I usually end my year intentionally, but since I have not been blogging regularly… at all!!… I thought I’d spin things on their ear and start my year with intention.
After the year that was 2020,
like so many of us, I am looking forward to the world beginning to settle.
I’m fortunate, in that I live in a little rural bubble. Things got topsy-turvy there for a while, but life returned to some semblance of normal quickly.
While it’s been hard remembering that I couldn’t hug and kiss people. I have a select group of friends who are all hug-fiends, so we flouted the rules here. Kissing is still off limits though, as we try to do our part in keeping COVID at bay.
1. what will make this year unforgettable?
A milestone birthday… not being celebrated the way I originally intended. And hoping that it flies under everyone’s radar!
2. what will I enjoy this year?
I will be picking up a paintbrush again for the first time in years. I’m not a very good painter, at all, and the length of time it takes to finish a piece frustrates me no end. That’s where digital photography has spoiled me… the instant (almost) finished piece.
But I will be blocking out time to paint. And I will share my progress, no matter how wonderful or terrible it looks!
3. who/what is the one person/thing I will be grateful for?
My Husband. He drives me to distraction most days, but he puts up with my good days, my bad days, my highs and my lows. He always has been, and still is, my rock.
4. what will be my biggest win this year?
The 365 photography project I’ve committed to… I. Am. Going. To. Do. This!
5. what will I read/watch/listen to that will make the most impact this year?
I’m not at all fussy about what I read/watch/listen to.
Okay… I admit to IMDB-ing movies and television shows and refuse to watch anything with a rating lower than 7, but otherwise, I’m not fussy!
I do intend catching up on the many workshops and courses that I have purchased over the years. Some are half finished, and others are not started, so 2021 is the year to make a dent in them.
6. what will I worry about most and how will it turn out?
I will worry about my children.
They’re both out in the world now. The Boy is still at home for the time being, and I talk to the Girl daily, but I worry. The world has, and continues to change, moment by moment.
I remember being their age and the uncertainty I faced. It’s such a different world now, as to then.
As to how their lives will turn out…?
That is entirely up to them. I have always said that whatever choices they made (as long as they were legal!) I would support. Because, at the end of the day, their lives are their lives, and I can only be there as a sounding board and an ear.
7. what will be my biggest regret and why?
I was speaking with a friend who works in aged care recently. She said that on ‘dying days’ the elderly always spoke of their regrets. The things they wished they had done differently. I can understand why they have them, but by this point, its too late.
So I am going to try and not regret anything this year.
It’s my year with intention.
8. what’s is one thing I want to change about myself?
My health.
I have dealt with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome for years. No pun intended, but it’s bloody tiring dealing with a chronic health condition.
As part of my health journey, I have had my DNA profile done. I now know the reasons why I struggle with CFS. And I can do something to help combat that.
So 2021 is about getting on top of my health.
9. what will surprise me most this year?
If I knew it wouldn’t be a surprise now, would it!!
10. when I read this at the end of 2021, what will I say to myself?
“You did your best. Be proud.”
Tasha xo
