Happy New Year’s!
Happy New Year!
I hope everyone had a fabulous New Year's and is embarking on a hopeful new year. I have been away from the computer for a few days! One of the best ways to begin the new year is to focus on what makes you happy. One of the quickest routes to happiness is living a life directed to pursuing your passion relentlessly.
The previous year for me focused on getting closer to achieving my educational goals and expanding on personal growth. Knowledge - knowing yourself is the key to freedom, peace, and tranquility, and the best gift you will ever give yourself. How does this benefit you? Learning your strengths, weaknesses, and dark shadows (triggers) enables you to control yourself and not be manipulated, controlled, or, worst of all, baited by others with ill intent.
As the new year begins and I wrap up a year of daily Stoic reflection and journaling, my goal is to work through the set again each day and read my journaling and writing for insights. Is there something in my writing that I can use and expand on? Did I learn and practice the philosophy? Did I miss something in the hustle and bustle of my busy life with academics, student, and my personal life? True growth is a never ending process, that is the short and sweet of it!
