Motivation Mondays: Ending & Beginning #HappyNewYear2019
“A year of ending and beginning, a year of loss and finding and all of you were with me through the storm. I drink to your health, your wealth, your fortune for long years to come, and I hope for many more days in which we can gather like this.” C.J. Cherryh
Motivation Mondays: Ending & Beginning #HappyNewYear2019
An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves. Bill Vaughan
For last year’s words belong to last year’s language and next year’s words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning. T.S. Eliot
The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. We can help write that story by setting goals. Melody Beattie
For those of us with an inward turn of mind, which is another name for melancholy introspection, the beginning of a new year inevitably leads to thoughts about both the future and the past. Michael Dirda
Happy New Year! HAPPY End of 2018! As I write this post, some parts of the world have already entered 2019 and are well on their way with celebrations and hoots of delight and gratitude. What a great gift to see another year, another day spent with loved ones, and the opportunity to set new goals and meet them. A few years after creating this blog, I started sending out the twelve gifts/blessings below because contemplating them added a positive influence to my year. I pick one each month and contemplate its impact on my life.
Instead of New Yearās resolutions, I offer each of you all twelve gifts and encourage you to practice choosing one as a point of focus every month. Choose one in any order you wish, and then contemplate how it has helped shape your decisions. Write your observations down and, with time, the gifts will reveal their secrets to you.Ā Words have tremendous power and these words can be used as monthly affirmations to help you along. You may substitute your own words too. Enjoy them and have an abundantly blessed 2019! Here are my twelve 2019 Happy New Year gifts/blessings/wishes for each of you/us:
ā„ Health
ā„ Happiness
ā„ Hope
ā„ Abundance
ā„ Grace
ā„ Peace & Love
ā„ Wisdom
ā„ Friendship
ā„ Goodwill
ā„ Success
ā„ Adventure
ā„ Divine Protection
If the creative muse or spirit moves you, feel free to create your own wish list of twelve and try using the suggested tips on affirmations above. What do you plan to do on January 1, 2019? Happy ā„ New ā„ Year!
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“Take a leap of faith and begin this wondrous new year by believing. Believe in yourself. And believe that there is a loving Source – a Sower of Dreams – just waiting to be asked to help you make your dreams come true.” Sarah Ban Breathnach
Motivation Mondays: Ending & Beginning #HappyNewYear2019
New year can begin only because the old year ends. Madeleine L’Engle
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end. Seneca The Younger
The year end brings no greater pleasure then the opportunity to express to you season’s greetings and good wishes. May your holidays and new year be filled with joy. Charles Dickens
Another fresh new year is here another year to live! to banish worry, doubt, and fear, to love and laugh and give! William Arthur Ward
Every tomorrow is an outcome of what I do today, and the beauty of it all is that today is happening all the time. Craig D. Lounsbrough
Food is nourishment and it plays a very important role in all of our lives. Even if you don’t consider yourself a foodie, you still need it as sustenance to keep body and mind functioning. Some time ago, I came across an article about special foods to eat just before the new year and on New Year’s Day. I tried it out and fell in love with the idea. Every year, I make sure to honor the foods on this list that I enjoy. Since I don’t eat meat, I skip the pork but, I try to incorporate all the others in some fashion. Frankly, in my area of NY, these foods are so popular as New year meals that, last year,Ā they ran out of black eyed peas.Ā I was quite surprised and vowed to always have it in stock in my pantry.Ā Bon appĆ©tit, Buon appetito, Rie nke į»ma … and have a wonderful feast of your chosen foods.
Below are a carefully curated list of good luck foods to eat.Ā There are 10 groups of foods to choose from. You can eat something from each group or select a few to add to your celebrations. Your call.Ā Pick what you like and enjoy!
ā¢ Black eyed beans and/or Lentils for prosperity
ā¢ Buttered bread for nourishment (Ireland)
ā¢ 12 Grapes/Raisins before midnight (New Yearās Eve) for great fortune (Spain)
ā¢ Greens like Spinach, Kale, Collards remind us of green money and health and drive away evil spirits
ā¢ Pork as a way to stay focused in moving forward with our goals and desires.
ā¢ Long Noodles offers longevity and eating an unbroken long noodle is extra luck. (Asia)
ā¢ Cornbread ā the sweet, sunny, yellow, satisfying food augurs prosperity on all fronts.
