So, do you have big plans for 2023? Are you going to start working out? Lose weight? Go to school? Or are you pretty much okay with who you are?
There aren't really any right answers for questions like these. If you are good with your life, great. If you're not okay with your life, that's okay also. After all, when you were born you were issued something like 4,000+ weeks of life to spend pretty much as you choose if you live an average lifespan of 78 years. And, whatever you decide to do with those 4,000+ weeks is pretty much up to you. As soon as you start living independently anyway.
Time plays a unique part in most of our lives, at least when we're sober. And I think it's unique because whatever we do with our time, once we use it we can never do much else with it. Except maybe reflect upon how we spent it. In any event, whatever we do with our time we're never going to get it back.
I'd like to suggest that to become more rewarded and satisfied with our lives that maybe we take a moment from time-to-time and reflect upon what we're doing with our 4,000+ weeks. Because when we start living within this mindset we might make more intelligent choices with how we spend our time.
Often we hear the question, "Wow, where did the time go?" Sometimes it comes from our mouths, sometimes the mouths of others. But it's the sort of existential question we should ask ourselves once in a while so that we can be fully aware that we have a certain amount of time to use.
In the end we ultimately are responsible for the use of our time. Because if we don't use it with awareness, then we only can look to ourselves as the responsible parties.
Have a useful and productive New Year. And use those 4,000 weeks wisely.