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Planning for 2021 with XMind
Tags: Xmind, Productivity, New Year, Planning, Schedule

Finally! We’ve made it to the end of 2020 and now it’s time for us to look back upon the past 2020 and plan for an exciting new year. Though the year 2020 has been an unpredictable challenge for everyone, we encourage you to stay positive, accept unforeseen changes and control what you can. Today, we’d like to take you on our way of planning for 2021 with XMind. A 2021 planning template will be provided for you to download at the end as well! The power of planning, as we believe, motivates us to fight and win life’s battles.

How I Lived My 2020? A Reflection.

Before planning for a new year, it’s always important to look back at what you’ve planned, achieved, and failed to achieve during the past year. My goals in 2020, unsurprisingly, were not all completed due to the sudden worldwide pandemic. So, I reviewed the list of goals and highlighted the uncompleted ones which will be added to the new year’s goal list again.

How to Live My 2021? Vision & Goals.

Vision

YouTubers often save pages for a vision board when bullet journaling. What is the vision? Why do we need vision to start the planning of a new year? Although its meaning varies individually, I believe a vision is about a person’s attitude/faith on how to live a new year. What’s your prioritization and focus in 2021? Happiness, growth, challenge, learning are common themes. A vision can be a quote you like, words of encouragement, a photo of place you like or anything that simply inspires you. Take my vision for example, last year I wrote a quote by Mandy Hale, “Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.”

Goals

When you have a vision and a theme for 2021, then it’s time to set yearly goals (for different areas of your life). Life areas include study, work, skills, personal development, finance and more. List goals to achieve under each section and assign steps/tasks that needed to be done each month during the planning part in yearly timeline. For goal-setting, we’ve introduced the SMART principle to follow in the previous article.

How to Plan for My 2021? A Planning Template by XMind.

To save your time outlining for a new plan structure, we’ve graphed a 2021 planning template in XMind. This template includes sections of vision, goals and plans (divided in months). Simple but comprehensive. Feel free to make any personal changes to it after downloading!

We hope this template is useful for you to start planning for 2021. We appreciate your continuous support and love for XMind in year 2020 and look forward to spending a wonderful year with you soon.
21 new year resolution ideas
By: Shivam Gautam
Tags: New Years Resolutions, New Year Celebration, New Year Resolution, New Year, New Year 2021

The new year is coming. It is not just a time when the calendar will change to 2021, the new year motivates us to have something new with us. New plans for the future, new resolutions to us, could adopt a new lifestyle, or even we could start a new life. Without wasting time let’s go on the list where we discuss the top 21 new year resolution ideas. Let’s make some achievable goal for us.

Let’s start

21 New year resolution ideas

1. Don’t give up this year

2. Be more strong

3. Achieve perfect sleeping schedule

4. Stop procrastination

5. Make work/life balance

6. Stop time-wasting

7. Break up with your bad habits

8. Read more books

9. Be more kind

10. Clean negativity

11. Meditation each day

12. Take care of yourself

13. Don’t waste your resources

14. Eat less junk

15. Reduce alcohol intake

16. Save money

17. Work on dreams

18. Try new things

19. Write your daily accomplishment

20. Strength your personal relationship

21. Take control of your life

Read in details on hopesmate.com click on the link to know more about the new resolution ideas
Days in Between
By: Current Sana
Tags: Poem, Poetry, New Year, Writing, Writer

By: Current Sana

What fun Christmas it had been

Now we have the days in between

Some wonder if these days count

For Santa’s naughty or nice list amount

I like to think these are free days

To contemplate & reflect on how we set our ways

These days may most likely be ignored

They probably wouldn’t be on Santa’s records

Being nice doesn’t always get you a prize

But being naughty does come with its appropriate price

So the days in between Christmas & the new year

Are days to prep to shift in our new gears

There are six more days til a new chapter begins

So shake hands with the losses & acknowledge the wins.
thirst
By: Patty Brown
Tags: Poem, Poetry, Hope, New Year, Spring

the tree is still up

with lights

and a star

the new year

is a stone’s throw away

not very far

i am already

walking towards

a new spring

i watch for daffodils

to poke frozen ground

and upside down hellebores

blooming through the frost

the days linger longer

the sun warms my face

it is hope in the light

that quenches

a very dark

lonely

winter’s thirst

as i walk from the gray

into a blue hue

i long for what eludes

in this familiar refrain

so if temperatures plummet

or a snowfall begins

i continue to walk

regardless

i am on this dirt road

into spring

— patty

*****

photo@unsplash
Change your why this New Year!
By: Harsh Maheshwari
Tags: Habit Building, New Years Resolutions, Personal Development, Personal Growth, New Year

Hello, Guys so 2021 was about to start, and wishing you all a Happy and Safe New Year ahead.

So with Every New year, there comes something along and that’s is our New Year Resolutions and I know you might have already learned by living this much of life that this study absolutely true.

