Every year do something new
The start of 2026 was unusual. For the first time in that I can remember, I had the over-whelming urge to do something new. It wasn’t the general New Year resolution thing that people usually do. New Years resolutions never seemed to work for me. This feeling though was something else. It was like this year can’t be the same as last year. Actually it was more like, THERE IS NOT A CHANCE THAT THIS YEAR WILL BE THE SAME AS LAST YEAR OR ELSE....,
Like someone was saying that if this year is the same as last year you are going to get flogged badly. I was terrified. I’ve never had a feeling so strong. It scared the bejesus out of me.
We were lucky enough to be spending a few weeks in Bangkok, and it seemed like the perfect place to start thinking about what will be new. Away from the normality of home life in Perth I hoped that I could get some creative inspiration from the streets of Bangkok.
However it’s hard to think about what to do. Doing for the sake of something new isn’t fun. It’s hard to conjure up new ideas out of thin air. I had some basic ideas though. I didn’t want to spend the whole year in Perth. I needed to spend time somewhere else that was warm. I wanted to engage my brain a bit more. I wanted to take it easy on my body more than I have been previously to let it try to heal.
After much pondering, many pad thai’s, and a few more weeks back at home I came to the following things I’m going to do this year
- live in SE Asia
- re-start my law degree that I didn’t finish during Covid. (online thankfully)
- pick up miniature figure painting (think warhammer etc)
- get back into Yoga to help heal my body
It’s a start and I’m excited so let’s see how it goes.
