Could you please tell me which way I should take to get out of here? – This largely depends on where you want to go – said the Cat. – I don't care much about the place… – said Alicia. – Then it doesn't matter much which path you take – said the Cat.
Alice in Wonderland.
Excuse me for saying this, but the year 2024 has been like a hungry vulture wanting to peck at my eyes again and again.
At the end of December 2023 I was writing the famous list of goals that everyone is preparing to achieve in the next year, and right now I am trying to remember how many of them excited me so solemnly that I was looking for the perfect place where put the document to make it visible and inspiring to my eyes. I felt very confident that I could achieve more than half of the plans, because one thing was very clear about each of them: their practicality and my desire to fight to achieve them.
Yes, I remember! There were some that were about how to learn to deal with my usual harshness and the boredom noticeable on my face in front of certain people...Mmm..., some more important than others, but in reality the the vast majority focused on improving the technical condition of the property where I live. Remodel the kitchen, put some new doors in the interior, put in an elevated water tank, change the floor in a room, fix my balcony, update properties, and finish doing a management as important as going to live to Mars.
This is my entry to participate in the last weekend commitment of this year prepared by galenkp, and that I am undoubtedly not going to miss.
Review your 2024 by explaining what your goals were, which ones you achieved and which ones you didn't, and why you achieved them or not. Use your own photos.
This has been - it is, it is not over yet - a super difficult year for all Cubans who dared to dream of a plan, the same as that of any other person in the world, but who forgot that they live in the place of the land where society is tamed to be guided by symbolism and bravado instead of trying to understand why we are eaten up by inflation, scarcity, abandonment, indolence, disconnection, breakups, division, anger and fatigue.
...As long as you know what you want...
So, I wanted to tell them about mine - my plans - which were there in a very visible and illuminated place, reminding me every morning that I had to take on the world. It was exciting read them at them, caress them with my finger, and think how proud I was. working like a little bee -- orphan of magical fairies -- for myself.
The plans?
Yes, there were three sections on my list, the one that needed capital, the one that only required managing my grumpy and grumpy nature better in the face of impatience, and the matter of going to live on Mars.
The problem was that I had to postpone most of my projects that needed capital, in fact, the costs multiplied by 3, 4, 5 times..., there is no way to do it if you are just an ordinary individual without much money.
...It's not always about money...
Although, there were some more accessible ones that I was able to do, like having an exterior door made, replacing some appliances, equipping my balcony, and improving my water situation. I accomplished quite a bit, I thought.
I had to redo the list more than a thousand times, you also can't give up and not trust that something can be done, and it's better to move forward little by little than to stay stagnant. So I'm okay with that.
I also managed to contain my stupid anger a little, and to be more practical in many routine matters.
I am obsessed with cooking, but you don't have to force yourself to cook more if you still have food made from the previous day... the rice from the other day contains fewer carbohydrates, did you know?
What I did not postpone was the Mars thing, friends, that was the big priority and I was happily able to carry it out...😃..., and because of that I traveled a lot this year - within the country, of course -, I spent a lot of money on papers, snacks and sweets that we craved, splurging a little too much, but that's okay, it was all part of the process.
Right now the year is almost closing, and I don't even know where my list is, there are only a few fixed in my mind, which I completed and I feel very good about it, because they were more complex than putting in a new door or remodeling my kitchen from top to bottom...
Never go off the path even if it is difficult and uncomfortable.
It has been a difficult year to achieve goals, especially for simple people who are molded to survive, and more than anything facing a crisis and change exactly like when the socialist camp collapsed in the former Soviet Union, and in its countries allies of Europe: the Cuban Glásnot.
My list for 2025 is not yet written, but I know that the environment is different and that the crisis can worsen, and as I always say, predicting is positioning yourself like a boxer does when dodging a jab, a hook, and a straight, but what you should never do is lose direction and direction in your battle.
The older you are, the better you know the way.
My best wishes to everyone in this new 2025, I propose that you do not waste yourself in useless dreams or sterile promises, and never run away from your fears or from reality.
Hugs, love and peace of mind
Always very grateful for your reading.
The text is entirely my own
All photos are my property
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Translation done with Deep Translate, free version.