I like to write. That much is clear to me. It became clearer when I started to write this blog. I wonder if I should have done this sooner. Can’t say so, but still. Anyway I am not much of a professional and this is my space. I am taking the liberty to use it as I please. I wonder if I can call this writing a blog. But the purpose is to write one or so I would say anyway.
It's the year that's coming to an end, Not the Tale.
This is my Journal. So I will write it that way. As it’s clear from the title, the year is coming to an end and we need to prepare and enter into the new year. You must be wondering , “What’s needed to be prepared to enter into the new year?" But my friend, that’s the whole point.
What to do before the new year?
You know, in our culture, we have a habit. Albeit a very simple one. Why simple? Because it’s so engraved in us that we ourselves don’t notice it. So the thing is, when we retire for the day we wind-up everything by rearranging the whole place. No matter where you are or what you are doing. Be it at the workplace or home. Be it your place or somewhere else. It doesn't matter.
Why?
So the whole point is, when a year is coming to an end, we do the same with our personal affairs. Be it the relationships, projects or any other sort of work. We simply conclude everything. Why? Because it’s compulsory. Why so? Because if we don’t, then the same stuff will drag us down in the upcoming year.
It happens. It really does. Because when we don’t conclude our year on a good note and a purpose, with ourselves, we drag ourselves down. Because of this, we lack a proper personal roadmap for the next year and end up repeating the same things, dragging everything through the year into the next one. As a result, what should have been done in the following year gets postponed to the next one.
So by not doing such a simple thing, we drag ourselves down. Isn't it wrong?
What to do?
Everyone tells you to cherish and love yourself, but they never teach you how to do so.
Such an irony it is. Isn't it? It’s not anything complicated, we don’t have time for that in this fast paced world anyway. Just do this simple thing, organise everything.
Organise your thoughts, organise your routine, organise your schedule even if you are at home, organise your surroundings and wind-up everything after finishing a task.
Organise your stuff for the present day and conclude everything cleanly at the end of the day.
It helps you clear your mind. When surroundings are less chaotic you can think better. You will know what needs to be done and when. You will know what is to be gotten rid of and what needs to be added in life.
Keep it simple
Sometimes things are very simple. Right? We humans just complicate stuff. We simply see everything in a complicated way. Why? Maybe we just assumed that it makes us genius.
Nope. That’s not it. It was meant to be simple. We needed a simpler way for everything.
So do yourself a favour. Make things easier for yourself. Make it simple and relaxing. So you can see the exact spot of your entangled thoughts, it will be easier to untangle that way. Free yourself from the complications that never existed.
Conclude your year
Conclude your year cleanly. Organise everything you have been through. Analyse it and decide. Decide what’s to be carried into the next year and what to be discarded. You may not realise this now, but such a small thing could have a huge impact on your life.
How so?
It is very simple. Much simpler than you could imagine, write it down.
Write down all the stuff you need to organise. It can be an important matter related to your personal life, your goals and projects you are working on at the workplace. It can also be trivial stuff like what should be added to your diet, what you should not eat, what you need in your wardrobe and what should be taken out of it, what should be given in charity and where, if you should continue your current job or should start looking for a new one, if you should continue to be the part of your current social circle or if you should make new friends. Things like that may look trivial but my friend that is what shapes us.
So, what you have to do is write it all down and then read it all again. Read it and you will see someone. Someone you had with you all along but refused to acknowledge. All you have to do is acknowledge that person. Tend to their needs and organise the mess you have caused for a whole year so that they can have a less chaotic new year.
Hope for the best and it’s not mandatory to expect the worst..
