VOLUME 19
JANUARY 2022
NUMBER 1
Sunday, January 2, 2022
MOVING TO 2022
2021 is gone. 2022 is born. A year has passed. We are all thinking about the past year by making new resolutions for the New Year 2022 to make our life comfortable with the available resources. Past is easy to remember, but the future is yet to come. We have to plan. We have to come forward to decide what to do and what not to do. It is hard for many of us. Under the present circumstances of the global pandemic, we cannot live in the past. We have to change, change our lives. Challenges are many. Facing them will not be easy. With a little bit of wisdom, it should be possible to overcome the hard challenges. Yes, that should be our future plan.
The year 2021 started with coronavirus vaccination champagne and ended with the spread of Omicron – a Covid 19 variant. Its ability to spread among the human population is said to be several-fold greater than that of Covid 19 and its earlier variant Delta. The new variant originated from South Africa and spread to European countries, the US and many other countries including India. Will 2022 is going to be an Omicron year?
Doctors and World Health Organization were interviewed
by all news channels in order to inform the public about the dangerous Omicron.
They all said that people have to be cautious as the spread goes on at a faster
rate. Governments imposed lockdowns. New Year 2022 celebrations were cancelled
in many states of India. People stayed at home and ate their New Year feast.
They all wished their friends and dear ones through their smartphones or ipads.
In spite of all this chaos, the elections were
conducted in 2021 for Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. Life went on without a care
for the pandemic. Thus we learned to live with the coronavirus and its
variants.
I have a doubt whether the vaccinations we got have an
effect on the Omicron pandemic? ‘We feel’ – the doctors say ‘that some amount
of immunity is offered by the vaccinations.’ However, they are not
cock sure. Will there be an end to this panic? Schools and colleges were opened
and closed. No one is sure whether they have corona or not. It appears that
children are threatened by the new variant. Day by day the vaccination process
is extended to all age groups. Some talk about booster doses too.
Whatever may be the impact of the pandemic all over
the world people have faith that they can live with it. People are moving from
one place to another, one country to another country without fear. Life
activities are going on as usual. Life moves on. Marriages are happening. Food
materials are available and people are happy of course with a little bit of
fear in their minds. Most of us do not think about fear. We concentrate on our
life activities. That is what we expect to happen in 2022.
In 2021The United Nations, Climate Change Conference
took place in Glasgow, UK from 31 Oct. to 13 Nov. It was simply called COP26
(Conference of Parties) the annual summit. The participants were world leaders.
I consider it as an important event during the pandemic year to happen. The
major decisions included reducing the emission of Carbon dioxide, usage of coal
as fuel. All countries agreed on these decisions and ended up at the summit by
producing a big report. But what actions they are going to take in their
country is a big challenge. Every year such reports are made and the actions
taken are not sufficient. This has been pointed out by the activists at all
times.
Climate change in the background of the coronavirus pandemic and now the Omicron variant is also threatening the world population in the form of storms, flooding, wildfire, sea level rising due to melting of ice in Antarctica and arctic regions, very hot and cold weather and many other natural calamities. Therefore our future depends on the invisible virus and global climate change. Our future generation is looking for a safer life. That life has to be provided by the present generation. It is our duty and responsibility. Hope our leaders will concentrate on these two issues and find a suitable solution. - NARA
CONFIDENCE BUILDING ACTIVITIES
Do something
2.
Walk tall,
smile, and look others in the eye.
3.
Each day,
create one small task to stretch beyond your comfort zone.
4.
Create a
good self-image.
5.
Be positive.
6.
Speak slowly
and distinctly.
7.
Change one
small habit daily.
8.
At the end
of the day, write down five things you’re grateful for.
9.
Try a new
path.
1 Be nice to
others.
HABITS THAT CAN IMPROVE LIFE
Make time for a few minutes of
quiet time to think about the good day ahead or prepare yourself for the day.
Don’t get straight to your
email just yet — take the morning in (sunrise and the peace of the morning).
Put off checking emails and social updates.
Read a page or two of your
favourite book instead of aiming for a complete chapter.
Don’t make your morning workout
a chore. Instead of an hour or half an hour exercise, try five minutes or less
plank, push up, sit-up or squat.
If you want to meditate, start
by meditating for one minute per day instead of ten. If you are struggling,
won’t make it a habit.
For better energy and strong
concentration, choose a healthy breakfast (whole grains, protein and healthy
fats).
Limit the number of decisions
you make in the morning. Too many decisions exhaust the brain and cause
fatigue. One way to manage your energy is to do your high-priority work in the
am.
When you start work, remove all
distractions from your work environment before starting actual work –noise,
notifications, email tabs, etc. Assume focus or productive mode with calming
music.
Use your to-do list from the
night before to start a productive day.
Schedule short downtime times
in between work throughout the day. For example, for every hour of deep work,
take a five minutes break.
During your downtime, you can
listen to a podcast, read a thought-provoking article, get a drink or take a
walk to clear your mind.
For everything you expect to
complete, break it into simple-to-complete actions you can quickly get done.
Focus on small wins in the first half of the day.
Schedule time for nature walks — even just
10 minutes outside and close to more trees can do wonders for your mood.
BUILDING BETTER HABITS
Building better habits are hard, especially in the beginning. Sprints don’t work. Massive changes hardly work. Aiming for one giant step doesn’t end well. Many people rely on habit-building systems to start new healthy habits.
A great system can
give your willpower a break, so you can focus on repeatable behaviours that
deliver results-systems applied well will make your habits automatic over time.
But a good system
requires time to deliver incremental changes because healthy new habits take
time to stick.
The only way to get
over the hurdle is to start with a consistency plan too small to fail: a habit
formation system that fits your personality, attitude, environment and goals in
life.
A small action daily
is infinitely better and more impactful than a massive change you can’t
sustain. It’s also a realistic and attainable way to teach your brain healthy
habits.
Jim Rohn once said, “Success
is a few simple disciplines, practiced every day; while failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day.”
TO QUOTE
Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change. – Wayne W. Dyer.
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do
are in
harmony. = Mahatma Gandhi.
For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness
– R.
W. Emerson.
JUST TO LAUGH...
In Jerusalem, a female journalist heard about a very old Jewish man who had been going to the Wailing Wall to pray, twice a day, every day, for a long, long time. So she went to check it out. She went to the Wailing Wall and there he was! She watched him pray and after about 45 minutes, when he turned to leave, she approached him for an interview.
“Sir, how long have
you been coming to the Wall and praying?”
“For about 60 years.”
“60 years! That’s amazing! What do you pray for?”
“I pray for peace. I pray for all the hatred to stop and I pray for all
our children to grow up in safety and friendship.”
“How do you feel
after doing this for 60 years?”
“Like, I’m talking to a wall!”
LINES I LIKED
- Ø Life is highly interdependent.
- Ø
LiLife is like an
archaeological dig, you never know what you’re going to unearth.
- Ø
LiLife is neither good
nor evil; it is simply the place where good and evil exists.
- Ø
LiLife is not a problem
to be resolved; rather it is a challenge to be embraced.
- Ø
LiLife is too short, so
cherish every moment.
When you wonder, you’re learning!
Meet you next month –2022
Professor A. Narayanan, Ph. D., FISPP
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