When one moves into a new house, the enthusiasm on planning all things related to the relocation, furnishing, and ideas revolving around the house are perhaps the highest in the initial few months.
At first there is the celebration of a new beginning, perhaps a housewarming. Then, all the plans- the best ways to make use of all the nooks and corners, while making them look cozy, or on optimally furnishing the abode. Then a couple of weeks down the road, the places around the home are explored, new meetup spots are picked and friends are made.
Slowly the newness pales and days begin to get mundane. All the plans made, that haven’t yet been executed, start to lose their priority.
Children playing with a new toy is a similar process. Any new toy captures an interest immediately and the eagerness to play with the toy remains for a couple of days. Then when the newness reduces, they slowly move on to the next thing that draws their attention.
The toy gets importance at one other time- the time when it has to be given away or is lost. They miss it more when it is time to part with it or if it is not seen when they are thinking of it.
Our enthusiasm for the new year is also the same. After celebrating the arrival of a new year, most of us are eager to plan how this year should be different from the others. Plans are made, resolutions may not be for everyone, but a subconscious checklist is often formed on which things shouldn’t be repeated, which should be given priority and what could be great to accomplish this year.
A few months into the year, and days take their mundane routes and merge into dull weeks, and before we know it, we are staring at the last few months of the year, thinking about how the days flew past us.
Here’s hoping that we see the newness not just at the start of a new year, but in each day, as it should be.
Each new day is a new page; let’s not rush through our 12 chapters filling the pages with the same phrases and routines. Instead, let us make our book a page-turner that fills us with happiness and pride when we are done with it.
Happy writing!
