As i am writing this, it is not December anymore, but i remember December all to well:

A strange, unsure time with a war going on in the world and prices in stores rising far beyond levels of what seems fair and affordable.

At the time i recieved more money than i usually do, a sort of bonus and i was really thinking, overlooking what the goal of the extra amount would be. At the time, groceries are very expencive and using electra just went to the roof. Pricewise anyway.

So i started thinking immidiately about putting the money into - what i call dephts, but are in fact bills.

Which actually was no different from the other years.

I can't remember taking a holiday last year. I was only busy making a living. As we get more money, we spend more money. How's that? Where is the time of saving up? The time of rewarding people for putting a little extra aside? As nowadays we have to pay for it. I really wanna turn around from spending all you can spend (it can be just about anything if you apply it to your own live: it could be spending energy, spending time etc) to saving a few - bucks, in this case. And just thinking more: is really nessecairy to spend it?

So, how about saving some, for a change?

Well, i put the money in a saving account. And as soon as i did - i think it wasn't even a day later - i recieved a massage from my bank: saving money will cost me rent and they shared with me the percentage which i had to pay. So there i thought about saving and already i had spent some money without even touching it! I think it is the same way with our energy and time. We want so desperately to keep a hold of it, to be able to keep some to ourself, but a lot of it flows away to others or to persons or activities we should not have spent (that many) time on.

But it is not to late. It is never to late to change things, while you are still alive. There may be concequenses for not acting sooner, yes. But we still have the opportunity to change things. So despite the odds i desided to safe some. I would probably spend a great amount of it in a really short time, as i tend to live up the way i can afford.

I am not going to punish myself for that, bút i can think more wisely about the purpose and the investment. So here we are at a new year and new years resolution and i have decided: it is never to late for new beginnings! For new years resolutions. For saving some money, some energy or some time - whatever it is that you need more of in the coming year. Think for yourself about how you are going to achieve that goal.

And just keep that goal in mind during the year, evaluate where you are and if nessecairy ajust your plans, periodically. So that at the end of this new -upcoming- year, you won't have to start this new beginnings all over with:

Old 'New years resolutions'!