Adaptation

A new year brings the obligatory resolutions. To me, I've always felt like my birthday was the fresh start, time to grow up, make a change and all that malarkey associated with New Year, but instead, it has always made sense to take each new year of age as a chance to grow stronger, wiser and into a generally better version of *you*. But let's cut the bullshit. A year goes by so fast we hardly notice the changes we make. Most of us don't feel any different. And resolutions? By February, most of us are back on the booze or cigarettes, and have completely forgotten about all the reasons you made that resolution in the first place. I never said I was an optimist..

However, I'm not all doom and gloom. The value of these resolutions comes from that fact that we try. We try to change ourselves by adjusting the things we don't like, or improve our health and our lifestyles. The truth is, change occurs to us naturally. Things happen, whether that's shit or life, you choose your favorite bumper sticker. This year was pretty significant for me. Not only did I graduate, leaving education for the first time since I was four, I also entered the world of work. Oh and I also got engaged. That was pretty major. Of course those sorts of things don't happen every year, but there will be plenty of new things to encounter, and changes I'm going to have to make. Therefore I say, leave the resolutions. Don't ever stop trying to better yourself, but be aware that you'll have to make changes as you go along. A fresh start can happen at anytime.

Now, enough of me trying to dish out significant, omniscient advice, and move onto what I really wanted to talk about. I've always been useless at maintaining a diary (and blog- sorry about the lack of posts over Christmas!), but I love the idea of mapping your whole life for a year. Starting the 1st January this year, I began an epic 5 year battle with myself to commit to a journal, and I'm hoping to reign victorious! The Q & A Journal makes it easy. One question, every day for a year, that you answer on that same day for the following five years. The idea is to see how you, your situation and your life changes. Pretty interesting, huh? Or you could just scroll through your tweets for the past five years, but then you wouldn't have this beauty on your bedroom table, and let's face it, it looks cool.