
Who this is for?
Anyone holding onto a season, habit, or version of themselves that already passed.
One action:
Remove one thing today that belongs to a chapter you’ve already closed.
🎵 After the Gold Rush – Neil Young
📖 Four Thousand Weeks – Oliver Burkeman
JANUARY 5, 2026