Instead of a New Year’s Speech

I do not apply New Year’s resolutions. I think they are for people who are afraid of change. At the beginning of the year they’d hide behind few words, start something, and in a month, they’d be exactly where they were before. If I want to change something, I change it straight from tomorrow. Or from next Monday, but not the way one of my friends has been doing it “from next Monday” for nearly two decades now.

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot. Although it came gradually, New Year is a good opportunity to share. I call it “My New Vision”.

• No alcohol and refined sugar, as long as possible – it’s crap that is anyway only an addiction in your head

• Laugh, as much as I can – laugh heals, laugh is catchy!

• Thank and be thankful – how many times a day do I thank for what I have? Seriously.

• Travel (abroad) and see a new place (anywhere, even at home) every month – everything new is good and I will not survive without traveling. Doesn’t have to be the other end of the world.

• Not getting stressed with what I cannot influence and change – they call it the circle of influence, either you are in or you are out. If I’m out, it makes no sense to spend time with it, it’s better to let it go.

• Not to be afraid to make decisions – right or wrong, they are all right at the end. They will all take me further.

• Do sports, as long as the situation allows it – and if it doesn’t, not to bother. It’s not worth it.

• Not to live in the past – yes, I will finish my book and it was amazing, but it’s gone. I am here and I am here right now!

• Hand over my experience where it would help to inspire and change something – yes, I can come and talk. For free!

• See family and friends on a very regular basis – today I can’t even imagine how much I will miss them when they are no longer here.

• Not to spend money on things I don’t need – I tended to fall into this trap again. Luckily, I woke up at the right time. I want experiences instead of things!

• Every day to say “yes” more than “no” – like Jim Carrey in that movie. Worth a try, hmm?

• Not to eat too much – even if the ratio of my expenditure and income equals the skeleton I wear, I will eat wisely. Too much of healthy becomes unhealthy at the end.

• With the words of one inspiring person, I will not shit my pants! Problems don’t stay problems, they turn into something else!

So how about you putting on a different skin, ha?!