A study done by the University of Scranton says only 8 percent of people actually achieve their New Year’s resolutions

Now I have an exercise for you guys just writing on a page one thing you want to do this year and why you want to do it

Like for me is I had left my writing habit after my High School and from last 2 year I am making New Year resolutions that will start writing this year or will follow this habit along this year with me.

2020 has given us its share of pain as well as learning. so what I learned this year that made me draft my first official writing even before the new year came is we just need to change our why.

For Example, I started going for GYM because I wanted to look good and have a decent physique and as every newbie, I just drop from the gym after 15 days so at that time I wasn’t able to concentrate why wasn’t able to complete or follow it along so 2020 has so much of me-time that I started to think and experiment to change my thought process. So before my why for writing is to write well so people will like it and due to that I wasn’t able to draft a single post for the last 2 years and now my why is I want to write because I like it.

So let’s come back to our exercise so now after reading this article just write to you why again according to you.

The chance of you fulfill your new year resolution have been increased already

Hope you enjoyed it.

Harsh.
10 Comedies for New Year’s Eve At Home
By: Becca Mahoney
Tags: New Years Eve Party, New Years Eve, Movies, New Year, Family

Not sure what to do on New Year’s Eve this year? Take it from someone who was social distancing before it was cool: New Year’s Eve at home is where it’s AT.

Though I’ll be watching Christmas movies straight through New Year’s, sometimes it’s fun to watch a non-Christmas comedy during my movie marathon until midnight. These ten suggestions for comedies will have you entering the new year with a smile on your face.

1. Jack & Jill (2011)

Jack & Jill is a Hanukkah/NYE movie — perfect for your home-for-the-holidays New Year’s. It’s also got Adam Sandler x 2.

2. Snow Day (2000)

This winter-themed Nickelodeon comedy from 2000 follows two siblings’ quest to have the best snow day ever. (With Chevy Chase.)

3. Instant Family (2018)

This movie has Christmas in the movie, but it’s not a Christmas movie. It’s hilarious AND heartwarming, about Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne adopting three kids through foster care.

4. Nacho Libre (2006)

This classic comedy about Jack Black as a wrestling monk is guaranteed to make the whole family laugh. I quote this movie so much, no one even realizes I’m quoting it anymore. So anyways.

5. Holiday (1938)

When Johnny Case (Cary Grant) tries to marry into the stuffy Seton banking family, his free-thinking plan for his life is challenged…by everyone except Linda Seton (Katharine Hepburn), who gets along with Johnny better than his fiancé does (who is also her sister.)

6. While You Were Sleeping (1995)

While You Were Sleeping takes place over Christmas and New Year’s. Watching Sandra Bullock spend the holidays with the Callaghans always makes me feel Christmassy, no matter the season.

7. Bedtime Stories (2008)

When Skeeter Bronson (a hotel custodian who is the rightful…um, hotel manager of the kingdom) must babysit his niece and nephew, he discovers they have magic powers to bring their bedtime stories to life. This Adam Sandler family movie will have everyone laughing way past midnight.

8. Bringing Up Baby (1938)

This screwball comedy is the most laugh-out-loud classic movie I’ve ever seen. Another screen pairing of Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn, who somehow get tangled together in a careening plot to chase down Hepburn’s pet leopard…really stressing out Cary Grant in the process.

9. Mall Cop (2009)

While the movie is set at Thanksgiving, the post-holiday shopping stress might remind one of the days after Christmas. And when you have Kevin James, does it really matter what holiday it is? Also check out Mall Cop 2.

10. Zookeeper (2011)

If you can’t tell already, I really love Kevin James movies. In this one, he’s a zookeeper who wants to get his old girlfriend back (who doesn’t appreciate him for who he is). There are talking animals. It’s not (that) weird.
5 Happy New Year 2021 Party Ideas
By: Garry Williamson
Tags: Happy New Year, New Year Party, New Year Resolution, New Year, Party Planning

Happy New Year 2021 Party Ideas

It’s that point of the 12 months while we get dressed up and get all dolled as much as birthday celebration difficult in order that we are able to bid good-bye to the 12 months and welcome the brand new 12 months with a brand new beginning.

However, matters are specific now and everybody is vigilant approximately the coronavirus pandemic however we cannot be extra excited to welcome the New Year 2021 due to the fact as all of us realize 2020 become one hell of 12 months however we need to birthday celebration and live secure on the equal time. The most effective manner to do that is via way of means of throwing a residence birthday celebration and restricting the visitors so you can experience yourself at your great via way of means of reducing the danger of coronavirus.

Here we’ve got made a listing of five matters that you could do to make your birthday celebration rocking and taking place via way of means of staying secure on the residence:

1. Dress Up

First matters first! Do now no longer neglect about to get geared up due to the fact it is that point of the 12 months and who does now no longer like to get dolled up despite the fact that you’re going to live at domestic, your buddies are nonetheless going to sign up for you. So cross order that gets dressed that you’ve got been trying for goodbye or simply take out that birthday celebration gets dressed out of your cloth cabinet and keep in mind to put on the mask, despite the fact that few human beings are going to acquire at your residence, your protection is for your palms so why now no longer.

