With the year over, it is quite common practice and mildly human nature to stare to the start of the year with optimism in our eyes and expectant hope for what the new year may usher in.
Overlooking all the negatives that we may have gone through (last year), the overriding assumption is the new year will be positively different, with different opportunities and a fresh restart to ‘life’ and that alone tends to provide the necessary intrinsic motivation that then drives us forward.
Many people tend to use this time of year to make reflective decisions, based on lessons learnt, while rethinking their lives and realigning their personal goals and ambitions; for the purposes of improving themselves and making their lives a better testament, therefore, the critical mature of this time of year cannot go understated.
However, a very critical feature in unlocking and achieving all this hinges heavily on the state of our mental health and how progressive our psycho-emotional state is.
Allow me to explain. A lot of what we go through has an impact on our mental well-being (regardless of how minor it may seem) and with that in mind, every experience has the capacity to alter how we feel, think and our overall perception; which is why we speak of ‘lessons learnt’ in the aftermath of a ‘heavy’ experience.
It is these ‘lessons’ that we take, keep and nurture for the purposes of personal growth and understanding life, in general.
The lessons we have gone through also shape our worldview and influence future decisions we may take, influence the nature of the relationships, as well as provide a ‘psychological template’ which we can utilise in future.
Another vital point we may have to consider, especially when looking to make a progressively positive change, is to lean the ability to ‘unlearn’ where necessary.
The truth is, it is not all that we know that we use, particularly from a mental health standpoint, some of our thought patterns, intrinsic feelings or even the ways we use to cope with a stressful period, may be somewhat unhealthy and redundant, therefore, they are less likely to bring out the best in you as an individual.
With that, it is key that we find alternative or even new, healthier ways in which to process the things that we go through.
From that, it becomes a lot easier to create, adopt and adapt to new psycho-emotional methods that are more rewarding.
As we have crossed over, may we also crossover psycho-emotionally and with a fresh mindset that is ready and fit for a very grand purpose.
May we mentally prepare ourselves for a ‘clean slate’ ready for a new purpose. Also, as we enter the new year, may you be ready and go in pursuit of all that you wish for.
With that, may the new year be happy.
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