“Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.”—James Allen
Disappointed in 2020 and hoping for a better new year? Nothing wrong with that—as long as one is not lamenting the past and going forward without a plan.
We should have learned a lot in 2020. What will we do different in 2020 (i.e., in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic)?
There is much to consider going forward: personal and public health, job and financial security, education (systemic), how we operate businesses, how we govern (and want to be governed). We have to decide what freedoms we will yield for the sake of the common good and which we must fight to keep. We consider what is in our locus of control and what is not. Above all we have to decide who we want to be in 2020.
Dream lofty dreams, but take action. Do not consider writing New Year Resolutions without the intent of succeeding. Moreover, do not do so without a plan.
Twenty-twenty may have been hard, but hard should have made us stronger. Who knows what 2021 will be like? We can only know what we want of the new year and act accordingly. Change. Grow. Take charge. Embrace every opportunity (i.e., challenge) that 2021 will bring. Dream of who you shall become, and become that person.
Be your best today; be better tomorrow.
Carpe momento!