2. Plan a digital birthday celebration

The great manner to live secure is to host a digital birthday celebration and invite as many as buddies you need at the video name and get the party on. You can talk, dance, and vibe via way of means of seeing every different on-display screen and it’s going to include no human touch so that you are secure from the outer international and there may be some other plus factor that now in case you get too inebriated you could be at domestic and also you do not want to rise up in remorse the opposite morning. So, cheers! for that.

3. Movie night time

Invite your two-3 near buddies for a film night time and rise up all night time even as looking at films is a notable manner to welcome in 2021, so make certain that your Netflix is operating nice and you’re done.

4. Make a cocktail

A new 12 months’ eve cannot simply do without a cocktail so it is the time to get on well and make a cocktail. Add anything liquids you need to feature in it, you could even upload cherry garnish on the pinnacle of it to feature the cultured and you’re geared up to take the charge.

5. Toast! Toast! Toast!

Take out that champagne bottle and lift a pitcher only for your self due to the fact you made it all of the manners here, you deserve it, you’re able to it so this complete toast is only for you. To upload the appeal and feels have it withinside the announcement glass.
After Darkness Comes the Light
By: Backroad Packers
Tags: Winter Solstice, Travel Writing, Mental Health, Covid 19, New Year

So while 2020 didn’t turn out the way we had hoped, we still can’t necessarily write it off as a “bad” year. In truth, it was actually quite fun. We had different, new, unexpected experiences. While our travels didn’t come to fruition, we instead got to explore more of our home state of Colorado — and even move to one of the cutest towns in the state, Crested Butte.

Lately, we have had a lot of discussions on how it is sometimes too easy for us, and humans in general, to focus on the negative. As humans our brains seem hardwired to only think about what went wrong, not what went right.

While the year isn’t over quite yet — we still have a few more days before officially ringing in the New Year — we have officially passed the Winter Solstice. Which means days are getting longer, the sun is rising earlier, and the temperatures are starting to rise (kind of). So while it is still winter, especially here in the mountains of Colorado, the light is just around the corner — both realistically and metaphorically.

So here is to 2020, a year that challenged us. Pushed our limits. And made us see just how strong we really are. And here is to hoping (praying) 2021 is a little bit brighter.
Happy holy-days (or holidays)!
By: Esther Kalaba
Tags: Solstice, Fire, Holy, Love Yourself, New Year

The practice of tending to the fire in dark times: A solstice invocation.

Whatever is the religious denomination or spiritual practice that you do or do not uphold, this time of year in the Northern hemisphere is one where there is more darkness than light. And every day from winter solstice onwards, we are invited to behold and welcome in light increasing.

I see the work of this time of year akin to making fire in the traditional way of rubbing sticks together. After a lot of friction, (and sometimes sweat depending on your degree of agility in the endeavour), the wood miraculously and magically births a tiny hot little ember, requiring all the care and attention of a newborn, to be carried and nested in the tinder readily awaiting to receive it.

It is the power of your breath,

blown on the ember,

which then ignites a small flame.

This is how to make fire.

Making fire requires a quietness of spirit, someone who is adept at listening and attending to the signs, responding with the right combination of preparation, waiting, and a kind of tenderness mixed in with action.

We need to be delicate with small, fragile things.

While many have forgotten these ways, opting instead for the efficiency of using a lighter or match, to some the making of fire still remains holy. Because when there is little heat or light, and it is cold and dark all around, fire becomes precious. And yet, fire is precious, because it is not always easy to come by. Just like young Vasalisa venturing into the depths of the forest in search of fire after it was put out by her cruel stepmother, we meet the Baba Yaga, as we do whenever we go after anything that is sacred. When we choose to make holy amidst the darkness, the road can be uneven. It is often dark outside, and we are continually tested for our capacity to stay on course.

Remembering and caring for the small ember of our budding flames during this time of darkness is the work.

This solstice make your days Holy by:
New year’s resolution system that works
Tags: New Year Resolution, 2021, Self Development, New Year, New Year Eve

How NOT to set goals:

I want to lose weight

I want to save money

I want to exercise more

Why do they fail?

They are not specific (when, how many, etc…)

It’s difficult to track the progress

You forget about them

You set the target too high and quit

How to set the resolutions?

We set a date (to check the progress periodically)

We make them specific (we need to know what to check)

We make them visible (we need to see them to remember and to keep us on track)

We make them flexible (we set a minimum limit)

Step 1 — We create our list of new year’s resolution

For each category from the self-assessment wheel, we set 1–2 resolutions.

We write just the goal, we don’t need to write specific details, yet.

Financial: save money

Spiritual: meditate more often

Physical: workout more often

Intellectual: read more

…

Step 2 — We make the resolutions more specific

We set a target (the date is already set, the whole year), so we can measure our progress. We also set a minimum target.

I will save $3650 (or a minimum of $1800)

I will meditate 1800 minutes (or a minimum of 900 minutes)

I will go to the gym 150 times (or a minimum of 100 times)

I will read 180 hours (or a minimum of 90 hours)

…

We’ve set a date. We can now verify our progress. E.g.: Saving $3650 in a year means saving $10 a day, and $1800 on the 31st of June.

