New Years Wish | The Kickoff To Make Some Changes

Happy New Year!!

Let me start this post wishing all the other HIVERS reading this a very happy and healthy 2021! I hope that all your wishes may come true this year and that you will be able to start this new year feeling good vibrations and hold on to them!

One thing that I don't want to forget is showing my appreciation to everyone that has been supporting my posts in 2020, but also those that have been supportive by leaving comments. Thank you all, and let's make 2021 an even better year by supporting each other!

A new year has started

When one year ends, another starts. We can start this year fresh with new years resolutions or without them, it doesn't matter whatever floats your boat! I personally never really found it needed to start a new year and change bad habits, I personally change them whenever the time feels right. I can have the idea to change things for a long time before I feel that I'm actually strong enough to do so. I know myself quite well nowadays :) that's a huge advantage with these things, I can tell you. No need to fool myself and pretend that I'm going to be more healthy tomorrow when I actually know that I'm feeling down and not motivated at all. But, eventually, things change for the better and I always know that at one point, I will make the decision to change things. Even if the first attempt will fail, I will learn from the failed attempt.

The first January the first, that I'm feeling it's time to make some changes!

This January first, is the actual first time in my whole life that I had no intentions to change things from today, but they came to me just a few hours ago when watching a Netflix documentary, lol. Things have been brewing in my mind for a while, but I was too busy focusing on other stuff and these plans were parked in the back of my mind for when the time was right, and apparently, that happens to be today! Pretty cool, I'm very good at remembering big changes if they come at a special date, as the first day of school, or in this case, the first day of the year. So I'm quite sure this one will be remembered.

I'm talking about decluttering

Now let me point out first that our home is not a hoarder's home, lol, although, it actually was because the owner of this apartment is actually one of these people. Which made it a pain to move in because this old man didn't plan things well and my boyfriend was mostly the only pair of hands helping him move the stuff and on top of that CLEAN the place. Which was probably the worst. This place turned into something nasty, and it was hard to look through the mess when he was still living here. The only reason I could, was because my mind still had the clear image of how this looked a few years ago, and therefore it was still awesome in my head.

Some issues causing the clutter

Anyway, we moved in and I already decluttered a lot at our old home, on top of that we didn't take our furniture as the new tenant bought them. But then the next issue came, the owner didn't want to move some of the closets meaning we had both bedrooms and the living room filled with HIS furniture mostly. Until today, this means (after 5 months) that I have stuff that I can't get out of my sight and is still in boxes or suitcases simply because I have his furniture which is totally not efficient for us.

Things have been piling up

I took some sets of pictures several times and placed them on the marketplace but without success (only some stuff but unfortunately not the big items listed). Then I needed a break and focus on other things, which I did, and then came the holiday prep season. So now here we are, the first of January and if I look around, every room has clutter. And I hate it, it's making my head spin sometimes and I need it gone. I can't get rid of his things (the owner), so I can only do something about ours. Time to start!

Netflix was the trigger

A documentary about minimalism made me remember some things when I was actually very interested in that topic and made some huge changes. It made it so much easier to decide what needed to stay and go that I felt so light in my head once I applied these things to our life at the time. Slowly things got better financially and clutter started to appear more and more. I have to admit that at the time, I also wasn't in the best happy state of mind, so this made it harder for me to keep up with the routines. Times have changed though, and although I may have some not so bright days, most days things get done and the house is at least clean. Which is a huge plus!

So now what?

Looking at the documentary I realized the time is now, and at the first day of the year, how great is it to start the year with these changes that will benefit all of us in the end. It will make us have a clear mind, a home that is organized and we will only have to worry about the items that we truly need. Therefore less worry about cleaning items that we don't actually use of have a function. I decided the time is right to take pictures again and place them on marketplaces to sell stuff and to donate stuff. I decided that if they aren't sold within a certain period, I will donate them.

The profit will go towards a car

We already decided that we need a car asap because of the traffic towards and from school. I set a goal for an amount we will need, and we will have a pretty short timeframe to gather half of the money needed. Decluttering will probably not contribute a huge part of that amount, but at least it's something. I will also start setting another budget for our groceries and when not spent, it will also go into the savings for the car.

The wish to have one was there for a while, but I never actually felt that it was possible until very recently. Suddenly, I realized that it's very possible by changing a few things. And honestly, today has only made me see things clearer. Imagine how I feel once I have done some decluttering, things will only get more clear.

Last day 2020 vs the first day of 2021

As you can see, I feel quite happy and excited now, but the last day of the year was quite shitty for me, I felt sick and have spent some time cuddling the toilet as well. There went our cozy family dinner with a gourmet grill on the table as planned. I had no desire to even look at food, what a loss!

Today I woke up feeling ok, but during the day I started to feel sick-ish again. Thankfully my focus was eventually shifted to good thoughts and despite feeling nausea I managed to get through the evening. In the end, this day was still a good one!

If you want to share some changes you are planning to make this year, please do so in the comments!

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