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Is it too far into the year to tell you Happy New Year? It
feels like 2020 has gotten off to a sleepy start for me, personally. I had one
writing assignment to wrap up from the end of 2019, and now that it’s done, I
can catch my breath and do some reflecting and planning. I went through my
calendar/planner from 2019 and jotted down notable events and thought about the
accompanying emotions. It was a full year.
I’d still like to set some new goals, and do some additional fun visualizing stuff—and hopefully, I’ll get to that soon. I’ve been jotting down possibilities, and will fill out my “20 for 2020” list to hang on my bulletin board. (Make your own, or download a free printable, like this one—no affiliation.)
I’d still like to set some new goals, and do some additional fun visualizing stuff—and hopefully, I’ll get to that soon. I’ve been jotting down possibilities, and will fill out my “20 for 2020” list to hang on my bulletin board. (Make your own, or download a free printable, like this one—no affiliation.)
If you’re still in a contemplative mood, here are a few
recent Internet discoveries I’ve found thought-provoking or otherwise worthwhile:
While the New Year is already here, you can always decide to
get rid of one (or more) of these “8 Things to Get Rid of Before the New Year."
One very simple way to review the old year and approach the
new year, from Sandra Pawula’s (Always Well Within) Wild Arisings newsletter:
“I began the 2019 review process informally a few weeks ago by jotting down a heading in my journal called ‘Good Things 2019.’ I placed things on the list as they came to me day-by-day day. I also put in a second heading around the same time called ‘Let Go Of 2019,’ which I approached in a similar fashion.”
I love this quote, from Rainbow Rowell
When you make your list of things to do in the new
week/month/year, do you plan for joy, not just work or accomplishment?
According to, Ingrid Fetell Lee, author of Joyful, we should! In “Planfor Joy, Not Just Goals,” she writes,
“When we’re children, joy seems effortless because someone has planned it for us. As we get older, we can either believe that life has gotten less joyful, or we can take charge of planning it for ourselves.”
She continues later in the post,
“Scheduling in joy is making a promise to yourself that it will actually happen. Productivity experts suggest putting everything that matters to you on your calendar. If you schedule business meetings and exercise, you are calling these out as important. So why not also give your joy this same weight by putting game nights or reading before bed into your calendar too?”
I’ve already started participating in the Unread Shelf Project. Things have Gotten Out of Hand in the purchased-but-not-yet-read yet
book department.
It wouldn’t be Link Love without a post from Raptitude.
Check out “How to Go Deeper in 2020.” Deeper was my word of the year in 2017
and I’m tempted to revisit it.
Just discovered the delightful NPR Tiny Desk Concerts. I hadn’t heard of 99 percent of the musicians represented here, but I’ve enjoyed every tiny concert I’ve listened to.
What are some of your plans for 2020? I’d love to hear
about them in the comments.