We made them specific (how much, how many, and when).

We made them flexible (e.g.: save $3650 or a minimum of $1800).

Now we need to make them visible.

Step 3 — We make the goals visible

Based on the above system, I have created a tool to generate the print version of the system with your own goals.

You can generate your goal-checking file here, for free:

https://newresolutions.herokuapp.com/

1) You can mark each section with a pen. The grey sections represent the minimum target

2) This vertical line represents 25% percent of the year (31st of March)

3) This vertical line represents 50% of the year. Use this to see if you are on track or not

Benefits of printing your goals:

You check the sections as soon as you finish them

It’s more visual, you can measure your progress in real-time. Also, they look like a progress bar that is loading more and more, getting you closer to achieving your goals

You can place the papers somewhere you can see them every single day, making it easier for you to remember to stay on track

Rezolutii de anul nou

Generate your list here: https://newresolutions.herokuapp.com/

Setting and reaching your goals is a long-term game. In the first year, reaching your goals is more important than the goal itself. In the following year, you will know yourself better and you can set the target higher.
12 New Years Resolutions for keeping your computer, your identity and your money safe in 2021
By: Rick Rouse
Tags: Computers, Windows 10, New Year Resolution, Virus, New Year

Well, the year 2021 is just around the corner.

And after the year we endured in 2020 I’m hoping 2021 turns out to be the best one ever for you.

As you know, hackers and scammers are busier than ever, always on the prowl for ways to steal your identity and separate you from your hard-earned money.

With that in mind, here are 12 New Years Resolutions that can help protect you and your valuable assets (both tangible and otherwise) while you’re online:

1 — I resolve to install Windows updates and updates to my software programs and mobile apps as soon after they are released as possible.

2 — I resolve to remember that I NEVER have to pay to update the drivers for the components and peripherals that are either inside or attached to my computer. I’ll remember that if someone tells me that a driver must be purchased, it’s a scam.

3 — I resolve to install a high-quality anti-virus program such as Avast Antivirus on my computer, keep it updated at all times, and use it to scan my system at least once a week.

4 — I resolve to seek a second opinion once every month after my Antivirus scan tells me that my system isn’t infected.

5 — I resolve to install a high-quality antivirus app such as AVG for Android on all of my Android devices.

6 — I resolve to avoid falling victim to fraudulent emails by never clicking any of the links in an email or text message unless I know with 100% certainty that the link is safe and legit. I’ll go directly to the website in question and log in and/or access the page from there instead.

7 — I resolve to enable two-factor authentication on all of my online accounts that support it.

8 — I resolve to avoid the numerous Facebook scams that are constantly making the rounds on there.

9 — I resolve to change all of my important passwords to passwords that secure, yet easy to remember.

10 — I resolve to choose security questions for my online accounts that are impossible to guess.

11 — I resolve not to believe anyone who calls me on the phone claiming they’re from Microsoft or Apple and that my computer is infected with malware. These companies will NEVER call you with such a claim. It just won’t happen. And they won’t tell you to call them in a pop-up message either!

12 — I resolve to never send sensitive personal or financial information to ANYONE via email. Instead, I’ll send it to them by either typing it into a secure form on the recipient’s website or by calling them on the phone at a number that I know 100% to be legit.

There you have it. Those are my 12 New Years Resolutions for keeping my personal and financial information out of the hands of hackers and scammers during the new year.

Do you have one that you feel should be added to the list?

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Send a Funny Greeting Card to a Friend
Tags: Holidays, Christmas, New Year, Halloween, Easter

One that makes them pee their pants

darksouls1/Pixabay

When I buy greeting cards for special occasions, I usually search for funny ones, although that depends on the person I’m sending it to. There are friends and family that have no sense of humor. They usually get something flowery from me.

A couple of years ago, I found a funny Christmas card in a grocery store. I opened it and stood in the aisle of the store, laughing out loud. Right away, I knew it was for my friend, Linda, who has a great sense of humor.

Linda called me the day she received it. She said she picked up the mail in the mailbox as she went to her car to go shopping. Before starting the engine, she decided to read the mail. She opened my card, read the front of it, read what was inside, and laughed so hard that she peed her pants. She had to go back in the house to change.

I’ll try to remember what the card said, but I probably won’t do it justice. On the front, it said:

I bought you one of those cards that play music, but the dog ate it.

When you opened the card, it showed a dancing dog, and Jingle Bells played, and it said:

Now every time he farts, he plays Jingle Bells.

I had the laugh meter turned on. You responded to that in one of two ways. First response:

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That was really stupid.

Or, maybe you thought:

geralt/Pixabay

That was hilarious!
Top 5 Things to do on Christmas Day
By: Udayakumar Mathivanan
Tags: Christmas, New Year

First of all a very happy Merry Christmas and Holidays to all of my readers and viewers. Sincere thanks to each one for supporting me and my articles.

