The end is nigh
One more time
Humans keep track of time in a calendar form. The years break down into months, weeks and days. The days seem endless, the weeks overlap each other with routine and the months feel like seasonal markers. But there is an end to each year. And it is coming. Fast. It feels like the second half of every year moves much quicker than the first. The seasonal starting point might be the beginning of the school year, or it might be the start of a new sports season. It is something to mark time either way. When events have a natural finishing point, they seem to speed toward it. In a couple of short months, this calendar year will end for most of us. It’s a good time to step back and see where it went. This is not meant to be a chance to self-inflict mental harm for what is not accomplished. This can be the best cue to stop and compare the space currently occupied versus the space occupied at this same time last year. It may take a little glance back at a digital calendar to see what appointments were made at this time last year to see what was going on. It might be easier to think about the holidays and who was hanging out in the picture. If you can see yourself and what you were handling on a daily basis or what stood out at an event, that is progress. In the meantime, there is time. Days, weeks and even a month or so to do something you would like to include in this year. Make it moving, make it deep or make it fun. But do something. Include something in this year before you close the door and look longingly at all of those moments that stretch out in next year’s calendar.
What about today?
Option #1: Do you think there is still time to include something in this year?
Option #2: Can you change something in your life quickly?
Option #3: What can you do to build a new calendar?
That’s it. After you choose the option that best describes what the end of this year will include, take a few minutes to describe why you chose that option and what action, if any, may come next.
