“Am I functioning for myself or Am I functioning against myself.”
Many people are looking forward to beginning 2022 with optimism and hope. However, they may be forgetting that there is still time left over before they can begin their preparations for 2022. I am sharing a couple of secrets for making the upcoming year: 2022 more joyful and successful. Therefore, to make this New Year the very best, you have to start preparing for it now. Additionally, as someone who is always on the go, you need to get your life in order. And it includes food storage, having all bills paid and addressed, as well as creating a plan that will take me through this year and into the next.
Below I am sharing a couple of secrets for making the upcoming year: 2022 more joyful and successful. However, a lot of people are skeptical about these things, for good reason. Still, I want to tell you about my experience with it so far, and why I think you should give it a try, because it may be the best decision you ever made.
Secret #1: Write a Journal
“Only who keep accounts knows whether he is going up or down.”
Journaling is an amazing way to express yourself. Indeed, and it helps people cope with their pain by using words as a release of emotion. Hence, writing about one’s emotions allows one to mentally process the event at hand and see it for what it is. Truly, this is a secret for making the upcoming year: 2022 more joyful and successful.
Benefits of writing a journal or vision :
❗ Emotions can be expressed.
❗ You are able to create memories.
❗ Relieve stress. Moreover, you’ll feel happy when you look back at your past and remember what made you happy.
❗Improve your memory by writing down important events in your journal. These could
be birthdays, anniversaries, Christmas, and other occasions.
What should I write about?
❗ Do you have learning goals for the semester/year/life? Write about those.
❗Are you experiencing stress? Write about your stressors and how you manage them,
or what’s causing them.
❗Are there any changes in your life: new roommates, new job, new relationship? Write
about these changes.
Where should I start writing my journal?
❗Describe what happened throughout the day (the good, the bad, and everything in
between).
❗Any interesting or exciting happenings that may have made it into your
journal.
❗Any negative feelings that were happening throughout the day.
❗Finally, if anything exciting happened, describe it.
Secret #2: Eating with Gratitude
“More than what you eat how you eat is also equally important.”
“Remind yourself how blessed you are and that there is more than enough to be grateful for.”
Every meal or snack is an opportunity to express our gratitude for the things that are important in our lives. Indeed, it is important to be thankful for what you are about to eat before you do. Additionally, taking a moment and expressing gratitude, makes us appreciate the food more, as well as what it took for it to get on your plate. Hence, expressing gratitude also leads to greater joy in the meal, which allows us to enjoy the food much more and this is one of the great secrets of making the year more joyful and successful.
Secret #3:Connecting with the Earth
It means to feel attunement with or deep respect for the natural world.
Benefits of connecting with nature:
❗Breathing.
❗Stress relief.
❗Easing depression and anxiety.
❗Removing toxins from the body such as mold and bacteria.
Secret #4: List of feasible accomplishments for this year
We’re about to start a new year and you know what that means: it’s time to make plans! However, it’s easy to get caught up in the excitement of a new year however, if you make plans and stick to them, this year will be your best one yet. Indeed, this will make your upcoming year: 2022 more joyful and successful.
Hence, If you want to get ahead and stay ahead in the coming year, then you’ll need to follow some simple steps:
❗to figure out what you want to be.
❗resign from your job or find a better one.
❗”talk” to the person you’re interested in more often. maybe even get dinner or something.
❗read these 3 books.
❗workout at least thrice a week.
❗learn something new every week.
Secret #5: Create an Abundance Mindset
Everything we have, whether it be money, shelter, food, family, or friends was given to us by God. Hence, we do not have to search far to find such things because they are always present in our lives.
As a reminder of the abundance you have been given, post gratitude lists around your house and look at them daily. Therefore, remind yourself how blessed you are and that there is more than enough to be grateful for. An abundance mindset is the secret of making the year more joyful and successful.
“Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true.”-Alfred Lord Tennyson
