Hello hello, hello.

Happy New Year! It’s not too late is it 🤦🏽‍♀️

I hope you’re settling in the new year very well … and remembering to write the right date 😂😂 I remember my first few days back at work after the holidays,  I lost track of what day I was on. The holidays completely scrambled my sense of time and I really didn’t want to go back to work but needs must! 🤷🏾‍♀️

The New Year buzz and excitement is starting to ebb and soon (unfortunately), a lot of new resolutions are going to start falling by the way side, long forgotten by the time we get to January 31st! Still can’t believe that’s tomorrow!

I’m not really one for new year resolutions as such. However I  do like to make a list of things I’d like to achieve in the year because to fail to plan is to plan to fail. I’d love to say my goals are SMART goals and they’re all mapped out really clearly … but that would be a lie 😂😂 That’s definitely something I can improve on… having SMART goals.

I’d like to share my thoughts on planning for this new year.

1. Set yourself some goals. They don’t have to be formal goals or written in a formal sense. Just think about where you want to be at the end of the year. How do you want to improve on yourself? Think about different domains of your life e.g. spirituality, relationship with others, relationship with yourself,  finances, etc.

2. Document these goals. Put pen to paper … fingers to screen/keyboard… it doesn’t matter  but make sure you make a note of your goals.  The faintest pen(cil) is better than the best memory.

3. Find a balance between being realistic and challenging yourself. This is easier said than done. However it is important to consider. You don’t want to set such unrealistic,  nigh-on-impossible to achieve goals that you get to the end of the year and all you’ve got is a heart full of regret and a gaggle of half-baked, abandoned projects. Be ambitious but don’t set yourself up for failure.

4. Share your goals with people who love you and have your best interest at heart. This does not necessarily translate to sharing all your dreams with one person. It might be that you share different goals with different people who can encourage you,  hold you accountable and share that journey with you.

5. Have fun! Try something new whether that’s a new dish, new artist,  new genre, activity, whatever. Life might you down sometimes but determine within yourself that as much as lies within your power,  misery will not be your companion this year! I reject it for you! Goodness and mercy will run after you every day.

So that’s it from me as an introduction (albeit belated) to the new year and decade.

As a reminder of what to expect from the blog. There will be monthly posts every last Thursday of the month. Some months I might decide add on a special so watch this space!

Also I plan to have more posts on mental health topics this year. If there is any particular ones you’d like some information on, please post a comment or send me a message.

I hope you have a beautiful, fulfilling year and decade. May you enjoy good health and peace this year. I hope we have an amazing time together this year 😊😊