Who and what needs to get off your list?
It can be a person or an item, but there are people and things on your list that have no business being there anymore.
Have a quick think about it and then start removing them to free up space for the delights of your life.
Don’t just read about it in a book, watch on tv or scroll Instagram. Make a plan to save the money and visit one or two exciting things.
For some the hurdle will be time. For others it will be money or fitness/health.
But if you can get past these hurdles, you’ll create everlasting memories.
And marvel at the moon.
Get a sunrise in this month too.
Incredible natural phenomenon that are free to watch.
Get out there and live the experience!
Sometimes you’ll be absorbed in your thoughts. Other times you just won’t feel connected to those around you. Of course you may simply be exhausted and uninterested in engaging.
Regardless, if the feeling isn’t there and the timing isn’t right, you can simply retire to your room, home, office, whatever.
Don’t force it. You don’t need to be on every second of every day.
It can be tough but try it.
Step into the shoes of someone with the opposite viewpoint to you and try to argue their perspective. Understand why they have that view and what they are trying to get from it.
Do try to recognise the bias you have and try to remove it from your thoughts.
Life gets a lot easier if you are looking for common ground.
Oh, and if you don’t feel the need to blame anyone.
How you interpret things is how you see them. It is how you experience them. You react based on your learning and life experience. If you consider other options, it will help you respond.
The thing may not be what you interpret. It will be what it is, without your interpretation. Be mindful of this difference.
How to know and what to do? Pause. Consider how other people that are different to you might experience the same thing. Their way may not be better than your way, but it’s good to consider what they got from it.
Every day in January, spend 1 hour clearing out a drawer, the left side of a cupboard or a shelf.
Donate, toss or use it. Clear out your life. Why do you have all this stuff? If it doesn’t bring you tremendous joy, make room for something that does – and that could just be uncluttered space.
If 1 hour every day doesn’t work for you, try to do it all across two separate, 8 hour days. Or, two hours, every other day. Make a firm and specific plan that works for you and then stick to it.
The decluttered space will be a joy to be in every day for the 11 remaining months of the year.
Some people will agree with you and others won’t. At times you will see eye to eye on a matter with your best friend yet other times you will not.
And that’s ok. Carry on.
There’ll be bumps on the road. Unforeseen issues will arise. Deal with them and carry on.
