#Welcome2023

 Here we are… we have made it to 2023. Happy New Year! 

May this be a blessed year for you, your endeavours and your loved ones.

I once read somewhere a statement that mentioned there is one thing that everyone in the world has equally: twenty-fours each day; and that what makes the difference is how we individually utilise the time in the day.

2022 has come and gone. 2023 is here.

As you look back, how did you utilise 2022? What lessons did you learn from 2022? As you look ahead, how are you going to make 2023 count?

I have come to learn that time is such a precious resource. And it is not a renewable resource. So how we choose to use it, or spend it, could be the key to achieving that goal, that dream and making a difference.

Since coming across the term ‘life-long learning’, I was pleased to know that awareness is not only limited to the class-room environment. One is able to learn, pretty much anywhere and in any situation if one takes the trouble to be a student of life and objectively inquisitive. The internet has also made learning more accessible as well as inter-active.

Setting aside time to learn is apt and enables one to remain relevant and responsive in this volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) global (and/or glocal) environment.

At the beginning of the year, many individuals make time to review, assess and set goals for the year. You too may be in the process of doing just that. It is conventional, after all.

But what if, you could have just one goal for the year, what would it be?

2023 is here. You have made it here. How will you use your time differently to enhance the results you are seeking?

One wise person once said, “Yesterday is but history, tomorrow is but a mystery, today is all you have that that is why it is called, present.”

Taking time just to appreciate and acknowledge that you are in 2023 on this New Year’s Day is also commendable.

Appreciating that time is precious goes a long way in making the days, weeks and months in the year worthwhile. 

I hope you have your eyes set on making this a memorable year with the time that you have in the coming 364 days… #Welcome2023.


Comments

  1. LuthandoJanuary 1, 2023 at 11:33 AM

    From Suzan Pule, grateful for fruitful asserting words.. indeed being in this present day is an opportunity to bring the future I aspire to life and engage in what is true that builds me.. Gladly Appreciated!

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  2. Dr. Miriam Laker-OkettaJanuary 2, 2023 at 7:58 AM

    Love this

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