Happy New Year to all readers! Let’s try and make it so, anyway.
I toasted the New Year in with the intention to make it a positive year even though there are so many negative things happening in the world. I hadn’t had any particular plans originally, it was just going to be a pretty quiet evening. But things took an unexpected turn.
On the way home, I met a couple of co-workers and asked them what their plans were for the evening. I thought they’d certainly be on their way to some party. In fact, they were just going to spend the evening alone at their apartments.
So I invited them to come back and have dinner with us. They were up for that and the house was well provisioned, so we had an impromptu social time talking about our lives.
Everyone agreed that the world is not looking good, but this beginning to the New Year seemed auspicious in that instead of having contemplated things alone, we formed a bond from this chance meeting and sharing of memories from the past and plans for the future.
I have a feeling that the next twelve months are going to be eventful. There’s going to be a lot to ingest and transcend emotionally.
Sometimes, when you can’t really affect the big things in life, it’s important to take comfort and stability from small things in life. I plan to do so, and to write a lot more about it on this blog.
Around the time of my last birthday, I decided to spend regular time playing my guitar and learning with the Yousician musical tutoring and practise app.
I did stay on course pretty assiduously, and achieved some 240 days of musicality, as Yousician calls it – a day of musicality is a day you play for at least a certain amount of time.
It wasn’t the first time I’d used Yousician, but it was the first time I practised so continously and regularly. I started Yousician’s lessons from Level #1 in spring time and ended 2024 at Level #6 and on the way to Level #7.
I want to write more about Yousician and how best to use it.
Also expect some articles about life views and spirituality with a New Age Agnosticism slant.
One resolution is to up my level in German.
One strategy is to take daily time for relaxation, exercise and self-development. Filling your life with positive things helps you deal with the negativity we get exposed to everyday.