January 1st

My end of year was bitter-sweet, I made new friends, set new goals/plans, I worked, I volunteered...

come to think of it, I had a pretty exciting December.

There was more “sweet” than “bitter” yet, I dont know why I’m more focused on the “bitter”.

I dont really do “new year’s resolutions” but, I think being more positive and seing the glass half full instead of half empty should be my first change. I did kind of start towards the end of 2018 and obviously failed miserably, so we will add consistency in the mix.

As I am still in Haiti, I thought my first article for 2019 should be about what today means to us Haitians.

January 1st is the celebration of our Independence Day and although it is a pretty interesting topic and a great way to start the year, I realized this part of our history is deeper than just talking about the celebration because, we did not get our independence on January 1st, we actually got it in November then later on, decided to celebrate today.

I’m guessing you guys will have to wait for the real date in order to read the full article, in November 2019. I will also take the opportunity to talk about why we eat/drink a soup made of squash and other vegetables, for the occasion also.

Since I’ll be talking about the good stuff later on this year, as I am writing this while laying on my couch, I think It would be best if we gave ourselves advice for the new year.

Advice that we will note and try really hard to remember through out the year.

We already mentioned staying positive and consistant so let’s find other things, shall we?

How about to get things done by any means necessary? This is for the people, including me that have all these amazing ideas then we get lost with other activities, we lose motivation or we postpone them because “something came up”.

Something will always come up, several times people talk to me about their projects and I’m the one that does the followup like “hey, I’m ready, when are we starting?”

and I get replies such as “yeah yeah it’s coming, let me just finish this & that, I’ll get back to you.”

Then, I actually never hear back from them.

Let’s not be like that, if it’s your project, if it’s a goal or plan that actually means something to you, GET IT DONE.

My fourth advice would be to take care of yourself, not just pretending but, actually doing something about your body and your mind because both of them are equally important if the mind isn’t more.

The fifth advice should be right next to staying positive and it’s to not let sh*t get to us. People talk sh*t when they are bored, jealous, envious and so on. If you take time to listen to what people have to say about you, you’ll never move on. Sure, it’s good to do some self-reflection but if you consider whatever you’re doing is okay then keep doing it.

Only YOU will have to deal with the consequences, only YOU will have to do something about your issue, just like only YOU is depressed and sad when you listen to your peers talking non-sense about you.

Love yourself, work on those insecurities, flaws that you notice about yourself. It’s no one else’s job to work on them for you, your friends/family/significant other can try and be supportive but it will never be their job. All they can do is point out what they think should be changed, nothing more.

Stay nice, often we get defensive and rude because someone hurts our feelings, or we try to do people dirty like they do to us - this ain’t it chief!

Don’t get out of character because of people that don’t even matter in the first place.

It’s so easy to give advice but now comes the real challenge.

Will you follow them?

I suggested taking the advice you think you need, writing it down and reading it to yourself everyday and see how it affects your behavior over the year of 2019.

I’m open to all kinds of advice so leave yours in the comments below or direct message me on IG or Twitter.

Will keep you updated on how the advice is working for me.

The year of 2018 is over, let it go. Stop replaying the bad stuff that happened to you throughout the year and focus on the good things 2019 will bring to you.

The year of 2019 is about GROWTH, POSITIVITY, CONSISTENCY and whatever else you think YOU need. It’s all about YOU because only YOU matter.

New Year, New improved, amazing, beautiful and so much more YOU.

This was “January 1st”, written by, UrFavBlogger.

Creole version below.

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Premye Janvye

Fen ane mwen an te on tijan dous ak difisil an menm tan, mwen fè nouvo zanmi, nouvo plan/pwojè pou tèt mwen, mwen travay, mwen fè benevola...

Bon lè m vin reflechi a sa, m vle kwè ke desanm mwen te pi dous ke l te difisil.

M pa kon pouki mwen plis konsantre m sou pati difisil yo.

Mwen pa kon fè rezolisyon pou nouvo ane yo, men mwen panse premye chanjman pou m ta fè se komanse plis pozitif nan lavi m, pou m ta komanse wè bon bagay yo anvan sa k pa bon yo.

Mwen te komanse fè sa ane pase anvan 2018 la te fini, mwen wè jan mwen voye flè nan « rezolisyon » sa donk m ap rajoute « konsistans » nan nouvo rezolisyon 2019 yo.

