19th Dec WW Activity- New Year Reflection
Our first Wellbeing Wednesday activity!
@Jay-RO introduced the idea over here - and we will be posting a new activity each Wednesday for everyone to participate in if you'd like!
So this week, we're doing a bit of reflection on the year.
Have a think of a word, (or a few) that reflect, or sum up the last year.
Then think of a word, or a few, that reflect what you want the next year to be.
My example
2018 - Reconnecting - The last year I felt like I was reconnecting with myself, and my values.
2019- Rest - I will be making a conscious effort to prioritise rest, in amongst the chaos.
Give it a go! I would love to hear your reflections, but no pressure to share if you'd prefer to do this one solo 
Comments
2019- growth- Learning new things academically and personally
2020- content- to be content and at peace with my life just as it is, right now!
In 2018 I really challenged my fears to be independent and to not give into my fear. I made it my motto to do things I had never done before even if I was afraid and I did:
I finished my degree.
I went overseas for the first time for almost 3 months to volunteer with kids and travel.
My best friend became my boyfriend.
I put myself and work first over all my volunteering curricular activities to give myself a rest towards the end of the year and really gave myself some free time.
I played two sports regularly.
In 2019 - It has been a really rough start to the year. I have had a traumatic experience, I made myself broke, big family drama and struggling with serious anxiety. But I am taking steps to combat this and so this year I want to not worry about trying to be perfect, let there be mistakes and downfalls and always look for the way up. I always want to look for options to take a break, improve and move forward - despite what I am faced with.
For me 2018 was the year when I realised that I need to make myself my first priority. I realised that even though things can get complicated or competitive, one shouldn't get overwhelmed by the situations and should only learn to grow out of them. Moreover, one should learn to pause the chaos for a moment and ask oneself 'Am I taking care of my self'? because I think self-love is very important and it doesn't make you selfish in any way 🙂
For 2019, I hope to become a better version of myself and take the lessons I learned from this year, forward. (P.S: Its okay if you think you messed things up a little this year because you still have 365 days ahead of you to discover yourself and become a better you 🙂 )
@gina-RO @annabethxchase @Esperanza67 @redhead @scared01 @litgym @Jess1-RO @DIVYA
For me...
2018 - Recovery & Learning. Recovery of both my mental health (which continues still) and my foot from my operation. They are both part of a long process but I'm getting there slowly 🙂 And Learning, I've been studying online in accounting and I've really enjoyed it.
2019 - Learning & Focused. I will be continuing my course until I graduate - which will hopefully be in a few months. And Focused - I want to focus on my direction of career and hopefully develop a plan I like and can maintain long-term, and of course my recovery with my foot will happen into the new year and my mental health but I'm making progress and that's the important part 🙂
It's so lovely reading through all of these! ❤️
For me 2018 involved a lot of self-reflection, so i'm hoping 2019 will bring the change i'm looking for 🙂
Oh I forgot to do this one! I love all the responses from other users! So many amazing reflections for this year and last 🙂
2018: challenges: uni was really hard.
2019: better. I just want this year to be better, and so far things are looking up 🙂
2018 - unexpected - this year started of okay but very quickly dropped. i never saw myself getting to a point of wanting to end my life. i genuinely thought i was going to have a good year but i guess not. but i have made a few achievements 🙂 i have multiple supports and feel very privileged to have you guys and my supports
2019 - recovery - i hope next year will be the start of my recovery, ive been trying so hard the last few months to maintain my safety, to reach out etc. im hoping next year ill be able to see more positives and find it easier to get through each day 🙂
Thank you for sharing @litgym. This is so inspiring to read.
I love your commitment to 2019 as a year for recovery - we are all so glad you came to ReachOut and joined our community
2018- awful- it has been full of many downs, constant tests for physical and mentla health most of which were bad results, so much pain in many aspects of my life, suffered alot of loss. i had no direction what so ever and it was mostly about surviing each day, hr, or minute if things were bad.
2019- Breathe and move forward- for 2019 my aims are to make things better than this yr, while im not entirely sure on what that might look like i do have a few ideas in mind starting with allowing the help that is offerred to me, implementing good physical and mental practices such as ensuring good balanced diet, exercise, and implementing a sleep routine, and self care activities. I am hoping to study in the health sector which is a step forward for the future.
I really love "Self learning" @annabethxchase and "breathe" @scared01
For me:
2018: Challenge, 2019: Growth
What I hope for 2019 - achievement. I want to set goals and work towards them. Achieve personal and emotional growth,
Thank you to everyone sharing - @annabethxchase @scared01 @Esperanza67 @redhead - all so inspiring.
Some really massive challenges faced in 2018 - and all of you have gotten this far, and have incredible aspirations and determinations to have a 2019 that is different.
2018: unexpected: this year definitely has been full of ups and downs and unexpected twists and turns. I would've never expected at the beginning of this year that I would be where I am now at the end of the year.
2019: purpose: learning to find my place in this universe and figure out who I am as an individual
2019: Self-discovery - Learn Moreno about myself, how I react to situations and how to make myself a better person 🙂
Excited for more if this @gina-RO!