ā¢ Round Foods ā desserts, citrus fruits, wave off the old and welcome the new into our sunny lives
ā¢ Whole Fish on New Yearās Day is a sign of great prosperity. Fish is a prosperous symbol in Asia
ā¢ Chocolate is always great as a digestive and a luxury treat signifying a year of pampering.
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12/02 Ā āĀ 01 World AIDS Day, 02 Advent begins, Hanukkah starts, International abolition of slavery, 07 Pearl Harbor
12/09 Ā āĀ 10 Human Rights Day, Hanukkah ends, green Monday,
12/16Ā āĀ 18 International Migrants Day,Ā 21 Winter Solstice, 22 Super Saturday
12/23 Ā āĀ 23 4th Sunday of Advent, 25 Christmas Day, 26 Kwanzaa starts, Boxing Day, 27 St Johnās feast
12/30 āĀ Ā Ā 31 New Yearās eve
01/01 Ā āĀ 01 New Year’s Day, 05 National Bird Day
01/06 Ā āĀ 07 Orthodox Christmas, 11 Human Trafficking Awareness Day,
01/13Ā āĀ 13 Golden Globe Awards,Ā Critics Choice Awards, 14 Image Awards, 16 Religious Freedom Day
01/20 Ā āĀ 21Ā Martin Luther King Jr. Day, 26 Nat’l. Spouses Day
01/27 āĀ Ā Ā 27 Commemoration Victims of the Holocaust, SAG Awards
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“At the end of every day of every year, two things remain unshakable, our constancy of purpose and our continuous discontent with the immediate present.” Roberto Goizueta
Motivation Mondays: Ending & Beginning #HappyNewYear2019
Motivation Mondays: Ending & Beginning #HappyNewYear2019
Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365 page book. Write a good one. Brad Paisley
I have a wish. It as a fear as well – that in my end will be my beginning. Che Guevara
Let us embrace the coming year with a living hope for everyday life. Lailah Gifty Akita
There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind. C.S. Lewis
earās end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us. Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right. Oprah Winfrey
At the end of the day, you are in control of your own happiness. Life is going to happen whether you overthink it, overstress it or not. Just experience life and be happy along the way. You can’t control everything in your life, but you can control your happiness. Holly Holm
What are you planning for 2019? What have you accomplished in 2018? I touched on my year in last week’s post so I won’t revisit that subject. One thing I know for sure is that it was a productive year with lots of surprises, setbacks, successes, challenges and grace. To celebrate the good, I decided to create a collage from 12 of my favorite posts this year. Can you identify any of them in the photo above? Do you know why I picked them? Regardless of my reason, what matters is that I stayed the course and created posts that I hope helped my readers and that also helped me grow.
Having a lifestyle blog that focuses on the positive helps me push through the minutiae and look for silver linings on cloudy days. Do I have my share of cloudy days? Of course, if you are human you get your share of life lessons and they help strengthen your backbone and give you more reasons to keep pressing on. Here’s to an abundant year of grace in all of our lives. May the gaze of the Goddess of great good fortune fall on each of us in 2019. Happy New Year!
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Another Fresh New Year is HereĀ ā by William Arthur Ward via yourdailypoem
Another fresh new year is here . . .
Another year to live!
To banish worry, doubt, and fear,
To love and laugh and give!
This bright new year is given me
To live each day with zest . . .
To daily grow and try to be
My highest and my best!
I have the opportunity
Once more to right some wrongs,
To pray for peace, to plant a tree,
And sing more joyful songs!
Any Zen Antics stories via
PositiveĀ Motivation Tip:Ā Wishing you and your loved ones abundant love and blessings in all areas of your life in 2019
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Elizabeth Obih-Frank
Mirth and Motivation
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I love the idea of using quotes. Brilliant post, and very eye catching.
Merci!:)
Happy New Year to you. May you get more views this year. I’m excited to read more of your articles.
What an original thought Neil. I had a good laugh when I read your comment, then I thought about it. Heck yeah! I pray for more of all good things this year. Thank you my friend! <3
Setting monthly goals is a very wise approach to managing life better than one has previously done. I wish us all to achieve the goals weāll set!
Amen to that. Here is to a year of true excellence!
Thanks for the gifts and food suggestions. I may also āborrowā some of the quotes to use in my proper job.
Go right ahead and have a wonderful year too.
Thank you for the amazing post and I really enjoyed the quotes you aded š happy new year.
I really enjoyed the list of food for the new year. It was interesting to read what each one was for. I think I may eat some of the round foods and chocolate!
Hahaha! I did too and loved every minute of it!