Merry Christmas

It hasn’t been a normal Christmas here. It hasn’t been a normal year anywhere in the world.

The Coronavirus pandemic has put everything on a bind. Travelling has become restricted as is meeting with extended family members and friends. But that shouldn’t come in the way of making things bright and merry for your loved ones. Here are five things to do brighten the joyous occasion.

Baked gifts

I am a big fan of gifts and would suggest my readers , that the warm and inviting smell of freshly baked cakes and cookies is unavoidable during Christmas. There is probably no better gift idea than sending some nicely wrapped homemade cakes and cookies to distant family members and friends. Use the vanilla essence or add some dark chocolate chips, flavoured syrups on the dough and you are good to go. One can also add some rum in the recipe to pack in some extra zing.

Cookies Recipes

Click here for some amazing recipes

2. Warm Clothes

I always like to stich my own shirt and pant, Weave some nice warm sweaters for your precious tykes and the fine and wise elderly folk at home. Better not forget the spouses either, lest they feel left out. Caps and gloves can be woven quicker and are great as gift items as well.

Click here for some interesting choices

What to wear on Christmas

3. Create a tradition that connects you with your inner child.

To balance out the adult-themed tradition you just created, try one that reconnects you with what’s fun about Christmas for kids. This could be something like making pancakes in the shape of your initials on Christmas morning, decorating cookies, making Christmas ornaments, dressing up, or whatever reminds you of why you found Christmas fun as a kid.

Traditional Dress

4.Give yourself more time to get things done.

Since it’s easy to underestimate how long things will take, try allowing yourself 20–25% more time over and above the length of time you expect any task to take. This will allow you to have more fun with whatever it is you’re doing, rather than rushing and feeling time-crunched.

You can recapture this additional time by simplifying and streamlining e.g., making one less dish for your holiday table, or allowing a guest to bring the dessert.

5.See a holiday parade.

Very few of us will ever see the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in person, so it’s always fun to find your local flavor of the parade with festive floats, marching bands playing Christmas carols and Santa bringing up the rear.

Merry Christmas once again !!! till that see you all
Dear 2020,
By: Devika Gupta
Tags: Covid 19, 2020, New Year

Where do I start? You were supposed to be a year full of fortuitous adventures. You were the year that I used to look up to. The year when I would finally reach my accomplishments and achieve my personal goals. But just look at me right now. I’m locked up in my house wondering when this pandemic will finally be behind us. So many events took place this year that it’s hard to keep track of them all. But they don’t even begin to compare to the looming shadow that Covid-19 has brought upon us all. Millions of people are dying, families are breaking apart yet life goes on.

You have a lot to apologize for. There are so many things that you took away from us. Things we used to enjoy along with numerous people. Festivals, concerts, celebrations, presentations, sporting events and so much more. You took away the memories we could have made, the freedom we could have had, milestones we could have passed.

Despite all of this, I believe that this is all happening for a reason. I would like to think that there is a way out for those that are clever enough to find it. You see, the Egyptians believe in the power of the sunrise. They believe each morning begins not just a new day, but a new world. Life is self-flickering, darkness is self-imposed, isn’t it? And so, I am waiting for that silver lining to come and grace us with its gorgeous presence.

After a period of one year, I think I am finally starting to see through your facade. Maybe this is your way of trying to teach us something. Maybe there is a point that you want to prove. Maybe this is your way of challenging us or getting us to change our mindset. And I am happy to say that going through this phase has taught me a lot about myself and life. I realize now that you can’t just wait for a perfect moment, you need to take a moment and make it perfect. There is no telling where life will take us, so you have to make every opportunity count. You really taught me the flip-side of life. After all is said and done, perhaps I judged you a little too harshly. Perhaps you were only trying to make the world a better place. So, thank you. Thank you for all that you have taught me. But, I sincerely hope that you 2021, will turn out to be a better year. Please show us that hope is the greatest weapon in the world. That we can achieve anything and everything if our minds are open and our hearts are pure. Encourage us to break the status quo and define ourselves as we choose. I’m rooting for you.

Yours truly,

Just another believer :)
End of year unwind: It’s okay to sit and acknowledge just how difficult a year it’s been
By: Siddiqa Yusuf
Tags: Spirituality, Mental Health, Wellbeing, New Year, Islam

It’s time we took that sometimes daunting, but almost always, rewarding journey of greeting ourselves where we are. Not where we were, or will be, but truly seeing ourselves in this very present moment. It’s time to acknowledge and congratulate you — the you that has survived such a rough and turbulent time — because that really and truly is an immeasurable triumph.

Before we rush into the buzz and usual culture around new years: the goal setting, the planning, the eagerness to see how much we can do — and that almost always being through the lens of how society and the state measures our ‘productivity’ or ‘usefulness’. Before all of that, the sheer amount of things we have had to experience, the unprecedented sequence of events, begs us to pause, contemplate and reflect.

We can’t allow ourselves to rush into the future… without meeting ourselves in the present.

“There’s so much to unwrap.”