Premye jou janvye se jou nou selebre jounen endepandans peyi dayiti, malgre se yon sijè ki bonjan enteresan e li t ap on bon mwayen pou m komanse blòg la pou 2019 lan. Mwen reyalize pati sa de istwa nou an gen anpil detay, ke m paka jis lage konsa paske pa blye vre endepandans nou an, nou te genyen l an novanm se jis selebre nou vin selebre l nan apre.

Mwen panse nou ka tan vre dat la pou n ka jwen tout detay sou jounen sa ki make listwa limanite an novanm 2019 kap vin la, e m ap pran opòtinite sa pou m esplike nou pouki nou bwè soup joumou premye janvye a tou.

Kòm mwen deside m ap pale sijè enteresan yo pita nan ane a, pandan mwen shita m ap ekri ti tèks sa, mwen panse fò n ta plis komanse nouvo ane blòg la ak de-twa konsey.

Konsey ke n ap ekri on kote, e pou n eseye sonje yo pandan tout ane a. Nou pale de pozitivite ak konsistans deja, kounya an n eseye pale lòt bagay enpòtan tou.

Tankou, jwen mwayen pou n reyalize pwojè nou malgre nenpòt ki difikilte nou ka kontre chak jou. Sa se pou tout moun, menm mwen, ki gen yon ekip plan e pi lè lè a rive pou n fè yo nou pèdi nan lòt aktivite, nou pèdi motivasyon o swa nou voye yo pou on lòt jou paske gen yon bagay ki vin rive, elatrye.

Sonje ke toujou gen yon bagay k ap rive. Men souvan moun kon vin pale m de pwojèt yo ta renmen mwen patisipe ladan yo, mwen ekri pou m di yo mwen pare, yo banm on bagay kembe yo di m y ap rive sou mwen e pi mwen pa janm tande bri yo ankò.

Fòk nou kanpe abitid sa yo, se pwojèt pa nou li ye, si son bagay ki enpòtan pou nou, li pa ta sipoze on lòt moun k ap kouri dèyè w pou w fè l.

Jis fè l.

Katryèm konsey mwen te ka bay jodya se pran swen tèt nou. Pa pran pòz n ap fè l, men bonjan pran swen sante fizik nou ak mantal nou paske tou de enpòtan, si mantal la pa pi enpòtan menm.

Senkyèm konsey mwen te ka ban nou tou, li ta sipoze plase bò kote pozitivite e se pa kite bagay ki rive chak jou yo afekte nou. Moun pale kaka pou griyen dan, paske yo jalou, yo egri, elatrye.

Si w pran tan w koute moun sa yo, ou pap janm vanse. Dèfwa li bon pou w pran on ti tan pou reflechi sou ou menm, jan w santiw ak aksyon ou pose yo. Si pou ou yo bon, kontinye fè yo. Paske lè tout bagay fini, se ou ki pral viv ak konsekans yo, se ou ki pral pran desizyon si w pou w chanje on pwoblèm, menm jan se ou ki tris o swa nan depresyon paske sa moun ap di sou ou yo fè w mal.

Renmen tèt nou, travay sou ensekirite ak defo nou yo paske pa gen moun ki pral travay sou yo pou nou. Zanmi, fanmi, menaj, ka dirije nou sou pwoblèm yo jije ki ta merite on chanjman men yo pa ka fè plis.

Toujou ret bon moun, souvan nou on tijan frekan o swa nou toujou gen tandans vle defan tèt nou paske yon moun fè nou mal. Dèfwa nou ta renmen remèt yo kou yo ban nou yo tou. Pa panse konsa ankò.

Pa chanje karaktè n pou moun ki pa vo mòd chanjman sa yo.

Bay konsey toujou fasil men eske n ap swiv yo?

Mwen pwopoze nou ekri yo on kote e pi chak jou li yo pou n ka sonje yo e pi swiv chanjman sa ka koze nan jan nou aji pour rès 2019 la.

Mwen pare pou m resevwa konsey pa nou yo, kite yo nan kòmantè anba a o swa ekri m an prive sou Twitter ak Instagram.

M ap kenbe nou o kouran de kijan konsey yo ap mache pou mwen.

Ane 2018 la fini, kite tout sa ki te pase ladan l dèyè. Sispan repase move bagay yo nan tèt nou, konsantre nou sou bon bagay 2019 lan pral pote ban nou.

Ane 2019 la pou GRANDI, POZITIVITE, KONSISTANS, ak tou bagay ke nou konsidere nou bezwen yo. Se nou ki pi enpòtan nan moman an la a.

Nouvo ane, pi bon vèsyon OU te ka janm ye nan lavi w.

Sa se te «Premye janvye » on tèks Urfavblogger.