Welcome, 2021 & Cheerio, 2020!
Tags: New Years Resolutions, Life Lessons, Kindness, Growth, Gratitude

The New Year is around the corner, and it excites me more than Diwali ever did. I know, this year was too bad for everyone. Too bad that, people will use it as a swear word someday, like “It’s totally 2020!” or “What the 2020!”

But if you are anything like me (read optimistic), then you would have viewed pandemic and the lockdown as an opportunity to nurture your relationships, to read books, try your hand on cooking or something which you always wanted to do for a long time and to understand yourself better.

This pandemic also taught us that one should be grateful even for the smallest of things because you never know, one moment you have them and the other, you don’t. I am grateful for the air I breathe, the warmth of the sun, the food I eat, a loving family and the list is long. What are you grateful for?

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(If you lost someone close to your heart to this virus, then dearie, I am sorry for your loss. You might be feeling that there is this void in your life. Anything comforting I say might not make a difference right now. But I want you to trust time and give yourself time. Time heals everything. Much love and power to you!)

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So tell me, when you talk about New Year plans with your family and friends, what’s the first thing that pops up in your mind? 31st Night party plans? Or new beginnings? Or is it resolutions?

It’s resolutions for me. I have never been someone who plans for lavish dinners or goes out to a Nightclub and dance like there is no tomorrow, on 31st night.

I like it quiet. Simple. No fancy stuff.

You may call me boring, but I love the idea of bidding goodbye to the current year in peace, reflecting upon the lessons I learnt, the friends I made and the personal progress I achieved, and then call it a year by calling my family & friends at midnight.

What’s your idea of 31st night?

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So, resolutions! My favourite thing about the new year! If it were some other year, my list would have been different from what it is now (also, I would have forgotten about them by the end of February 2021).

It possibly would have included becoming vegetarian, going on a no-added-sugar diet to lose weight, learn to code and cook, do well academically, read n number of novels, begin writing again and so on.

My main resolution for 2021 is to be kind. “Be kind to everyone and kinder to yourself.”

Be kind to others because we know nothing about their lives, the struggles they are in. And being kinder to myself, thanks to 2020 for this one.

If anything 2020 has taught me, then it is the importance of self-love and being healthy (physically, emotionally, mentally), which I have been neglecting for a long time now.

On the sides, I have the following resolutions-

· Respect & be grateful to nature and in general

· Gain health (and not just lose weight)

· Acquire skills (both soft & professional) which will be useful in the long run

· Read books, absorb its essence and implement

· Read financial newspapers regularly

You might feel that the old and new lists of resolutions are no different. It might have escaped your notice, but there is a shift in outlook, making all the difference. A bona fide difference.

I have a broader outlook now. Going beyond your horizons is always a personal upswing. Do you agree with me, here?

Some people think that keeping their resolutions a secret is a better idea because they won’t get fulfilled if anyone knows them.

So, are you of that kind because I am tempted to ask you, “What are your plans for the new year? What things you want to be different for this upcoming 2021?”

I want 2021 to be a progressive and transformative year for everyone and myself, so that, at the end of it, we come out as a better version of ourselves.

2021, I am all ready to welcome you with open arms and cheerio, 2020!