December 28 — The Space Between

This week exists in a strange pocket of time where no one knows what day it is and nothing feels urgent — which is deeply suspicious in a culture addicted to urgency.

You are no longer in last year, but not yet in the next one. This is the hallway. The waiting room. The liminal space where the rules loosen and the noise fades.

It can feel uncomfortable here. We’re not great at pauses. We like conclusions, headlines, and tidy narratives. The space between asks us to sit without answers.

That’s not a flaw. That’s the point.

A mindful activist knows change doesn’t happen in a straight line. It happens in gaps. In reflection. In the quiet moments when we finally hear ourselves think.

This is where we notice patterns.

This is where we feel what stuck.

This is where we admit what didn’t.

You don’t have to label this time productive. You don’t have to optimize it. You’re allowed to let it be strange and slow and slightly unmoored.

Nothing needs fixing today.

The space between is not empty.

It’s fertile.

And if you feel a little lost, congratulations — that usually means something new is trying to emerge.

Julie Bolejack, MBA