📝 New Year, but The Same Me?
It's a new year, yet I remain the same old me.
You can't shed your identity simply because the calendar year changes. These arbitrary numbers have no real connection to your life.
What truly impacts your life? Your choices and actions.
So, regardless of the year, I'd remain the same miserable person unless I choose to change my actions.
That's why I've stopped focusing on New Year's resolutions and started embracing New Year's assessments.
Rather than setting goals and hoping the New Year hype will carry me toward them, I'm reflecting on the actions I should leave behind and considering how to adopt new ones throughout the year.
What do I need to change, and how can I make those changes?
First, I need to let go of my dopamine-driven yet unrewarding activities. This year, I'm focusing on lowering my dopamine threshold and relearning how to find contentment simply by observing my surroundings.
Second, I need to abandon my disorganized routines. While I understand that I can't control every detail of my day, I can at least choose how to spend my personal time. I plan to create "action pools"—lists of at least five activities to choose from at any given moment. I'll select the one that resonates with me at the time and follow the corresponding routine.
Finally, I need to set aside my carefree approach to finances and start focusing seriously on saving and generating income.
I'm sure I'll still be mostly the same me by the end of the year, but hopefully with more subtance as a person and more meaningful changes in my life.