I've been thinking a lot about the value of experience and experiences.
What good is an achievement if the process of achieving hasn't improved you as a person?
What good is a degree if you haven't learnt anything?
What good is a relationship if you haven't become a better partner?
On that note.
What good was 2016 if we can't be better in 2017?
Where is the value in one day if we can't use that experience to be better the next?
If you look at Facebook right now, the negativity around 2016 will make you choke on your rusk and spill your coffee. Status after status about how we are so happy to see the back of 2016. We default to the lowlights of the year, the disappointments and the "world is falling apart" view.
Then we make new year's resolutions that we don't stick to. We do the same next year, over and over. We do it because it's normal, not because it works.
I propose a different way of doing things.
Let's reflect on 2016.
Let's reflect on the highlights. Our favourite events and experiences.
Let's reflect on the bold decisions we made. The choices that made us feel alive.
Let's look at the experiences that enriched our lives. The experiences that challenged us and made us dig deep to understand ourselves. Let's reminisce on those experiences - take active lessons from them to make us better people going into the new year.
So, 2017.
Our glass should be so full of hope that it spills over and messes our proverbial jeans. Let's be stupidly ambitious.
Why can't we make this year our own?
Why can't we achieve our 10 year plan in the next 365 days?
Let's be excited. A clean slate. Every mistake you made in 2016 no longer exists.
We go again...
