I had dinner with a very close friend last night. We don’t see each other often and consistently forget each other’s birthdays. It’s a pretty great friendship. We’re both low maintenance friends, so when we meet again after a long time, it’s always as if no time has passed. Another thing we have in common is, we thoroughly enjoy doing nothing. We were talking about how the world has changed so much these days, and how we can truly throw out old ideas of what’s meant to make us happy and focus more on enjoying life rather than working hard.
So often, we seem to create work for ourselves… whether that’s trying to find our authentic self, trying to find our passion, or simply just trying to find more money. I ask myself a lot these days… does it really have to be so hard? Maybe it could be easy? I’m so over finding my passion or who I truly am… and I think I’m more interested in just making it up as I go. This year is about more than just being a “travel blogger” whatever that is… it’s really an answer to the question: can we just let life be simple? When we stop looking, searching, working and trying… we can just be ourselves, and will that be enough?
I’m willing to bet that the answer is a yes. And I’m betting the whole year of 2024 on it. I’ve lived so many years of my life trying, working and struggling until now… what’s one more year minus all of the difficulty? I’m excited for this experiment. It’s a complete shift in perspective and change in self. I’m miles away from the person I used to be – the lawyer who worked and studied so hard to please and impress others… and it’s the best feeling ever. This year, I’m just going to please myself instead and I’m not even going to work hard to do so.
And another thing – I’m going to trust that by pleasing myself, I’m also going to be pleasing the people who really matter. The ones who actually want to see me happy. I want to see my friends and family happy… so… why wouldn’t my friends and family want the same for me?
So many questions in this post, but the reality remains… there’s three days to go and I still haven’t packed!
xxx
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