Another new day, another new month, and another new year. It is now 2024, and I feel privileged and blessed to have been able to see this year and to live through 2023. Waking up every morning is a blessing I can never take for granted, as there are others worldwide who, unfortunately, have been unable to do so.

I know I am more than two weeks late with a New Year’s post, but I needed time to reflect on my year in 2023 and what I want to achieve for this current year.

2023 was probably one of the most challenging years I have experienced– physically, mentally and emotionally. A lot has happened that has made me learn a lot about myself and about others, too. It’s funny. I feel like as each year passes, they end up being harder than the other.

In my post last year regarding how my 2022 was, I said 2022 was my worst year. When I think about it, I have to see things differently rather than compare them – simply because as much as I am myself, I am not the same person I was entering the year 2023. If I were to compare, I’d say I am in a better position, job satisfaction-wise, financially and mentally.

I ended 2023 with a detox of everything around me: social media, my health and everything in my life. I’d be lying if I said I managed to keep them up for the entire month like I intended to – but, unfortunately, I didn’t.

As life gets in the way, how we let it affect us is the only thing that matters. We should never let anything stop us from getting to the end of completing our goals or tasks – no matter how long it takes, no matter how fast it may fly by.

There is one thing I am sure of as I get older each year: the older I am, the faster the years go by. It is pretty daunting, if I am honest. Still, at the same time, the feeling of time going by so fast pushes and motivates me to work harder at my crafts and for the things I want to achieve in life.

This is just a quick post wishing those reading this the best, and I hope you all have a prosperous year – may this year be your best one yet!