There’s so much that we are carrying. Unaware of how this just accumulates over time, we’re programmed to just “get on” with life, “take it on the chin” and move on with a (very British) stiff upper lip. We’re programmed to always be thinking of the next thing, the next thing, always chasing more and more, so we can feel we’re somewhat productive bodies.

But I ask you, how do you move?….Like that. How do you breathe? without shedding off the dead weight?

Any goal setting or looking to the future, without the mindful practice of self observance, will almost always inevitably lead to collapse and leave us completely burnt out. But when we contemplate on our current state of mind, body and soul we are paying careful attention to the things we forgot, the things we buried deep inside of us. So I invite and encourage you all to sit, quieten the mind in tafakkur (reflection/contemplation) and tathakkur (remembrance). Take real loving and gentle care of yourself. Let’s close the year with an unwind and a compassionate review.
LOOKING BACK IS MOVING FORWARD!!!
Tags: Relationships, Love, Inspiration, Relationships Love Dating, New Year

LOOKING BACK IS MOVING FORWARD!!!

Hey there, it's been a minute, did you miss us? Well we missed you. Glad to have you here again. In the course of the year we looked at a lot of topics which included intellectual balance, forgiveness, caring, love languages, apology languages, things to know before getting married and a host of others. If you ask me it's been an insightful year. We've learnt a lot but the question is did we really use what we learnt? You see, the true test of knowledge or wisdom when acquired is seen in it's use to solve the problems we face daily.

We've come a long way together and since this is the last post of the year, it's only right that we think back and reflect. Now we are not thinking back or reflecting to make us feel bad but to see where we went wrong with our loved one. What we could and should have done differently, In retrospect, you need to start analysing the way you behaved to your loved one, was it right? How would you have felt if they responded to you that exact way? How else would you have responded to make the situation better. What were the things you said that weren't right.

When a year is winding up we are always advised to prepare for the coming "new" year and we tend to forget something which is essential and it's the life audit, the basic idea is to run through the year mentally in a bid to see where you went wrong and should improve on in the coming year, this has proven to really help make the coming year a better one. Now In our own case we will be doing a "Love" audit.

Run through the year mentally, look back at your responses to situations, your attitude to certain things, the way you treated your loved one... Now Imagine what you should have done instead. Think of better ways to have handled all the numerous situations you must have run through in your mind. Doing this makes it easier to respond better in the coming year.

It's my joy that you have a love life that is beyond reproach and the only way to get this is to do things differently (better). So think upon the shortcoming of the year and plan how to make the coming year a blast. Love is beautiful however Love is also work. Cheers to Happiness, Long life, Joy and unlimited credit alerts above all Cheers to Amazing 2021



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Twenty-Twenty
Tags: New Year 2020, Poem, Poetry, End Of Year, New Year

An End of Year Poem

Twenty-Twenty

Gone were our daily ways this past year

As stories glared loud and true

We could have saved many deadly tears

If they only told us what they knew

We watched as lives were leaving us

Each day the numbers crushed

We tried not making much a fuss

As we wished please not name us

They promised relief was soon at hand

In ways not known before

It may take months to save our clans

As they rushed a Covid-19 cure

Our leaders throw us bones to pick

Their schtick we have known before

In hope that they have found the trick

So we soon can go outdoors

Until this horror ends and we

Can once again hold hands

I pray to he to please hear me

And save our promised land.

— WOLRAD

(A Poem from the Wolrad Collection #64)
Merry Christmas one and all!
By: Matthew Spira
Tags: Holidays, Christmas, Salutation, New Year, Good Cheer

Merry Christmas one and all! My family are mostly atheists (my older sister is technically Jewish) so for us, Christmas is a celebration of family and friends. It’s about taking stock of things and fundamentally expressing an optimism about life. So from me and mine to you and yours:

May next year be a better year than this one!
Happy Holidays!
Tags: Holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, New Year, Family

Happy Holidays!

May this season bring you and your family a little peace. Landy ·Dec 25, 2020

It’s been a challenging year, and unfortunately, many families have empty seats at their tables. But whether your holiday is festive or reflective, I pray you’ll find peace and may your new year be prosperous and vibrant.

Happy Holidays, from my family to yours! ❤
Is there life after 2020?
By: Mahmoud Gawich
Tags: Life, Christmas, New Year

Back in the days, the old Egyptians used to bury their kings in tombs, the body is mummified, preserved and wrapped up in linen, so that the cool king is ready… BU..BU..BUT, Ready for what?

Well, they believed that there will be an afterlife, and the king/the queen will not be longer a king/a queen, they will be promoted, they will be Gods/Goddesses! (Congrats buddies!)

For this new life, they needed more stuff with them, first they are buried in pyramid tombs filled with all they need for the new life, Jewelries, gold, eye liner, manicure, playstation 5, hieroglyphic texts, etc.

