Coronial Resolutions

Following a much-needed idleness and lethargic thinking, I have decided. I am joining in the world-viral coronial resolutions movement.

Over time New Years’ resolutions perspectives have changed.

In my teens they were like a haircut, improving my social life, or finding a hobby.

In my twenties, it was to travel more, to finish Uni, working in the European Commission.

In my thirties, to travel, to stop smoking, to start a business doing what I love, to become a mother.

As life goes on (and even having had a few of our resolutions fulfilled), we would expect to be able to relax a little. Relax and turn the spotlight in our direction to try and achieve more. Yet we can never be too careful, and this year’s resolutions MUST cover that too.

So, without any further ado, these are my 2021’ Resolutions.

• Stay safe & ensure my family’s safety (where possible)
• Persisting in healthier options (eg. more sleep, more water intake, more greens, exercise, reduce portions, fewer meats)
• Relearn to focus (eg. better time management, ignoring external “stimulus” during working hours, focussing on business targets)
• Reading More, Writing More
• Finishing my Copywriting course
• Travelling

I recognise most of my resolutions will be a result of my second resolution. I know I need to work on my time management skills.

Working from home has been this year’s challenge for me. It was quite a dynamic change. At first I didn’t want it at all. I thought it would be easier to deal with the pandemic if I continued my routine, as much as possible. I wanted to be able to choose not to stay at home, but I only postponed the inevitable. But it has also shown to be a game-changer.

It will be important to strengthen the ability to manage time whilst working from home. It is not easy to draw a line between being at home and working from home.

Whilst for some, this may mean to become more sluggish, lazy, eat more, exercise less.

My struggle is to be able to sit and focus. To be able to get work done without using a 5-minute break to do a load of washing or some prepping for that night’s dinner.

This struggle doubles if you’re stuck indoors with children. Although they have their routine, I am unable to switch off the Mum-mode when they’re on my radar.

This must feel like a weird situation for them. They can actually be on technology for a good amount of hours a day without getting told off, all thanks to Corona.

This Government was incapable to pass the urgency message, with all the give and take. Katy Perry’s Hot N’ Cold wouldn’t have made more sense if she had written it to mark the year of 2020.

When it should be a time to reflect on the dangers of viruses instead it is unalarming, as if it was of no consequence. The result is children failing to grasp the concept of how their actions can have an impact. Not only on themselves but as well on other people.

The main resolution has to be ensuring that my children understand the power their actions can have on other people. And there is something more useful than moaning about how poor my children’s academic progress was. That will be to ensure none of us is part of the negative statistics. If they survive this, they will have plenty of time to catch up.

Happy New Year!