The Last Day !

I started off with this blog in 2020, thinking to myself- “Well, I’m always full of a ton of thoughts, how about I start writing them down to gain some clarity instead of spiralling into a never-ending loop of overthinking.” However, the 2020 Me kind of forgot the fact that I can go above & beyond when it comes to NOT writing. In the creative world, this is essentially called hitting a Writer’s Block (mentioning it, just to not feel guilty) 🙈

I’m no writer of course, but the pursuit of writing a perfect blog/article did stop me from writing anything this year. I did want to continue my pattern of writing at least once a year, so this is my last-minute attempt at penning down my thoughts. Today being the Last Day of the year 2022, I thought why not write on this topic itself since I’ll have to think a lot for any other topic as of now. 😅

Celebrating New Year’s has always been a very big deal for everyone around me, essentially because we want to forget whatever bad happened in the last year, carry good memories, and make the best out of the year that lies ahead of us. The Last Day automatically becomes all about self-reflection & self-analysis in order to give us a strong head start to make better Resolutions for the next year. Given, everyone wants to be a Newer Version of themselves with the onset of the New Year.

This thought made me wonder whether it’s merely a Last Day concept or is it another First of many Lasts. I know it got confusing, let me explain myself here. Whenever a homo-sapien starts making a schedule, the first thought that pops up after finalising the said schedule is – to start it from the next day (usually Mondays) and let today be the Last Day for having fun & enjoying the time to the fullest, so that, I can get serious from the next day. Trust me, it’s not just with making a time table, it’s with almost everything – let today be the Last Day of – junk food/binge watching TV series/not doing workout etc. In short, these days, Last Day has kind of become a free pass to just chillax (chill + relax) for yet another day.

Telling yourself that today is the Last Day becomes a conscious choice of procrastinating and being lethargic, hence feeling okay with zero productivity because – Hey, I can be a superhuman from “tomorrow” onwards. The only problem, at least with me, is that this so-called tomorrow never comes. Sometimes, even when we start with our routine, this tomorrow gradually, gets hidden in another layer of Last Days. In fact, it’s not just about Last Day, it can also be a Last Hour or a Last Minute thing. For instance, “I can start working on this presentation after an hour, let me scroll Instagram Reels/ YouTube Shorts for 1 Last Hour”. Another crazy analysis, “Oh it’s already 10:59, let me have 1 Last Minute of freedom and I shall begin with my work at 11:00” as if rounding off the time is going to help. 😛 It’s so easy to fool your heart/mind sometimes.

So, coming back to my initial point, the emphasis that we put on the Last Day of the Last Week of the Current Year doesn’t fascinate me any longer. In simple words, if you genuinely have a concrete plan for yourself, be it professional/ personal, that you really want to work on, you won’t wait for another hour to pass by to work on it. You will start executing your goals immediately, because practically, the right time is NOW. This blog does not intend to give you a solution on how you can tackle all these issues, there are lots of self-help books available, written amazingly well on this topic but yes, I do assure you that you’re not the only one who is stuck in this cycle.

As soon as the clock strikes midnight tonight, everyone will rejoice the moment and will be off to bed realising that 1st January 2023 is on a Sunday & on a Holiday, which means you can wake up late, because let’s be honest, who wants to start becoming a morning person on a Sunday and for sure nobody wants to cook & eat super healthy food on a public holiday. So, let me ask you now, is your Last Day really the 31st of December or is it going to be the 1st of January? since unanimously/subconsciously we do assign Monday as our Week starter. 😉

If you came this far, don’t worry I’m not going to let you go without deducing my thought process. So, to conclude, I’ve come to a realisation that if we don’t start cherishing our Today and until we keep relying on these Last Days, nothing is ever going to work out, and we’ll be sitting here again wondering where this year went and will start waiting for another New Year, New Me. I feel, we should be grateful for every healthy (mentioning this because we do take the days we feel good for granted until we fall sick) waking minute we’ve and make the best out of it. ☺️

Thank you for reading my 3rd blog. Also, just to reiterate, the purpose of this blog was definitely not to stop you from celebrating tonight but to have a better vision for the coming year and no longer be in an illusion. Wishing you & your family a very Happy New Year !! 😇