It Hasn't Felt Like Christmas This Year...

 Here we are then. 2023 and this is when the hard work starts. Before that though, I thought it was worth writing a few words on everyone's favourite time of the year, partly because no other time is ubiquitously joyous for most people, but let me avoid sprinkling my cynicism  for as long as possible.

For me and a lot of people I spoke to over the past week or so, this year has felt less like Christmas than ever before and yes, this is bound to happen as everyone ages, but this year had a few extra variables thrown in, such as the terrible economic outlook for most countries and resurgent news on COVID-19. I think everyone right now is in a bit of a battle to live comfortably and happily at the same time and we should all remember how many of us are struggling throughout these times.

For me personally, this didn't feel like Christmas because it felt like something more. It felt like a new start for me. An artificial one, manufactured by myself, but a chance to freshen up my life nonetheless. I have been viewing the start of 2023 as a start point for my next 5 years, and as mentioned in previous blogs, I have a plan to get what I want out of this year.

So here I am, in 2023, getting on with my chosen responsibilities. I aim to keep this blog updated for myself and to spur on habits that I want in my life. Writing is one of those things. Even now I am flowing and barely stopping to think. I enjoy that it gives me an outlet to get my thoughts out that is seemingly smoother and more accurate than my brain-to-mouth channel. It is things like this that I have, not only subconsciously ignored, but sometimes actively neglected for years.

So for myself; this is the start of a huge year and if you do what you plan to, you will gain successes that you've been waiting years for.

For the random twitter user who has made it this far, I hope you don't feel you've wasted your time by reading this. Not to preach or evangelise, but I want to try and add some value to others who may be reading this aside from me. Use this time to identify things that you want changed in your life by 2024. Break that big goal down into small chunks of work and spread it over a year to see what you need to do to achieve that goal. Aim lower or higher if you think you've gone for something unrealistic or something too easy. Thanks for reading and keep going.