My New Year's resolutions

Uh oh it's been 10 days since my last post.. I will try to write more often. I wanted to post something about communication because I've been reflecting a lot on this topic recently, but I'll leave it for another time. I will dedicate this post on my New Year's resolutions.

First one will be to read more, I want to use every opportunity I have to read. When I'm on the way, when I'm waiting, when I am just chilling. I'm mainly talking about print books, but I will keep on reading blogs and e-books when I am in front of my notebook. At present I am reading the e-book versions of "Future Shock" by Alvin Toffler and "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins (special thanks to my dad who sent them to me) and that proves to be more tiring than reading print books. I am conservative when it comes to books, I like to be able to take them everywhere and hold them in my hands. I don't mind having virtual copies as they are very browse-able but reading a whole virtual book takes some of the pleasure of reading it for me.

The other one is to focus on the present moment. That is to enjoy whatever is happening now. Too many times I fail to enjoy the moment because my mind is somewhere else - I'm either reflecting on something that already happened or I'm thinking about something to come. Not saying that you shouldn't think about things that have happened but you should be able to learn your lesson and let go. Similarly fantasizing about the future is not a bad thing if you do it a little. But if you do it all the time you won't be able to see and enjoy the things that are happening to you now. And if you build up a picture of how you want it to be you will be most likely disappointed. There are a lot of things that we can change and do, but I believe there are as many that don't depend on us and we shouldn't expect them to be in an exact way. I like what Stefan Sagmeister wrote in his book "Things I've Learned in My Life so Far": Low expectations are the best strategy.