New Year - a new burst of motivation


At the end of the year there are a lot of summary posts on the internet. I was reading them and wanted to create something similar of my own. However, last year wasn't the best for me in terms of maintaining any ordered data of what was happening.

One big thing happened last year - I bought a house and moved in from the city to the countryside. A big chunk of time was occupied by searching for it, organizing finances and mortgage, moving and organizing my life in a different place. I'm still feeling a bit out of place and there is still some stuff in boxes, but I hope it's just a matter of time to make this place my own. I was hoping that this time at the end of the year would allow me to catch up a bit and unwind, but I got Covid right before Christmas and it shifted all my plans with family meetings.

So, instead of writing some summary post at the end of the year, I'm writing yet another "I will write more" post at the beginning of the year. Last time I tried to start #100DaysToOffload, but I wasn't sure how to structure it. First thing is that English is not my first language and thinking in it when I want to write about something is not natural for me yet. On the other hand, also writing in Polish takes me a long time. I don't really know why is that, but to build a decent sentence I need to run a few iterations of it in my head. Multiply it with the number of sentences that are usually in the post and I need to occupy my mind for at least and hour. In the age of endless distractions and busy life it's hard to have that hour for myself.

But, I really want to try that. I was trying to make another project 365 that would involve photos, but I gave it up after 2/3 of the year, cause it became too repetitive. I wasn't pushing myself anymore for better pictures, just snapping another flower, dog or insect. Maybe a daily interval was also too frequent and I didn't get the downtime to think on the next photo?

Time to think is the thing I would like to arrange more for myself this year. I feel that running on autopilot for too long is not good. And what better way to think than to write it somewhere? Maybe here?

I don't want to commit to anything specific yet, but once again I'm hoping to write more this year. Let's see if it happens this time.