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Becoming Superhumans
2020 changed the external world. As a constantly evolving and improving species, we not only needed to adapt quickly to maintain the order from our pre-covid days but to do so better with more efficiency than before. There still were 24 hours in a day, but our day to day lives rearranged so that we were all gifted with the greatest gift in the world: extra time. Most of us felt the spiritual responsibility to make the most out of this time -- to change our lives around, to get ahead, do things we always wanted to, to get better, or perhaps even simply enjoy the present. It has been a life-changing year for some, for others not so much, but we can all agree that it has been more peculiar than any of the years anyone has experienced in our time here on Earth thus far.
By Monsoon Pandey6 years ago in Motivation
Opening The Blinds
How old are you? I ask myself, as I stare in the mirror, in ironic surprise, with my mouth wide open and hand on my cheek. I mutter I can't believe that I lived this long! I can’t believe that my children are as old as they are. Time flies. I laugh at myself as, I find myself calling my older sister who is 11 months my senior and asking her how old she is, and she, in turn, begins to laugh, saying, I truly stopped counting, until someone reminds me. Like you. We calculate and both say, Nooo! that can’t be! It even gets funnier, when My stubbornness to accept reality, leads me to call my mother. Every time, she lovingly scolds me by letting out a shame on you sigh and saying, “ooh”, you should know how old you are. My goodness, you know you are catching up to me." It opens the heavy blinds that were darkening my perception of the blessings of growing older, and it allows me to exhale and tease my mom back, while admiring how she remains ever young. The contagious laughter allows the light to come in. And that’s peace for me. Believe it or not, as I journeyed through my life I have come to realize starting around the age of 40, that I shut out the thought of aging, which began my moments of amnesia. While in all actuality what was going on with me was that I purposefully closed my ears and eyes to the confirmation of my increasing age. Why? What caused me to have certain years of regret or years of denying my birthday to come. Time? Yes, time. Time flies!
By Chandra Davis6 years ago in Motivation
Speak With My Voice
The beginning of every year is a ritual for a fresh start. It's a time to visualize where you want to go, and who you want to be. Articles are written, habits redefined, and even kids in school write out resolutions for their assignments. A restart is setting an intentional direction, and moving in one direction ensures that one can improve over time.
By Erin Smith6 years ago in Motivation
'Life in a Day 2020' Review — Beautifully Simple
Ten years after the original Life in a Day documentary, we are getting the sequel we never knew we needed. Kevin Macdonald directs Life in a Day 2020. This documentary is comprised entirely of crowdsourced footage sent by people all around the world, filmed on one day: July 25, 2020.
By Jonathan Sim6 years ago in Motivation
Not Your Typical New Year's Resolutions
What do you think of when you hear the words 'New year's resolution'? My mind wanders to the ones that people around us talk about the most; improving diets, getting in shape, or shiny new budget plans to save more. I think of some friends' plans to redecorate their living rooms and others courageously sharing how they'll be going back to college to chase a dream that was once upon a time thought to be unattainable. And while all of those are perfectly sound aspirations to have at the beginning of a new year, I cannot help but feel like something's missing. It's like a jigsaw puzzle that's so close to being finished only for you to find out that the last piece is misplaced. In this case the missing piece would be self acceptance.
By Rabeea6 years ago in Motivation
Weighing Me Down
Identifying My Weights The interesting thing about 2020 is all of the reflective time we had due to being on state mandated lock down, if we took full advantage of the "opportunity" to reflect. I did. I had plenty of time to reflect. December 31 was no different - we couldn't go anywhere to celebrate in the usual New Year's Eve fashion - church for Watch Night Service and then a party for some dancing. Not 2020; nope 2020 was different. My eyes hurt from reading all things news and social media. Read, reflect. Read, reflect. Read some more, reflect - you get the drift. One particular read, reflect cycle led me to an Instagram (IG) Influencer's page, @theshelahmarie, where her challenge was to not make resolutions or goals - but to focus on "after the goal"; to connect to the feeling of accomplishing the resolution/goal. Completely hooked!!! In my reflecting on this new way to create resolutions, I came up with two questions to get me started: What did I want to feel different about and what did I want to feel?
By Belinda Preacher6 years ago in Motivation
The year I've joined the Army singing
With the ugly things going on around, and with no particular reason for expressing happiness in my existence either, I’m not at all in a mood for singing. I also think that my life has got enough routine and strict structure into it. Practically four days of seven from my week are running according to a detailed diary. However, knowing these very well, I've decided to choose a militarised approach and start singing in the process despite any negative feelings.
By GABRIELA LUPU6 years ago in Motivation
The little things are the big things
If I had a dollar who everytime I started a New Year and saw a resolution that said - "Save money", "Lose weight", or "More self-care", I would not still be waiting on my unemployment check from August of 2020. Don't get me wrong, making resolutions can be life-changing for a lot of people, some DO save money, lose weight, and incorporate more self-care that changes their entire life and I applaud those people, I really honestly do. However, my mindset has always moved toward get gradually better, start with small things, think about one thing a day that could make it better or more manageable. My "resolutions" for the Year 2021 go as follows:
By Kam6 years ago in Motivation
Never Cage a Butterfly
I was never one to stick with New Year’s resolutions. They play out the same every year: a motivating boost of energy which fades away like the tip of an eraser in early January, correcting the continuous mistakes of writing the previous year on paper. Interestingly enough, that is a perfect example of making or breaking a habit: using the same four numbers over and over to signify at what point we exist in time and then, all of a sudden, the year changes. The four-number sequence that you knew as the present is now a part of the past, so you break a year-long habit of writing “2020”, and start fresh writing “2021”.
By Christian McSweeney6 years ago in Motivation
