A WRAP.
Firstly, looking into how far you have come this year there are two things in mind – whether you lived up to your goals or you outdid yourself. But in whatever scenario you find yourself, this post is a testament that you survived. You remember that task that felt as though you wouldn’t finish and the one that looked so easy to finish but you spent turns trying to figure out what it was all about; still no end.
Life is sometimes fair and other times the opposite. With my 19 years on Earth, I have learnt that there is luck, hard work and chance. And I’m glad to say that one of these components played a role into the being you are TODAY.
Yes, my shout out goes to every single being here that took time to read any of my posts on Medium this year. The goal still remains the same, to carry you along on a valuable lesson I learned on here every single Friday and I have done that well from the first Friday January in 2023 to the last Friday in December. Thank you for being here, the next year will be bigger or it might not.
Also, new year resolutions again? Well, good if you have a structure to keep your goals in check and bad news if you just want to follow the bandwagon. Find a reason to do anything, because it’s that reason that keeps you grounded and watch your steps when you go astray. So if you have goals to achieve, put healthy structure in place.
If you have done beautifully well this year, it’s not an excuse to relent. You haven’t exceeded your limit, your breaking point is not visible. If you think you have achieved nothing, you are here and that’s a reason to have hope. The second best time to do anything is NOW. Don’t worry, I’m not motivating you.
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Moving forward, you will need self-discipline to put plans in place. Great things don’t come easy and nobody want to do the bare minimum, raise the bar and level up as much as you can. Count numbers until you can count no more.
Don’t over-extend yourself because of a certain task, break your goals into tiny bit to achieve whatever you need to achieve. Little by little, your progress becomes visible to you and those around you. Take breaks, frequently.
Don’t measure your success by what you see. We are distinct and steps taken to achieve goals take different route. What you can do is get a coach who have climbed the mountain you are trying to get at the top of. That would mean you will exchange time for resources -monetary or not.
Figure life as a whole and work as a team. Develop the habit of thinking differently and thinking in group. When you work as a team and it’s time to develop an idea that would help the whole team progress, prioritize thinking alone and let each member of the team bring resourceful information to the table. That way, you get different views while solving a problem.
Lastly, don’t expect to live long. It’s hard pill to swallow but it’s important for us to constantly remind ourselves that we wouldn’t make it out the world alive. It’s another reason for you to get serious with whatever thing you need to do.
This is my two cents and a cue for you to BE.
And we wrap up medium posts for the year 2023!
TO THE END OF WHAT IS LONG.
