In many ways, we have no choice but to bring the past with us was we move from year to year. We all have trauma that we carry with us. We all have relationships that we will bring with us everywhere we go. We all have beliefs and perceptions that might never shed. But there are also many things we can leave behind. We can let go of some of the things that hold us back, that keep us stuck in what we think of as the “old year” by performing a simple cleansing to remove some of the negativity that we carry. Removing negativity isn’t a heal-all solution to all of our problems, but it can help us to feel lighter, to be more focused, and to have more hope as we work in pursuit of our goals and resolutions.