Everyone has their own beliefs, thoughts, stereotypes about things, today many thoughts and ideas have been dramatically changed, the way that one looks at things has been changed, the work life, the daily life, how you exercise, how you eat (they say you are what you eat, i think i am Shawrma! :D)

Have you thought that you will work 100% from home? what about your priorities? The way you look at the family and friends? What is the most important for countries, to spend on healthcare or weapons? it turns out that spending on bombs and rockets does not help when it come to facing a tiny virus! :)

I will not write a list of lessons that i have learned and dos and don’ts, i will leave this for a wise woman/man, i am not wise, actually i am far away from that, Just one thing i want to mention is that nothing lasts forever, love, wealth, health (i like this wealth health thing, sounds good :D), money, jobs, family, friends, positions, possessions,… The current and ONLY the current moment matters, say “I love you!” to someone you love; because simply someone should say it to the other, someone you appreciate, you miss (i wish i could! maybe i should ask Jultomten to say it!), i am impressed by this light text which says “TODAY I LOVE YOU”, today!, because simply there might not be tomorrow!

So “Is there life after 2020?”

The answer is: NO!

The way you look at things will not never be the same, if you are a king today, tomorrow you may be something else! Sorry to tell you this, but the life you have known is over!

Happy new year and Merry Christmas, everyone!
24 Achievable New Year’s Resolutions That Will Make You Live Your Best Life In 2021
Tags: Happy New Year, New Year Resolution, 2021, New Year

“Hope

Smiles from the threshold of the year to come,

Whispering ‘it will be happier’…”

― Alfred Lord Tennyson

“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes.

Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’re doing things you’ve never done before, and more importantly, you’re Doing Something.

So that’s my wish for you, and all of us, and my wish for myself. Make New Mistakes. Make glorious, amazing mistakes. Make mistakes nobody’s ever made before. Don’t freeze, don’t stop, don’t worry that it isn’t good enough, or it isn’t perfect, whatever it is: art, or love, or work or family or life.

Whatever it is you’re scared of doing, Do it.

Make your mistakes, next year and forever.”

― Neil Gaiman

“You’ll never get bored when you try something new. There’s really no limit to what you can do.” — Dr. Seuss

“Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect.” — Alan Cohen

“Never underestimate the power you have to take your life in a new direction.” — Germany Kent
Be A Santa in The Lives of The Underprivileged
By: Debesh Choudhury
Tags: Christmas, New Year, Life, Festivals, Celebration

Try to be the Santa in someone’s life with the spirit of giving and without an expectation of getting something in return!

I wish you all have a Merry Christmas and a safe and healthy New Year!

Join me on Twitter and LinkedIn. Cheers, Debesh Choudhury.
Two Feet
By: Peter Finkle
Tags: Reading, Cats, Winter, Poetry Sunday, Marriage

Two Feet

My love and I

stretch out on the couch together,

toe to toe,

our legs covered by a cozy blanket

this cold winter morning.

Light streams in the window at our side.

Leaves flutter by from oak branch to ground

as I read aloud to her

a tense chapter from The Hobbit.

My left hand grows chill;

I slide it under the blanket

to find and hold her warm foot at my side.

To my surprise,

I find two feet

side by side:

my sweetie’s 5-toed foot wearing a fuzzy sock

and

a slender 4-toed foot with built-in furry sock.

Our cat GG is hiding under the blanket.

Stretched out the length of Kathy’s leg,

her soft paw helps warm my chill hand.
Cats are the kings of the household, and as any good monarch would, they have created a list of…
Tags: Money, Cats, Love, Catlover, Kittens

Cats are the kings of the household, and as any good monarch would, they have created a list of rules for all living in their kingdom. Us measly humans are expected to obey these rules to the very end.

Here are the 9 commandents that your cat will be only too happy to remind you about should you put a foot out of line!

1😺. Wherever you are, there I shall be

You cat enjoys being close to your side, even if you don't interact all the time. He'll scratch the door, meow for you to open it, but be careful of invading his personal space once he's in your presence!

2😺. Wake up at 4am, we will

No more "sleeping in". Your cat won't think twice about pulling you out of a deep sleep to feed or play with him. Any resistance you put up will be futile.

3😺. Empty, the litter box will not stay

Cats are known for being very clean animals, capable of "doing their business" very neatly in one precise spot – the litter box. This spot needs to be thoroughly cleaned after each usage, but that doesn't mean your kitty won't be coming back to do his business again just as soon as you've cleaned up the last one.

4😺. Pet me, you will (but only when it suits me)

Cats are independent animals by nature and will come on their own to get cuddles if they desire. It's war if you try to touch them without fair warning or inviation. You animal will know how to enlighten you.

5😺. Say goodbye to sleep

A kitten will always find a way to entertain himself in the middle of the night. Toys, meowing, chasing his own tail… Luckily, he will get tired eventually and go to sleep. But don't forget rule number 2!

6😺. I shall eat all unsupervised food

Don't leave food out, even for a second, without keeping an eye on it. Cats are quicker than humans and you always have to be on your guard.

7😺. Mine, all mine, clean laundry will be

Your lovely, fresh, warm, clean laundry is like a drug to your cat. He will declare the nearest pile his throne, conquered territory.

