Starting Small
On New Year’s Eve, someone on social shared a great idea. Buy from a small business at midnight so an entrepreneur would start the new year with an order. I’m always looking for an occasion to shop small, and a business owner logging in and seeing new orders on January 1 felt as important as me eating black eyed peas and greens. So I selected two businesses I hadn’t purchased from before, scrolled, and clicked. My orders arrived on the same day less than a week later: Leverage Everything in Life Journal Wax print robes from Diop I’ve been known to skip New Year’s resolutions because I’m one of those people who feels the new year doesn’t truly start until spring. And that you can choose a new path any day of the year. But I liked this approach to welcoming 2025. Starting small .