New Year’s resolutions are really not for me. It’s not the resolution I’m against, it’s more the the determination of its timing. Changes and resolutions can be given any time of the year. But a year and its end encourage some of us to reflection and with that the opportunity to do things differently, better.

For 2024 I had two new year’s resolutions. Start wearing lipstick and eye-shadow.

I’ve always felt like a clown wearing lipstick, I become a different person and wasn’t really comfortable with this, so I’ve stayed with gloss. But quite early I purchased a bright red one. And I have used it, it’s very creamy, but also at times combined gloss and lipstick. So I tick that one off.

I have never mastered the skill to apply eye-shadow. There are just to many of them. But like the lipstick one, I thought 2024, the event of my half century existence, was a good, if not necessary, opportunity to be able to learn how to do this. I did follow a person on social media that have short tutorials and with that I early on did an attempt to mix at least two shades. but it wasn’t until December I purchased a four shade palette and a brush to do this. And even if I haven’t found the tutorial again I have, with the help of my memory tried to apply all four colours. Even if I see room for improvement, I still will say that my resolution is fulfilled.

What’s New 2025

For 2025, I’ll keep it simple. I will do more. I’ve been in home office 99% since the pandemic. I love it. It just makes my life so less stressful. I have chosen to settle down on a peninsula, and just to get to the free-way takes like a million years. From there to get to a bigger city a minimum of 15 minutes, now we’ve been on the road for 30 minutes. To get to the actual destination, find parking, pay for it and walk to an office, we’re talking 45-50 minutes. 45-50 minutes which I could do stuff and possibly get paid for (not to mention the time I need to fix myself, before leaving my house, you know I’m still a rookie when it comes to eye-shadow our shades application. I have simply priorities getting things done.

But in the end of last year I attended a breakfast seminar and afterwards I felt energized and inspired. It was then I understood that I needed to do this more. Yesterday, during one of my interviews for one of my own projects, Extraordinary Ordinary Lives of Bjäre, I realized why it’s important for me to, not only meet but interact with other people. I get ideas. During the conversation I found out more things to do and clarity what it is i love. Than I probably done during the whole of 2024 in front of my computer.

No, I don’t believe in a workplace where we need to go five days a week to work or meet people. But I believe in conversations and encounters between people. Maybe when they are about other things than just a task to be solved, you can actually find the solution or something even bigger and more important.

So, for 2025 will be about finding people who want to interact and converse. That will inspire me and make me grow.