So, here we are…a whole year’s gone and I haven’t noticed I haven’t visit this place for so long…thank you for my wake up call, you know who you are. I suppose, it would be appropriate to make a brief “in previous series…” intro and make a note of all the things the whole 2014 has been made of for me…All The Things That Matters…
Being a pretty ordinary year in general, my 2014 had one big highlight and that will be what I’ll remember him by. In June I visited the place I love the most and it was magical…two weeks spent in St Petersburg were perfect…the time was perfect…the city was perfect…did I say, I love this city most of all the places on Earth?! I also have to mention that it happened so that I haven’t been to St Petersburg for 12 years before this year…no wonder it was a wonder filled trip! I found the city to be exactly how I left it. A bit of make over, not too much, not too European, preserved the uniqueness but brushed up his beauty to shine even more then ever before…yet everything felt so familiar…so “at home”, as if I’ve never left…The same time I had a rare opportunity to see it through the eyes of another, I took a friend with me on this epic journey and with him being a stranger in my native country I had a chance to make discoveries opened only to a stranger’s eyes…we were blessed with the weather and the White Nights added that special magic to the experience that was like a cherry on top…So, that was what have made it into Memory Book of 2014 for me…
The rest of events classified as “life as it is” and therefore only deserved to be mentioned as the bullet point lines in a long list of “Year’s Achievements”…won’t bore myself with the details, just say that now my house hasn’t got a single spot left from what it used to be when I fist moved in. And while most of the efforts have been made a year and even two years ago, this one will go down in history as a Year Of Completion. But don’t let this loud statement fool you: the completion only refers to the insides of the house and I still have plans (oh-oh, this does sound dangerously close to excitement) I still have the outdoor patio to do and to somewhat reshape my garden…never a quiet moment for creative mind!
Actually, there is a reason behind such restlessness. It is mostly artificial, of course, but works for me, therefore, validated. In a year and two days I will be crossing “The Five O” mark and a year and two days is what I’ve set myself for the Ultimate Target: I wish to have my personal space, which includes my house and my garden, all done exactly the way I want them to be by the time I am fifty. So that when I am finally fifty years old, I will simply enjoy life in my very own zone of comfort. Wishful thinking, they say, but I don’t care. I never did New Year’s resolutions, but this time I feel like I want to. There is a pride and honour on a stake here…well, at least a pride. So, I hope that in a year time my entry will say “Mission Accomplished”.
On this note I want to wish you all for this New Year: Even if you’ve never done or never managed to achieve New Year’s Resolution…
Make One Now. Make It Happened. Be Proud that you did.
Happy New Year to One and All! Let’s make 2015 to be exactly the way we want it!
Just making lists myself. Nothing grandiose. But lists nevertheless. I am content with my lot, and only want to beautify what is here, not change it too much. 🙂 I have a Wabi Sabi house, and don’t want to mess around with it too much. It will disturb the balance.
I wish you a good and healthy new year, may it surprise you with blessings you didn’t even know existed.
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