I spent new year’s eve at home just doing nothing. I did the same for new year’s day. I slept half of it off and I regret none of it. I decided to do this because having plans with the wrong people can get exhausting. Might as well just lay in bed and rest. The other reason is because I want to be more honest with myself. If I don’t feel like having plans, I don’t need to. Just because the day is supposedly special, it’s an occasion of sorts. I want to treat everyday as similar as possible so that I can acheieve consistency when it comes to living each day.
The reason is simple, we see the new year as a new start and we have an immense amount of motivation, passion for a project that burns brightly for roughly 24 hours. The habit does not stick. Instead of treating new year’s as a new start, I need to see it more objectively as just another day. If I can do A, B and C on this day, with the benefits it brings, I should continue to do so, regardless of whether it’s the new year or not. It’s more realistic this way. Is it fun? No? But progress is about routine and building habits. Making it fun is always a bonus.
This year, I have a lot I wish to achieve personally.
Here’s a list of my new year’s resolution.
- Separate personal and work life, don’t even think about work once I’ve clocked out. it’s unhealthy. Work life balance is key.
- If I want to date, I should just do it, waiting for the right time might just make me miss the right person.
- I don’t have to be healed to be human.
- I just have to be honest about where I am.
- Get my financial and physical health in check.
- Financial: This means consistently putting in the effort to not self-sabotage. Instead, go ahead and make sure I save at least 20% of my take home pay. Alternate no-buy months. Odd Months = Spending months. Low buy is allowed for August since it’s my birthday and I don’t want to deprive myself.
- Physical health wise, don’t starve yourself, take the effort to really hit 9000 steps. My workplace is big enough for me to walk even if I do not go to the damn gym. Walking along sheltered areas can be a good start. All the cardio and strength training can be done at home. Good to get a personal trainer to help me with my work outs, find someone experienced and non-judgemental, it’s going to be hard, and probably expensive, we’ll see.
- Emotionally, I’d like to truly be ok and sit with the mess around me. To be secure despite being surrounded by a mess is something that would help build my confidence as an individual. It is also a necessary skill, because we are constantly surrounded by information, bombarded by things thrown at us, curve balls, straight ones, bats be flying: it’s uncomfortable and sometimes even painful if we get struck, but besides cleaning up the mess, being able to sit with it, metaphorically, is something that would help me in the long run. This can be achieved through art therapy, which I am learning more about and therapy in general to help me figure out how to be ok with myself.
- Hobbies wise, continue to grow, find sustainable ways to engage in my hobby, consume less, create more if possible. Pick up new crafting skills, incorporate things, frankenstein it up, be aesthetically messy or not, be free to create and be proud of that freedom.
- Travel if I want to, but stop buying shit that doesn’t spark joy. It’s not even about joy, think about the way this behaviour has become self sabotaging rather than self soothing, whatever it is, is it really something I even want? I have enough stickers. So many that I am unwilling to use nor give away so what is the point?
- Learn skills, experience new things, it doesn’t matter if i literally have nothing to show for it. Just experience it and treasure what i have. If I really want to live for the results and the results only, I’ll never be happy organically, my happiness is always determined and that’s a sad existence. It doesn’t have to be crazy, it can be a baking class, a lesson about a new craft I’ve never tried before or even just going to a place I’ve familiar with, but zooming in one one particular part of it or a subject to experience it differently.
How about you?
What do you plan to do and achieve in 2026? 🙂
Spring of Persephone 
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