Love this post, I hope the new year becomes amazing for you and me
As we wrap up this year, my wish for you is that each and every year is better than the last. Have a happy and Amazing New Year!
Thank you for your kind wishes… and likewise. <3
I am really motivated with this new year blog. Motivational mondays are really motivating. Thank you for sharing this post and wish you all a very happy new year
Wishing you great things ahead in 2019!
Oh I love that quote you started your post with! So very fitting for the new year!
It was a trigger for my post title too.Thank you!
Thanks so much for sharing. I loved the idea of the 12 gifts and spreading them throughout the year. Each new year always brings excitement that is easily lost after a few weeks. Spreading out the gifts is a great way to keep the momentum going!
I completely agree. Plus it gives us more to look forward to each month. TY!
Thank you for these 12 beautiful gifts! I like to think of myself as an eternal optimist, and also wish you a healthy, happy and prosperous new year!
Yes, optimism is a guiding principle in my life too. happy new year!
You’re so right about food being a nourishment and it plays a very important role in all of our lives. We need proper food to keep the body and mind functioning
We sure do. Have a terrific 2019!
Wishing you a very happy new year! I’m trying to figure out my relationship with food, hopefully it will be healthier this year.
Wishing you all the best in 2019!
Wow! I loved this post…truly! Going to subscribe after I comment. Iām going to look at your list and create 12 words of my own. I love how you incorporated health by talking about different foods and the cultures beliefs for the new year.
Glad you find it helpful. Wishing you the best in 2019
I’m delighted that I came across your post. I will remember this! Have a wonderful year ahead š
Seriously? You’ve visited and commented on my blog before. Come on!
Happy 2019 to you! I hope that the start of the new year has been good to you. I do love most of your 12 words and feel that I can definitely focus on them more.I am working on better health through diet and exercise and need to get out there and find new friendships. My best friend and I had a falling out early last year, so I have had a hard time trusting since then. I need to remember not everyone will turn their back on me and there are valuable friendships out there. Thanks for sharing.
I do hope things improve in your friendship.I’m so sorry to read about the falling out. Like you, I will focus on health and exercise again this year. Plus staying positive helps me gain clarity too. Best wishes dear one. TY! š
Thank you so much for those beautiful 12 gifts words. I intend to use them and sparkle in 2019. Happy New Year!
Cornbread is definitely a feel good food for me but I didn’t know that it was a good luck food. My dad’s family would eat it at every holiday!
Another year, another opportunity! I like your idea of writing one-word wishes like this rather than full goals or just a single focus word. I spent the evening with my husband and some great neighbors watching the insane amount of fireworks in Houston, TX, that actually created insane fog in the area.
Hahahah Insane fog. I like that. Best wishes in 2019
I will totally use these as affirmations. Thanks for the twelve gifts, they are reminders of what truly is important in life.
Thank you too!
Loved the idea of twelve gifts and dedicating a month to each! I would probably amend the list for myself, but the idea is awesome! Thanks for this inspiration š
Happy New Year! I thank you for my 12 gifts, I truly needed and appreciate them. Such a great idea! My 2019 has been well so far. 2018 was a wash, so much went wrong last year.. im working very hard for a better outcome this year.
I am always excited as a kid when new year approaches. I feel very powerful and I know the year to come will be better for me than the year just passed. I try to stay positive and attract positive energy. it works so far!
Happy New 2019 Year! Best Wishes!
Happy New Year to you too!
Happy New Year! I have definitely heard about the 12 grapes custom in Spain. In the Philippines, we display all things round and dotted.
I love the round items idea too.
I’m claiming your twelve gifts…..Thanks for giving me the positivity I needed in facing the New Year…..
Thank you. Claim them! š
Happy new year. The ideas for the year are amazing. Thanks for sharing this.
This post is definitely motivating. I loved the idea of the 12 gifts and spreading them throughout the year and it keeps the motivation there, rather than running out after a few weeks.
Happy to leave 2018 too. Even if it will make a year older.. lolz. At least i had move on to another page of my book. Nobody can stay on a single page. So let’s just be happy for every single one.
Amne to that. Happy2019!
Very nice post. I accept your wishes and please all these from my side too.
thank you for the wonderful gifts, more so happiness and adventure. We love to explore as a family.
Thank you too Fatima!Happy 2019!
I hope you have a wonderful 2019 and that everything you’re working towards will happen!
Amen to that and same to you! TY! š
Happy end of 2018! š Such a crazy year!