8😺. New toys will be bought regularly

What may have seemed fun to your cat yesterday won't necessarily be today. But keep in mind that often an old cardboard box can be more entertaining than an expensive toy.

9😺. Move (or breathe) in your sleep, you shall not

Once your cat has found his comfortable position and settled in for the night, usually on or close to your face, he would like to spend his peaceful night undisturbed. You either have to try and fall asleep in serious discomfort or give up on the idea of sleeping completely (see rules 2 and 5).

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Facts about Siamese Cats
By: Jessica Wilson
Tags: Cats, Siameses, Cats N Things, Cát, Siamese Cats

Facts about Siamese Cats

The Siamese cat is one of the first distinctly identified breeds of Asian cat. These cats were originated in Siam, which was later named as Thailand and was not exported until the late 19th century.

In 1878, U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes and his wife received one of these exotic felines as a gift.

The Siamese have contributed to the creation of several other breeds, including Himalayan, Burmese, Balinese and more.

Description

Their point coloring isn’t the only distinguishing feature of Siamese Cats. Siamese cats have a distinct, wedge-shaped head with large, triangular ears. These cats have a long and slim physique, with longer back legs and a long thin tail. The stunning most feature of this cat is their deep blue eyes with almond-shaped and slightly slanted.

Coat: Short, fine, glossy

Siamese Cat Lifespan: 11 to 15 years

Siamese Cat Weight: Males weighing 11 to 15 pounds and females weighing 8 to 12 pounds

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Over here, on the first ever rainy Christmas Day, we are all for it. But we have to add:
By: Chris Coolsma
Tags: Christmas, Cats, Best Wishes, Fleas, Ticks

Over here, on the first ever rainy Christmas Day, we are all for it. But we have to add:

A. The flea

B. The tick

Two reasons I had to give up cats in our household. My wife simply forbade a next generation, after Doerak, Dolphy, Sien, Miw and Knoop. They all got very old. All died before my eyes on the vet’s table, by the way.

I wish y’all a merrier Christmas and an injection in 2021.
7 Common Reasons Cats are Bathed
By: Britney Matthews
Tags: Cats, Felines, Bath, Kittens, Cat Bath

3. Immobility & Incontinence

Photo by Britney Matthews on Instagram

This is typically for cats that need a little extra love due to age, weight, circumstance, or genetics. When cats get older or become overweight they can lose the motivation or flexibility they once had — making it harder for them to keep themselves clean.

On the hand hand, if the cat has immobility or incontinence its important they receive a bath regularly. In the photo, Scoots is a special needs cat with Manx syndrome and paralyzed back legs making him incontinent. Due to incontinence Scoots will leak urine. So, by giving him a bath we are removing the urine and reducing the risk of scalding.
feral cat
By: Our Town Cats
Tags: Feral Cats, Cats, Feral Kitty

feral cat

what is a feral cat?

A wild cat is a cat that has no contact with humans. They are usually unfair to people. These cats have been born or approach in external life without human contact, living together in organized loose families as colonies. They hunt wildlife in the form of food, including mice, birds, and lizards.

Feral cats having long hair on their skin and having a hazel eye color which is so charming. Male feral cats having an average of 3.9 kg of weight and females having an average of 3.3 kg of weight. And feral cats price is average 50$(₹ 3677.80)
A digital copy is available for purchase. If you’d like to own a copy, buy the ebook at Amazon! Check out other SFF books by the author at Amazon’s author page.
By: J.A. Pak
Tags: Cats, Manga, Comics, Graphic Novel, Sff

A digital copy is available for purchase. If you’d like to own a copy, buy the ebook at Amazon!

Check out other SFF books by the author at Amazon’s author page.
Facts about Maine Coon Cats
By: Jessica Wilson
Tags: Cats, Cats And Dogs, Cats N Things, Maine Coon Cat, Kittens

Facts about Maine Coon Cats

Maine Coon cat is considered the only longhair belonging to the United States. This cat breed was introduced by seamen who sailed into New England.

The cats they carried on their ships most likely left the ship either permanently or just for a little shore leave, bred with the existing native cats, and finally created a breed of their own.

Maine Coon Cats

Description

The Maine Coon cat has a powerful muscular body and strong legs. The head has a squared-off muzzle and large ears held wide and tall. The coat is long and thick and consists of an undercoat covered by a large glossy, waterproof topcoat.

The hair on the head, neck, and shoulders is shorter and increases in length below the back, sides, and tail. There is a ruff, which is at the bottom of the ears and is heavier in males than females.

The tail hair of this cat is long and flowing. This cat breed has a variety of 30 or more colors.

Coat Length: Shorter on the shoulders and longer on the stomach, smooth, shaggy

Maine Coon Cat Lifespan: 9–13 yrs.

Maine Coon Cat Size: Male weighing from 12 to 15 pounds as compared to females weighing from 9 to 12 pounds.

Personality of Maine Coon Cats

These cats are sweet and are very playful and friendly. They enjoy human company and make good pets.

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