What could I have done that I didn't do this year?
Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2025 4:29 am
I could start doing some sport or physical activity even though I hate sports and physical activity from the bottom of my heart. However, something tells me that as the years go by, I won't be able to rely on good genes and a fast metabolism forever. They say coffee prolongs life. As long as I drink it, I'll live forever, so it would be good to keep fit and in shape.
I could start practicing yoga. I think yoga is an ideal form of exercise and stretching for us lazy people who stood in the back row when sports talent was being awarded and have the ability to trip and fall flat on our own two feet.
I'm not talking about those crazy and advanced exercises where you wrap ghana whatsapp list legs around your neck and levitate on the finger of one hand with a blissful look. I'm talking about those exercises that are simple for us clumsy beginners and help us not have constant neck and shoulder pain from sitting in front of a laptop.
Speaking of which, maybe I could have looked at my laptop a little less, but what can you do? My job is connected to the internet and my laptop, and since both are always available and within reach, I often work in my free time. Because, why not?
I could and should have been less connected to my phone because I really do have a strange addiction when it comes to that gadget. Yes, my job is internet-based and I could do it from anywhere in the world, but that doesn't mean I have to charge my phone 4 times a day (even though it has a healthy battery) because I can't take my hands off it. Speaking of which, I could do my job from anywhere in the world. Why not?
I could stop reading books that I decided after just a few pages that they were boring, why do I always struggle? Do you have that crazy need to finish a bad book, so you drag it out, you struggle, the book torments you and finally read it and take a breath? And then you get angry at yourself for wasting so much time on a bad book that didn't bring you any benefit except for once again making you firmly decide that it's your last time.
I could read more business books because I think it's useful. It's not fiction that will put you in a zen state, but it's useful for work. I got stuck on Branson. Not because it's boring, but because there were more interesting books that didn't require you to turn on your brain and that put you in a zen state.
I could communicate and socialize more with people, but I'm a really tough introvert, so socializing and communicating tire me out so much that I feel like I've been run over by 3 trains. The people I care about know the ways I communicate and that everything can be said over text. They tolerate me, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't see each other more often.
I could have thought less about others and more about myself. Because, like most introverts, I'm very good at picking up other people's emotions, so I usually conclude that my own happiness depends on the happiness of those around me. Then I'm ready to turn heaven, earth, and myself upside down to make others happy, and often in the process I make myself unhappy or stressed. Some people just take a long time to learn, don't they?
Which brings us to the fact that I shouldn't have jumped on every email, text, or social media notification just to get a response from people right away because I don't like waiting and then I think other people don't like it either. They probably don't but you know what they say, if you want to make everyone happy, start selling ice cream.
I could have gotten less annoyed about everything because I'm known for getting annoyed about things I can influence, and especially about things I can't. Because I'm a control freak , so I don't like surprises and unplanned events. But no matter how annoyed you are, the end result will be the same.
If you can influence something, it's not worth not getting upset because you'll still be influencing it. If you can't influence something, regardless of how much you're upset, the result will be what it is.
I could have been diligent and figured out what I was going to wear the night before in the morning, instead of grabbing the first thing that fell out of my closet. That way, I might even be able to take out all that collection of clothes that's sitting in my closet collecting dust. Maybe then I'd even know what I have in my closet.
I could have not written this text, but then I wouldn't know what I could have done, and if I hadn't, I wouldn't have felt the need to write a list of New Year's resolutions for the first time in my life, or at least a bucket list , and tried to stick to it. And I'm so addicted to lists and crossing things off the list, it might be fun. Should I try?
I could start practicing yoga. I think yoga is an ideal form of exercise and stretching for us lazy people who stood in the back row when sports talent was being awarded and have the ability to trip and fall flat on our own two feet.
I'm not talking about those crazy and advanced exercises where you wrap ghana whatsapp list legs around your neck and levitate on the finger of one hand with a blissful look. I'm talking about those exercises that are simple for us clumsy beginners and help us not have constant neck and shoulder pain from sitting in front of a laptop.
Speaking of which, maybe I could have looked at my laptop a little less, but what can you do? My job is connected to the internet and my laptop, and since both are always available and within reach, I often work in my free time. Because, why not?
I could and should have been less connected to my phone because I really do have a strange addiction when it comes to that gadget. Yes, my job is internet-based and I could do it from anywhere in the world, but that doesn't mean I have to charge my phone 4 times a day (even though it has a healthy battery) because I can't take my hands off it. Speaking of which, I could do my job from anywhere in the world. Why not?
I could stop reading books that I decided after just a few pages that they were boring, why do I always struggle? Do you have that crazy need to finish a bad book, so you drag it out, you struggle, the book torments you and finally read it and take a breath? And then you get angry at yourself for wasting so much time on a bad book that didn't bring you any benefit except for once again making you firmly decide that it's your last time.
I could read more business books because I think it's useful. It's not fiction that will put you in a zen state, but it's useful for work. I got stuck on Branson. Not because it's boring, but because there were more interesting books that didn't require you to turn on your brain and that put you in a zen state.
I could communicate and socialize more with people, but I'm a really tough introvert, so socializing and communicating tire me out so much that I feel like I've been run over by 3 trains. The people I care about know the ways I communicate and that everything can be said over text. They tolerate me, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't see each other more often.
I could have thought less about others and more about myself. Because, like most introverts, I'm very good at picking up other people's emotions, so I usually conclude that my own happiness depends on the happiness of those around me. Then I'm ready to turn heaven, earth, and myself upside down to make others happy, and often in the process I make myself unhappy or stressed. Some people just take a long time to learn, don't they?
Which brings us to the fact that I shouldn't have jumped on every email, text, or social media notification just to get a response from people right away because I don't like waiting and then I think other people don't like it either. They probably don't but you know what they say, if you want to make everyone happy, start selling ice cream.
I could have gotten less annoyed about everything because I'm known for getting annoyed about things I can influence, and especially about things I can't. Because I'm a control freak , so I don't like surprises and unplanned events. But no matter how annoyed you are, the end result will be the same.
If you can influence something, it's not worth not getting upset because you'll still be influencing it. If you can't influence something, regardless of how much you're upset, the result will be what it is.
I could have been diligent and figured out what I was going to wear the night before in the morning, instead of grabbing the first thing that fell out of my closet. That way, I might even be able to take out all that collection of clothes that's sitting in my closet collecting dust. Maybe then I'd even know what I have in my closet.
I could have not written this text, but then I wouldn't know what I could have done, and if I hadn't, I wouldn't have felt the need to write a list of New Year's resolutions for the first time in my life, or at least a bucket list , and tried to stick to it. And I'm so addicted to lists and crossing things off the list, it might be fun. Should I try?