my failure log for 2023
I recently wrote about what made me happy in 2023 read here!.
But what do I regret about my life and my actions in 2023? Looking back, what can I see that I clearly missed or avoided? I'm seeing what feels like regrets and failures and using that to prioritise what I work on in 2024.
- Spending too little time with my parents and my extended family. I sometimes prioritised myself too much when I now know that time with them is limited and I should have had some more meaningful memories together while I still can.
- Not prioritising my home environment and keeping it too functional. My home is still relatively minimal with boxes where there should be none and some furniture that's missing.
- This further creates some insecurity on inviting friends over as I feel like "it's not ready yet"
- Drinking a bit too regularly (weekly) - this became too much of a semi regular habit in the last few months and I can see how it impacts general health.
- I can put the case forward that I didn't take many risks this year in my personal endeavours. I pushed myself on my work, hobbies, and fitness goals, but I didn't necessarily do anything courageous when it comes to interpersonal connections (psst, I'm talking about dating).
- When travelling with friends, getting too caught up in expenses and trying to cheap out on stuff. I would have rather just spent more and enjoyed myself more now that I look back.
- I wouldn't call my year particularly focused. I pretty much just said yes to every experience I was interested in having and do think I need to spend more time aligned to other core values in 2024 including giving some time back to the community.