I bet that by now those of us who ‘were destined’ to cross over into 2024 have already done so. I am borrowing a few words from our spiritual guide who noticed the mood in the room was a little dull to count for the last Sunday (to be precise number 52) of the year. That was yesterday. And so, he said, ‘if you were not meant to see the new year you would have been long gone. The fact that you are here today means you are crossing into 2024 and so you should be happy for that.’ I couldn’t agree anymore. That we have jetted into the new year is too much of a blessing, so we should be extremely ecstatic about it. Please feel free to jump, shout or scream (well I did a whole lot of that on New Year’s Eve so I guess this will be a super energetic year ahead).
Goodbye 2023, Hello 2024!
I had purposed to do one more blog post of 2023 but didn’t get a moment to do that. So that is where we get started in this new year. The subject matter is change is inevitable. I felt a profound intuition to talk/write about this subject because it is the first thing that hit my mind first thing in the morning a few days back. It was part of those dreams that you wake up to – the regenerative type of dreams I assume. I would later land this thread that highlighted how the world is changing so rapidly. Top companies and business have been forced out of the play field because they couldn’t keep up. For some, the forced closure or buy-out was not because they did anything wrong, but because there good was not good enough. And more will be closing shop this new year. That’s right – we live in a world where your strategy has got to be above everyone else, or you will be kicked out of the game. And the fact that technology is changing rapidly every other day only makes things worse for those who are either slow or rigid to shift.
This new year, I want to challenge us to embrace change. It could be a change of priorities, our way of doing things, or certain principles. Or it could also be a more relatable aspect such as a change of job, school, location, social circle, dress code and so on and so forth. The drill here is not to change who you are in the process of change. We certainly do not want to be altered beyond recognition, but to become a better version of ourselves instead. Simply said, there are things for which we have cultivated a sense of complacency over the years – so much that we are blinded from seeing what a different path could look like. We limit ourselves from going for the tough or better opportunities because we are afraid of change. In so doing we deny ourselves the chance to look at change from a bigger picture.
I have three things which I hope to change completely or work on in 2024. I stopped killing myself with writing new year resolutions – but that’s just me. You can put down your resolutions if that helps you track your change better. Hopefully as the year moves, you will experience real changes – positive ones mostly – and have a chance to talk about them before we cross onto the next chapter. My sleeves are all rolled and ready to surprise me by becoming my own agent of change. How about I challenge you to do the same – even if by changing just one (tiny or big) thing?
Until the next post, happy first day of 2024!