Let’s start
2021
the right way
What 2020 taught us and what can we look forward to? Let’s start 2021 the right way! by Sara Salih
Would you come after me with flames and pitchforks if I called this year a blessing? It was taken over by lockdowns stopping us from stepping outside. Travel corridors and closed borders prevented us from flying. Eating out became a risk to our lives and others’. We lost jobs and drained money. Our dreams shattered and our goals drowned. Our businesses failed. Our health deteriorated. We parted from loved ones. We lost lives. What good can we possibly make out of that? How different will next year be when that 0 becomes a 1? The truth is, we may have felt better if we were the ones who pulled the plug on our goals and plans this year, as we’ve undoubtedly done in the past. We prefer to self-sabotage than have it disrupted for us. See, we like to have a vision, a strategy. We dedicate time to look at our lives and calculate specific moves that will edge us forward. “If I do this, it will grant me that. And if I do this, it may push me back.”
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