The brevity and fickleness of human life is one thing that can rudely awaken a person or induce a deep reflection.
When we ask ourselves how we would live if we knew you had a specific short amount to live, we get very honest with ourselves. This question reveals the values that are most important to us and inspires us to live a life without limitations.

My mortality as a person has always been a good reminder to pursue a meaningful life.
This isn’t meant to be depressing. It’s enlightening because thoughts of our own mortality encourage us to focus on that which matters. It inspires authenticity.



I’ve asked a few people around me what they want this year to be like and the answers are similar – focusing on what matters, doing what they love…I know we all have the big and wild dreams but on the journey to getting to the target, it’s important to give ourselves grace and rest when we need to.

How am I doing with uncertainties? Well, sometimes, a mental shift or a change in mindset is what helps us get on with life. I dislike uncertainties just like any other person. Over the years, I’ve been a control freak – trying to predict every single moment of my life and it can get the best of my day.

I don’t know what’s happening tomorrow. I don’t even know what will happen in the next 30 mins. I’m learning to accept that uncertainty, too, is a part of life. I won’t always be prepared for what life hits me with, but I can hope that when those times come, I will travail.

“We’re all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us love each other, but it doesn’t. We are terrorized and flattened by trivialities. We are eaten up by nothing.”

Charles Bukowski

I want to live in the moment this year. I want to be more mindful of the present and take each day at a time. (This is a real challenge for me, and I hope every now and then, I can be reminded of this)

I want to be kinder this year. Kindness is so easy and yet so hard sometimes, especially in situations where you’ve been hurt, offended, and provoked, but I want to strive for kindness.
In that same manner, I want my words to be softer this year. I want to respond with grace even when a person’s words have stabbed me.

Here are some items on my list for the year, and I’d love if you could share some of yours with me. They might inspire me.

Read more books (twice as much as last year’s)
Go on more trips
Build meaningful connections
Learn a skill
Practice self-compassion

I wish you the very best that the year has to offer. Cheers to the journey ahead!