My mom called me on New Year’s Eve to tell me she was having her traditional pork and sauerkraut meal. I laughed, but I like that she sticks to her traditions. š
Hey…ya gotta believe. š
These were such good suggestions for everyone else for the New Year as well as a good overview of what would be good to achieve.
The list of food to eat for good luck is interesting. We always have some kind of fish on our table on New Year’s Eve. Asians (especially the Chinese) believe fish is for prosperity because the Chinese word for fish and sounds the same as the the word for prosperity. But then again, we must not rely purely on luck. We must work hard to achieve our goals too.
Hahaha! Of course we will. š
really love the TS Eliot quote. I hadn’t heard it before but it really resonates with me. Thanks for sharing and Happy New Year!
Happy New years to you and to your beautiful family! This year I will focus on my family…and travels! Cannot wiat what 2019 will bring!
I loved that you included a list of good luck foods for the new year. The only one I had ever heard of was black eyed peas, which I did make. Learning about the others was very interesting! I don’t think I could incorporate a whole fish into next year’s meal, but definitely could on the others.
Happy new year! I love all of your good wishes but I particularly love the list of good luck foods! How unique and there are definitely some I’ve never heard of before! You’ve always got such interesting culture to share with us!
Another Fresh New Year is Here. I really liked reading that. To banish worry, doubt and fear. Iām not sure why itās so hard to live without those three but itās a reminder to try. Thank you.
Happy New Year 2019 š«. As always a great collection of motivational ideas. Thanks for the exceptional effort.
I feel like I accomplished a lot in 2018 as far as working on my own business. The problem is that I felt like the year passed me by because I was so focused on work and nothing else. This year I want to continue to focus on my brand but also take time to smell the roses and see the world. I want to enjoy my life while I’m still on this Earth. So for 2019 I hope for the 12 words you mentioned above but especially peace, love, happiness, friendship and success. I really hope to spend more time with family this year because they are important.
I wish you much success too…yes, stop and smell the roses for sure.
I love your 12 years of gifts, it’s beautiful. Cheers to a new year and I hope it’s a beautiful year for you.
This post is so bright and cheerful. I definitely hope for some adventure in 2019!
Oh wow, Love your list of good luck foods to eat. Those were really a great way to start our year full of luck.
Happy New Year!! I love your 12 gifts and the idea of focusing on one of those values for each month of the year. What a great idea. THANKS so much! And thanks for the quotes, you always find good ones. I have that Brad Paisley one posted š
Happy New Year to you too! Wishing you the best in 2019:)
Without this post I would not have known you have series of motivational post each week! That’s dedication. I love the quotes and recommendations you gave throughout to make the New Year the best it can be.
Thank you Jessica!
Happy New Year, Elizabeth!
I spent the first day of the year at home, with the rest of the family, resting and catching up on much-needed sleep, haha! I hope you had a wonderful celebration with your family, too. š
Happy New Year to you too!
Happy new year and thanks for this wonderful gifts!
The quote by Brad Paisley is our favorite!
Happy 2019 to you Elizabeth! I have had such a strange relationship with food over the years, I am hoping that this year I am finally in a good place with it.
Wow, your 12 wishes for the new year are beautiful! I can’t wait to write the first chapter of my 2019 book.
I love the idea of focusing on one of the 12 gifts for each month and starting with health in January is perfect!
What a lovely post, and love the 12 words rather than resolutions, I am going to focus on two this month though health and hope x
Chocolate as a digestive? I’m okay with that š I’m very aware that if I eat a little bit of really good chocolate it’s more satisfying than a whole bar of sweet stuff that can leave a slimy feeling in my mouth.
Happy New year lovely lady xx
Happy New Year to you too Gilly! š Sweets are my downfall. I need to cut back on them a lot this year…
love the idea of 12 gifts and enjoyed the curated list of lucky foods too.. i am going to ensure we have those at home š and I know I have visited your blog before and loved reading it earlier, so now leaving with a promise i will visit more often now.. š
Happy New Year to you too! What a precious post and your gift ideas of the 12 words is a fab idea. I narrowed in on wisdom, grace. love and would add family š I also really enjoy how you sprinkle quotes on your posts. this one resonated much…”The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. We can help write that story by setting goals.” – Melody Beattie
Thank you for a beautiful year of motivation and beautiful posts. I hope you have a wonderful start to 2019!
The end of a year marks 365 new beginnings! I’m so excited to improve my relationships and business.
