Well, here we are, day three of the New Year, 2012. I can’t say I’ve had the best holiday this time around, but trying to remain positive and hopeful. This year I am reminded of how fragile we are and grateful for the gifts of health—mind, body, and soul—and “praying” for those close to me who are not so lucky.
For the last two years I’ve created a mantra to carry with me throughout the year. Since I can’t remember what my mantra was for 2011, I’m not going to bother with one this year! Oh, I have goals, some superficial like dropping the extra five pounds I’ve gained since Halloween candy hit the stores, some career-based like gaining more useful skills for virtual employment. In October I signed a contract with a company I am eager to work with, but it is project-based and my first project hasn’t even started yet! So I’ve realized I need to establish a good foundation of clients. Of course a major goal of mine is still to live in France for about three months. Financially, I am not even close to being able to do this, but I have a lot of patience and I hope to get to a point work-wise where I will be able to travel and make enough money working virtually.
Chase Night from Unbridled Existence writes in his New Year’s post about why New Year’s resolutions rarely work—they go against our natural rhythms, duh! saying “Why on earth would you attempt to turn over a new leaf when all of the actual leaves are dead?” Makes sense to me, but we humans don’t always like to take our cues from nature.
Manuel from In Space We Trust, urges us not to wait until the New Year. We should have started yesterday, or whenever it was you first had the idea. Waiting for the New Year is an excuse allowing fear to keep you from starting.
Raam Dev wrote an interesting post that puts the concept of time into perspective. Did you know it is the year 2554 in the Thai calendar and 2004 in the Ethiopian calendar?
The thing about my goals and resolutions is that they were already in progress, inching along slowly. I am always learning; my natural weight always fluctuates around those five pounds; I am always changing and adapting. Maybe I won’t make it to France this year, but it will be 2012 again someday, somewhere!
So Happy New Year!
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