Happy New Year!
Well… we survived 2020! It wasn’t as an easy year, but if you’re reading this then you survived. That’s something to be thankful for and celebrate. Far too many weren’t so lucky.
I’m not one to make resolutions or set goals for the new year. This year is no different.
Instead I like to look back at the previous year and I really try to appreciate the lessons it taught me so I can take those into the new year, and years beyond. I think 2020 taught me the importance of less.
Less distractions. Less unnecessary spending.
It also taught me the importance of saying, “I love you.” Of making sure those in my life know how much I love and care for them. Because tomorrow is never guaranteed. It also made me work harder to build the life I want and apologize less.
See there we go again with the less. We don’t need as much as we have been lead to believe. We don’t have to keep a full schedule or always be doing something. Downtime is important and for me, financial security is more important than buying that thing I don’t really need.
It also taught me the importance of speaking up. Of being supportive. And how much I still have to learn; about myself and people in general.
But the one thing I’m really greatful for is, 2020 brought Hubby and I closer together. After twenty years together life often gets in the way and it’s all too easy to take one another for granted. This year gave us more uninterrupted time together, more laughs, more dreaming of the future we want, and more working together toward that outcome.
I hope you can look back on 2020 and find at least a few things to be thankful for as well. A few lessons you can carry into the new year.