merry reflection and a happy new year!

at this time of the year, I tend to reflect a lot on what happened during the last year.

I also come up with plans for the next year. work wise but also for me personally. this is very much like a new years resolution but then it is more like a reflection I find myself doing every 3 months to push myself and stay in connection with the things I want to achieve, how I want to grow and what I want to do. these days it is so easy to get carried away, so these notes to myself kind of guide me through the craziness.

going through these lists, snippets of texts and notes of the last years, I notice that I most of the time write about the things I want to learn in the future. things that go beyond the usual „I want to get better at my job, go to the gym more often and be nicer to people“. (which is on the list too)

over the last couple of years, I had different lists of things I wanted to learn. so I learned how to gold smith for a year, I taught an illustrations course for two years, I worked as a sommelier and I learned how to turn wood. all of those things I always romanticized and thought might even be a good choice to work in this field. not because I don’t like what I am doing but because sometimes you just think that other jobs would be so much better and maybe easier. 

what I found out through learning and mastering all those things out of my comfort zone is, that a. people tend to romanticize a lot of things - there is a harsh reality everywhere b. that I am a person that needs to relax being fairly active rather than lying on the couch c. that everything I learn influences my daily work as a designer d. I love my job and would not want to switch seats with anyone

so I hope you guys love what you do on a daily basis and the people you surround yourself with.if not, change something and maybe even try the one job, course, lecture you were always dreaming about as a kid.

if we take care of our own happiness we will infect others and hopefully get out of crazy times like this all together. start small and have a great 2017. 

over and out for this year.