Happy Lunar New Year!
Wishing everyone a wonderful, prosperous, healthy, and well-read new year. Plus 1 month free of west & ease.
Welcome to the Year of the Fire Horse, aka a year of intense transformation, energy, independence, passion, and creativity.
While I’m no expert in Chinese astrology, I’ve been enjoying learning more about this fiery, intense year. Jing Gao of Jing Theory breaks down some moments in history that the fire horse coincided with (Cultural Revolution, Vietnam War, and Cold War!), seeing how Lisa Cheng Smith is celebrating new years in Taiwan (really cool to see celebration traditions and some fun events and offerings for NY based folks), plus a fun reminder from on what not to do this new year’s day to ensure we preserve our good luck at the start of this year with Ava Lee of GlowwithAva.
As we kick off the new year, I wanted to offer and give thanks to all of you for being here and supporting west & ease. I started a version of this Substack (a blog I used to write musings, travel guides, recommended music, and much, much more) back in 2016 as a way to learn and share with others. It means so much to see you all here and to continue to grow together. Head over to www.westandease.com/yearofthefirehorse to redeem your free 1-month access to all paid posts.
So, if you’ve been interested in reading any of these, now’s your chance:
Here’s to a year of being more well-read, learning, and sharing together.