There are only a few days left in the year and it is customary to make a small s of the things we did and those we did not do. Generally people, at the beginning of the year, commit themselves to achieve professional, personal or spiritual goals that can sometimes give us satisfaction, prosperity and well-being. Some of these goals are objectives that we set for ourselves year after year, such as losing weight, living a healthier life, saving money, joining a gym. Others are more timely like graduating, getting married, asking for a promotion at work. We are happy when we make the balance, we see that we have achieved many of our intentions; also, we justify ourselves to others and to ourselves, if we do not achieve them, saying that it was difficult, but that this next year we will achieve them. But what about the goals we should have set and did not set and therefore, we did not achieve them.

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Every goal is born from someone's need, from a person's desire to achieve something. Therefore, people will set goals according to their interests and needs: buying a house, traveling to Paris, having a child, buying a car. Personal needs that are tangible and generally follow social patterns. However, there are many goals that because they are not so noticeable or material, we do not make them for ourselves. Goals like being a better person, laughing more, helping others, offending less, would never be on a list of a productive and visionary person. It is believed that breathing is something we do normally and daily, just like laughing, talking, sleeping.

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These days I was watching the movie of my life this year and I realized that I didn't sleep. Going to bed at 12 at night and getting up at 4 in the morning has become a habit for me. Being glued to the computer all day, going to work, going out to buy food, standing in line at a bank to get cash, have all taken away my pleasure in sleeping. Likewise, I am more and more bitter about people on the street. I feel that the ordinary citizen is my enemy, especially those who stand in line quietly or do not complain about the country we have. Similarly, I found that I was more stressed out this year than usual. Stress became for me not only the justification for not doing things but also for feeling bad about myself and my surroundings. Not only did I hurt my health, I was also very aggressive with my environment.

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Cuentos grotescos is one of the most famous books in Venezuelan literature and is by the famous Venezuelan writer José Rafael Pocaterra. Last year I mentioned this book to you, about a famous Christmas story called How Panchito Mandefuá Dined with the Baby Jesus. Today I will refer you to a story entitled New Year in the same book. The story is about a man named Hector who makes the decision at the end of the year not to see his lover, Beatriz, anymore. When he goes to a club, he meets an old friend, who starts a conversation with him. This friend, ironic and biting, refers him to all the known people in the city. At the end, he innocently tells him about Beatriz, the main character's lover, and says:

_Well, she turned out to be a good girl, nice, and she mourned an aunt who left her thirty or forty thousand pesos. On top of that, she turned out to be honest!

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On hearing that, Hector leaves the club implying not only that he will go to look for his lover but also that he will not fulfill his promise at the end of the year: to leave his affair with Beatriz. Beyond the irony of the story and the mockery implicit in it, the narrator makes it clear that we keep our promises according to our convenience. It is very easy to make end-of-year promises, but it is very difficult to keep them.

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For the next year let's set real goals or at least goals that don't require as much effort, such as being more patient with one another, less stress, breathing and taking things more slowly, sleeping more, smiling more often, sharing with family, hugging harder. It is not being more optimistic or living on a cloud, it is simply understanding that we are human and need physical and spiritual health to be well. Although it is a mental list, surely at the end of the so famous 2020, it will be good to know that we achieved many of our goals.

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We hope you have a good end to the year and that 2020 will be filled with successes and blessings. We remind you that you can vote for @adsactly as a witness. Until next year, friends.

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE

José Rafael Pocaterra (1986). Grotesque stories. Buchivacoa: Venezuela.

Written by: @nancybriti

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