Keep it simple, stupid.
Another calendar year closes while a new one beckons. Looking back on last years hopes and aims, I’d say I’m pretty pleased with how things turned out.
Writing things down has almost a magic energy which goes through the pen (or pixels), into the words, and anchors it through time in your subconscious. In writing it down, you tell it where to go and what to focus on.
We have all the ability right now to do what we want to do; we don’t need to wait until a ‘New Year’ for them to happen.
But still, the new year is a nice marker! An obvious, and culturally agreed trigger for change.
I have a chunky serving of a list all written out with detail, separated into shorter term projects, longer term maintenance, things I’d like to learn about, sayings which help guide me, and things I’m ready to let go of.
I’m not posting that here.
Instead there are just a few simple ways of being in which I’m wanting to live the coming year:
Have fun, be a little better than you were yesterday, and enjoy the ride.
1 – Have fun.
One day I’m gonna be stone-cold dead. After a period of being luke-warm dead, I’ll have gone chilly, and be truly gone from this form.
So until then (that very certain point) I aim to enjoy myself in all the moments I have, things I do and experiences I find myself in. When life throws you up a golden opportunity, however big or small, you’ve got to grab it with both hands.
Though this point has a very important rule; do your best to avoid the expense of others.
2 – Be a little bit better than you were yesterday.
The opening part of James Clears book talks about the process of getting 1% better at something every day.
No unnecessary pressure being added here. Sometimes you need rest, relax, to take life in and enjoy yourself (see above).
Getting better means improving myself, my abilities, my knowledge, my actions, whatever, so that I can help others get better too. We’re all in this together and life is way more rich when shared.
3 – Enjoy the ride.
Appreciate the little things, the golden times, the small moments.
You don’t get to the end (that dead end) and suddenly have an abundance of enjoyment. Process, baby.
There’s nowhere to go, we’re already here.
All three put together will hopefully let me look back on my time so I can say, “Hot diggety dawg that was a rootin’ tootin’ grand old time. Yep. Happy with that one. Laters team!”
You.
Thanks for spending your time here. Really.
Writing on this site keeps my thoughts in order and helps me to make sense of the junk that rattles in my head, but I wouldn’t do it if it weren’t fun or useful (for me at least).
I genuinely appreciate when folks tell me they’ve spent time reading the blog. Feedback is also well received; whether constructive (picking up on grammar, talking about content) or on how they found it useful (man, I never knew vinegar could be used for cleaning!).
If that’s you, feel free to get in touch!
Have a blast of a 2023! I’ll see ya there.
El Franko
If the only feedback you want to give me is in black, hot, caffeinated form then you should click here and have yourself a good ol’ time, thinking of me sipping on a just-right steaming beverage, going, “…ahhhhhhhhhh. That’s nice”.
Parting Nuggets:
Being confident comes from learning through your failures, perhaps more than avoiding them.
A good short video providing a bit of life perspective:
and finally, one which was impossible to share, courtesy of James Clears email.
Author Patricia Digh on the New Year: “At the end of each year, I ask myself two questions:
What do I want to create in this New Year? And, perhaps even more importantly,
What do I want to let go of?” Source: Life is a Verb
Posts from 2022
Here’s the collection of writings from 2022.
Essentially the above list shows The Journey of Franks Brain in 2022; Optimism, appreciation, frustration, awareness, self-acceptance, introspection, and excitement. What a year.Thanks for reading. Hope you got something from your time here!
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