2023

21 January 2024 in DIARY, HONG KONG, SINGAPORE

Hello 2024! Is anyone still saying “Happy New Year”? Because I was still wishing my friend that yesterday. :)

I have always shared my “year in review” post on New Year’s Eve, but couldn’t make it in 2023, so decided to just let it go and hopefully share it before January 2024 ended! When I look back at 2023, I see a busy and fun year where I got up to a lot of different plans. In the early months of 2023, I bought tickets for a trip to Hong Kong, a trip that I’ve been waiting a long time for and looked forward to all year. :) In 2023, I had the luxury to spend almost two weeks in my favourite city and I truly had the best time. :) I cannot wait for my next trip!

Overall, it’s been a good year in many ways and I’m incredibly grateful for life’s blessings: such as good health, wonderful family and friends, steady employment, great colleagues and my favourite cafes and bookstores!

As the year ended, there were moments where I felt deflated, probably because there are elements of my life still “missing” or because I feel like I didn’t have any particular successes to celebrate or made big steps of progress in any area of my life. I happened to come across a piece while I was reading about how it’s so much easier for the mind to focus on the negative things we’re not satisfied with and it struck me how true that is!

I tried to take a step back and shift my focus on to the many small wins and joys in my year instead. Perhaps, all my small wins add up to a big one after all.

Here are a selection of snapshots (narrowed down to a photo per month) that represent the small joys. Bye 2023, let’s see what 2024 holds.