Not sure what it is about a new calendar year that gets everyone excited and full of promise and resolutions.
Perhaps it is the visual of the very first day of the very first month of a brand new year. People come into a new year full of hope and promise, yet should we be waiting for this one day every year or can we do this daily throughout the year?
I agree the past few years were to say the least interesting . They started off as another new year full of hope then in March 2020 the world came to a standstill and the world shifted forever. Who in their right minds would have ever thought that they would live through a pandemic ??
Initially we were all scared, filled with fear of the unknown and how to treat the virus, how to live with it, how to adjust to lockdown. And out of it came so many incredible lessons learnt. Now, I am definitely not dismissing the severity of the virus, goodness me, I know people who got it and got it bad. But out of all this uncertainty and fear came togetherness. It taught me to as that song says ” slow down, you move to fast”. I was always on the go, busy, busy, moving, doing and I was forced to come to a halt and slow down. I needed it, my body craved it, I just did not know it.
So for me, the past few years meant it was time where I took stock of who I am, what I have and where I want to go. It was a time spent as a family with our adult kids who will be leaving the nest starting next year and this time that we have last year was a gift. No one was rushing out the door, we were home, together as a family, playing board games, talking and enjoying each others company, a true gift which we will not get back again once the kids leave and start on their career path.
It was a time for me to make a decision to make myself healthier, to sort out how to deal with the beautiful menopausal anxiety I was gifted (I am joking ) and learn how to control it. I found an incredible Menopause program full of amazing supportive women which led me to create Coo’s Kitchen full of healthy recipes which meant that I was now helping others.
I made the big decision to invest in myself in 2021 in a completely non selfish way to better myself, to push myself past my limiting belief because ultimately helping myself means I can then help others and isn’t this is what life is about?