You must realize that you have an invaluable opportunity! Forget about last year. Forget your age, what could or should have been. The new year is in full swing…and today is the first day of the rest of your life. And at the end of your life, don’t let there be excuses, explanations and regrets. As Kurt Vonnegut says — «Of all the words of men and mice, the saddest is, ‘Could have been.’
Five great ideas to get you on 2024 with a smile on your face and a sense of satisfaction:
BE THE GUIDE OF YOUR OWN JOURNEY
There are too many capable and beautiful people who do not pursue their dreams and goals because they have allowed their fears or others around them to talk them out of it. They’ve given up before they’ve even tried and just let the flow of life take them. Choose to be stronger than that. Choose to swim against the current when you have to. Choose to do those things in life that give you a powerful inner drive. Let others live their little lives. Let others argue and fight over small and insignificant things. Let others whine about the little scratches. Let others leave their future and destiny in other people’s hands. But not you.
TAKE MEASURED RISKS
There is no excuse to be an amateur forever. Life is short. The day is fast approaching when remaining still and quiet in your nest will be far more disastrous than the risk of attempting to fly. Fly! Spread your wings. Get started now. What a shame it would be for you to grow old before you have seen the beauty and power of your full potential.yu
THINK YOU CAN
If something doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you. And change fosters development and growth in a person. So when the goal seems big and the plan seems difficult, just start, struggle for a while and soon the next thing you need to do will seem possible. Step by step you can get through anything — that’s the truth and you have to believe it. And in the end, you will succeed because you are crazy enough to believe that you can.
SHARE YOUR LOVE OPENLY AND HONESTLY WITH THOSE YOU LOVE
In life, it inevitably happens that you lose loved ones. You have to understand that no matter how much time you spend with someone or how much you value that person, you will always feel like the time you spent together was not enough. Don’t learn this lesson the hard way. Express your love. Tell people what you need to tell them. Don’t run away from the big, important conversations because you feel awkward or uncomfortable. You never know when you might lose your opportunity.
SAY GOODBYE SO YOU CAN SAY HELLO
In life, goodbyes are a gift. When certain people move away from you and certain opportunities close their doors to you, there is no need to cling to them and pray every day that things will go back to the way they were. If something closes for you, take it as a sign that those people, circumstances, and opportunities just aren’t part of the plan for the next step in your life. It’s a sign that your personal growth needs another person or something more, and so life makes room for that. So embrace your goodbyes with joy, because every «goodbye» you get makes room for an even better «hello.»
