As I live the last hours of 2018, I cannot help but review the past year in my head. It is something I do regularly though, not just on the 31st December. To keep myself in check, I do this little exercise by asking myself one simple question: “Am I still happy with what I spend my time on?”
Time is the most important asset I have, together with my health. Without time I cannot fully enjoy my health and do the magnificent things I know I am capable of and without my health, I risk reducing the time I have. And since I do not know how much time I’m given, I do not like to waste it!
Looking back on 2018 three events jump out:
1 – Meeting my new love – and still be with him almost one year later
2 – My solo journey around the world in 50 days, a truly awesome experience.
3 – Having my foster girls with me for two months which was a source of many lessons and insights on (m)otherhood.
I’m happy to conclude I have spent my time well, very few regrets on that side. The one regret I do have, is that I have somewhat neglected my health, something I intend to repair in the next few months.
To my direct family and friends I’d like to say: you are few, but very important and I have not always shown this. My apologies to you comes hand in hand with the promise to do better!
It is now time to bid farewell to 2018 and to welcome 2019! The new year promises an equally new direction. I have not yet worked out the exact path of this new direction nor its destination, but change is coming – that I am sure of.
Let’s stay in touch as we continue our travels through this wondrous thing called life. As always: make it count!
Love,
Nathalie