Good morning, folks! How are we all doing this this morning? I'd imagine there are a few sore heads surfacing from their beds, sofas, or wherever they found themselves waking after seeing the New Year in. Me, I was in bed and well off to sleep as the clock brought 2021 to an end.

I'm not really one for making a fuss of new years. When I was in my early teens my step-grandad died on New Years Eve and since then I've only had a couple of new years that I've felt were good. It has become somewhat of a time of year that I can come to dread. Some have been pretty darn awful. So I don't really pay too much attention to them.

Dizzy doesn't seem that interested in the fact it's a new year.

The same could be said of New Years Resolutions. I never really saw the point in them as most people give up on them after a few weeks, and if you really wanted to change something in your life you'd just start doing it, right? Well, this year something feels different. I've woken up with a new determination to get my arse into gear and change a few things in my life.

The last couple of years have had a lot of change and growth for me, and I'm getting better at recognising when I need to be more proactive with making changes. I've known a few of these changes I've been needing to make recently, but I'm not someone who can just snap my fingers and make those changes. I need to let things process a little before making a start.

One of the big ones is I used to be able to get up on my days off and make a start on writing. I think back to when I was in the car trade and my one day off a week would be a Sunday and I'd get up and be working on a blog post by about 8am. If you've been reading my blog for more than a few years you may remember my 'Good Morning, Sunday' posts. Those started because I liked getting up, having a cuppa tea and knocking out a post about what I wanted to get done that day. I felt good getting up and having a good start to the day, and that more often than not led to a decent day. I've found if I can get a blog post written early on, or get a few words written, then it gives me a boost for the day. I feel like I've already achieved something for the day, which gives me a good vibe going into whatever the day holds.

My last selfie of 2021

Over the last couple of years I've lost my way with that, and I need to get back on track with it. And I'm starting today. This is the first time I've sat down and ever tried to write a blog post at this time of the day in a long time.

So although I'm not going to make resolutions, I've got a list of things I'm looking at being a little more proactive with improving.

Happy New Year, folks! Make it a year to remember for the right reasons.

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