PSA: not every year in your life is going to be remarkable. fantastic. excellent. 10/10.
This is not an outcome for lack of trying. It’s just how this whole life thing works.
How do you know that, Zenia?
Allow me to elaborate….
As we approach the end of 2022 and all those year wraps are flooding our timelines, I innocently decided to take stock of my 2022. It’s been pretty unremarkable. Sure, good things have happened to me, but I wasn’t exactly one for the books. This was initially upsetting. Justifiably, disappointment was the lead emotion there. And I let myself whine about it for a few days. (shoutout to my husband, for the patient listening)
And then I did something I hadn’t ever done before. I actually took stock of the past 10 years. This was prompted by a book I have been inconsistently reading throughout the year - The Daily Laws by Robert Greene - where I penned down the year and against it things I classified as big achievements. in the past 10 years, I’ve had some GREAT years and then a few unremarkable ones. And in those unremarkable years, I was consistent, navigating uncharted terrain and learning.
They molded me to get to 2022 and be OKAY with it being an unremarkable year. There is no shame in doing things in your time and getting places at your own pace. And anyone who makes you feel otherwise or rushes you isn’t always acting in your best interest - consciously or unconsciously.
These unremarkable years are important, they allow you to take in the ordinary, develop your own systems, create healthy boundaries, to examine what is working for you and what isn’t. They are a launchpad of sorts for the better things that are coming.
Shoutout to everyone who’s had an ‘unremarkable year’. you are not alone and you are not failing!
Remember, we don’t have to push so hard that we zip past important moments and forget to be present and enjoy what we now have.
so here’s to an unremarkable yet important year!
Lastly, since emails are essentially the backbone of humanity, here’s a glimpse of my 2022 as email subject lines:
RE: Forward: Covid - New subvariant - Omicron
Attention Requested: War in Ukraine
Meeting request: Civic Day Long weekend planning
All you need to know about Butter boards.
Upcoming trip to India: Tickets confirmed
Your Order is on the Way
Congratulations, you’ve completed the Great Cycle Challenge for SickKids
Notice to Appear: to take the Oath of Citizenship
Upcoming OOO: Vancouver & Montreal
Fwd: Trevor Noah is leaving the Daily Show
URGENT: Bank of Canada raises interest rates
Canceled event: Weight loss
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