I love the colours, humour and balance," adds Yeye. "These are the three necessities for my work. I don't have a smart message or a device for freedom, my illustrations come as they are: happy, colourful and stupid." What causes this? Is it work? Are you too agreeable for the late nights? Does it frustrate you when you work late? Do you see others and think hmm X is getting more than me for doing less?

You know how I always dread the whole year? Well, this time I’m only going to dread one day at a time.What’s one way you can think about this coming year as blank canvas? Share it with me at [email protected].

Step 1: Review your year month by month. List your successes, large and small. Identify the leadership skills and approach you drew on to achieve those successes. My mind is still a work in progress. This is probably where the biggest changes have occurred and the work of untangling my thoughts enough to be comfortable is going to take some time. It is not something I can do by announcing a mindset shift for a new year but will happen slowly, one thought at a time. For now, I have started the work. I have begun to look at the way that being a parent has changed my perspective and the way that I think about things or react to situations. Most importantly of all I have stopped judging my thoughts too harshly.How do I improve my situation or make up for said deficit? What is the variable in my equation that needs to change for the other side of the equals sign to be happy? A plan needs to be in place to launch your goals in the right direction. Thoughts lead to actions. Dread (as a routine of thinking) is like a lead weight on your leadership. Not only does it drag you down, but it pulls your team down with you.

We drove up to Westchester to my sister’s house and I lamented these aches, out loud in the car, to which Adam- my ever-loving husband- shouted: Stop being old! And I harumphed like the adult I am, turning with my whole body to face the passenger side window since my head had no independent mobility of its own. It’s 11.56pm on new years eve. I can hear the neighbour’s muffled laughter through loud music. Some others down the street have been setting off fireworks, happy screams pervading the night sky. Right now, a bunch of people are happy. They are revelling in the hype of a new year, fuelled with alcohol and the hopes and dreams of tomorrow. I love the start of the new year. It’s exhilarating – a blank canvas to write a new leadership journey… cue eyeroll from leaders who don’t necessarily share this outlook. They see a different view – a looming Mount Everest that must be climbed yet again! So, as the leader, how should you approach the new year? “Listen. I wish I could tell you it gets better. But, it doesn’t get better. You get better.” – Joan Rivers, American Comedian This Week's EditionWhere does that leave you? First port of call would be to take an honest assessment of the situation. As mentioned, goals tend to materialize where you are deficient in one are or unhappy. Once Argentina managed to finish off France in Qatar, Christmas came into full view with the New Year peering over it’s shoulder. The time is being spent planning nights out for Christmas, last minute presents, who you want to meet and more importantly, who you want to avoid. On the flipside the reactionary goals, tend to be overreactions. Are you in a rut currently? Is this why you think drastic changes will be right for you. ” I’ve been overworked in 2022 therefore I’ll change x,y and z outside my work life in the hope that it’ll change in 2023” The biggest thing I felt that I was missing was the connection with my friends. The difficulty of finding a suitable date, time and venue for us all to meet meant that much more time passed between our meetups. It made me sad to think that I wasn’t seeing them that often but this just meant that I needed to find new ways of maintaining the connection. I have found a new love of voice notes for the times when it is too difficult to type out messages and chats on the phone are not achievable. If we manage a half an hour slot where we are both free, I can squeeze in a chat on speakerphone while I prepare dinner or fold the laundry. The core of our relationships are still the same but, as with everything, they have matured and changed. Children or no children, schedules become full, lifestyles alter and people grow up. My Mind

There have been many occasions that I have looked in the mirror and not recognised myself. The changes that have happened and continue to happen have been clouding my view of myself and it feels like what I see in the mirror changes every day. As humans it can be hard to accept change in any capacity so when the changes are happening to us as a person it feels like the whole world is shifting. It has taken me a long time to accept the changes for what they are and recognise them as tiny shifts rather than earth-shattering quakes. If all 6 are in flux, it might be time for a career change entirely ( See Chandler in FRIENDS moving to Yemen). Generally, there tends to be 1 maybe 2 pain points that are contributing to an unhappiness and thus drastic goals. Can you set small goals that build a platform for you to launch from. from your device or from a url. For designing from scratch, try searching "empty" or "blank" templates. While the new year can be a great time to jumpstart these plans, it can also be a difficult one. There’s a strong expectation to set goals and resolutions during this time, often forcing us to look at ourselves with a critical perspective. With that, it’s important to remember your worth and know you only have to resolve yourself to change if you want to! Here are some gentle reminders when taking advantage of or deciding to pass on the pressure of the new year: Laying in bed wide awake after a fight with my husband. He’d pulled me aside fifteen minutes earlier and said, “We’d better have a pash and a grope because its new year.” My instant unconscious reaction of a low exhausted groan wasn’t taken too well, which resulted in his anger over my response.Not everyone needs to change. People always need to develop. There doesn’t necessarily have to be a drastic overhaul of your entire existence. Small changes and habits can have a massive impact on your day-to-day life as they compound. Maybe it’s a New Year and you're happy with the core variables if so it should be New Year, Same Me. If you’re not happy, is it therefore New Year, Same me? Or are you going to do something about it? Every year is the same. Everyone feels unhappy and feels the need to change something with the beginning of the New Year," says Yeye. "Tonnes of stupid resolutions everywhere you look, but this exhibition will show that it is okay to be lazy and inconsistent." While I have nothing against anyone setting themselves some intentions or goals for the year, I personally don’t feel like I have to do it on the first of January. It is so easy to see the new year as a clean slate. As an opportunity to recreate yourself, or make up for all the (so-called) flaws you spotted in yourself last year. Hey, I get it, it’s nice to have something to work towards, but adding a shed load of things to your life starting in the new year seems a little counterintuitive to me. Old Thinking: The mountain I just climbed in my business was hard enough last year. This year’s goal is to grow by 30%. If I barely made it last year, how will I be able to do it again this year? I’m not sure I’m up for it. Other social media platforms started hosting "New Year, New Me" memes as January 2016 approached. For instance, on December 29th, 2015, Viner [4] DemetriusHarmon posted a Vine called "New Year new me" in which the character turned into a vacuum, gaining roughly 4.1 million loops and 81,300 likes in eight years (shown below).