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New Year 2020

Happy New year to All


The year 2020 came with a Bang! Whether we are ready or not, the year is here, and there is no going back. All we can do is make the best out of it. Personally speaking, new years are very emotional times for me. It is time I look back on what I have done in the previous year, and me being me! I mostly focus on what I have not done, and all the time I have wasted. Well, this is not good for me or anyone actually, for this reason, I fall into depression and go through an intense time of regret. Lucky for me, I am a strong woman because I always pull through.

To anyone out there who is like me and fall into depression in the dawn of the new year. I would like to encourage you to try to look at the bright side of the setting year. Focus on the good that has happened in the year, in case you feel like your year was mostly bad. Take this new year to reset, see it as a new chance, a clean slate to start again. This will help you have a positive attitude toward the new year.

When a new year begins, it is easy to list all the things we want to do and achieve, but as the year progresses, we forget about all our good plans. To keep energized throughout the year, you have to treat every new month as a new beginning and time to review and check if you're still on track. By doing this, you will have more good to look back at when the year comes to an end.

The world is not perfect, and tragedy is part of life, sometimes bad things happen to good people, with this, I mean to say that the year is not going to be perfect for everybody. The best way to cope with pain and sorrow is being able to rise above it. Do not allow your bad moments to destroy the good.

As this year begins, I urge you to dare to be different, don't be afraid to stand out. Make a contribution to society, help those in need, and make every time count. You find yourself facing a hard time? Go through the pain and allow time to pass. Once it has passed, do not let yourself be the victim of the past but rise above it.

Let us make this year a good one! Support a good cause and be an advocate for human rights. Instead of talking more, let us listen more because sometimes we want to be heard so much that we don't let others voice their thoughts and grievances. Let love be the theme for the year 2020. If we have power in society, let's use it to build a better world.

A happy new year and may it be the best one yet.

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