It is so important to have good food in order to nourish our bodies and minds. It is also important to keep us fueled in order to chase our goals!
Yeah!! Love all your captures here & motivational sharing here, Happy New Year 2019 ya š
cheers, siennylovesdrawing
I’ve heard of new year’s goals (which I do), resolutions (which I don’t), focus words, but new year’s wishes? I love this! Will stick on mental back burner and mull over!
Love your personal sharing here, let’s continue enjoy 2019, happy new year 2019. cheers, siennylovesdrawing
Happy new year. I am ready for 2019. 2018 was a rough year for us. Cheers!!!
Happy New Year! I love the twelve wishes/blessing you mentioned. I wish all the same for you.
I’ve always waiting for your article to be posted. I love every post from this amazing blog site. It teaches us something to acquire in our self and make use of it in our daily lives.
You are too kind.:) TY!
Wow, what an interesting post! I especially loved the list of good luck foods to eat in different areas of the world! So cool!
Wow never knew some of these. Fun read!
This is really a motivational blog, I’m going to bookmark this. Thanks a lot for motivating us. Keep posting.
I am going to follow these steps for sure. Really Excited. !!!!
Happy New year to you! Will apply your tips to become better in 2019
We follow that tradition of eating 12 grapes, too. We also have 12 round fruits on the table, as this symbolizes good fortune for each month of the coming year.
I must say you have a great collage of pictures. Its so inspiring that I am planning for something similar. What tools you have used to create this? Hope you had a great new year š
I use Pixlr to create the collage and Canva for the quotes in collage.
Ha! I like the optimist/pessimist quote. So fun! I am glad a new year is here with new beginnings! š
The year 2018 had past and I am so grateful for all the things that happened for that past year. Thank you for the 12 gifts that you given to us as we are welcoming this year of 2019 with all positivity and love. I am so excited to see what 2019 stores for all of us!
Happy New Year! I’d never known about the “good luck” foods you listed. Always wondered why people eat what they do on this holiday – and now I know!
I am offering you the same too. Happy New Year lady. Have a great year.
Thanks for sharing gifts and food suggestions, I also like quotes very much And wishing you Happy new year.
Happy new year. This first week is the first blank week out of the 52 weeks we have. Let’s write a good one.
Happy new year! Loving those gifts š We spent the first day of the year with family and I can’t think of a better way to start the year. Have a wonderful 2019!
I love this quote “An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves. ” What does one say about those who just sleep through the turnover to the new year?
Smart… hahaha!
Happy new Year to you! Your posts are always filled with such great insights and positive energy! Thanks for sharing!
My whole goal for the year is just less. Less stress, less stuff, less saying YES to everything!
Looks like you take a huge leap of faith into the new year. Thatās awesome. Happy 2019 to you. Hope you find every blessing that has your name on it.
I always enjoy your in-depth posts, with all the great quotes (which I also love to include in my own blogs), along with the pictures and thoughts. I like the idea you offered about the 12 gifts, and to concentrate on one each month. I might choose health for this month, in all areas (physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual!)
Yes, I always start with health and then work my way through the rest…
I say amen to your twelve wishes and I wish you a greater success this year.
I appreciate my gifts I think that your passion for motivating others & using faith to support that. I wish you the best of luck this year!
This is such a great end of the year post. I love all of your gifts that you have left for us to take with us.
Happy New Year! And great to read about all those traditions to bring in good fortune for the new year (I especially liked the Spanish tradition – it sounds really fun).
Hi Liz,
Thank you for sharing these 12 gifts with us. I think these are very doable. I’m definitely going to try this.
My resolution this year is to eat healthier and take more time out from work to spend time with my family.
Thanks again for this great post – very motivating indeed.
Kim
Thanks for checking in. Best wishes in 2019!
I love the idea behind your 12. My biggest goals this year is saying No, focusing on me and my family, and doing whatever it is that makes me happy. Iām a mom of 4 little ones and I need to make more time for myself.
It has been years since I’ve made New Year’s resolutions. This is why I try to make small, attainable goals throughout the year instead.
Happy New Year! I think I have already mentioned somewhere on Instagram, but I will say again – your posts always give me so much motivation! And inpire me to be better and do better. Speaking of endings – I have taked down my Christmas decorations ealrie today, I usually wait until at least a mid January. I just felt like I had to move on and begin a New Year without anything holding me up š
Wishing you all the best in 2019 too!
thank you, Eliz! Same to you š
may your new 2019 be all full of health and prosperity!
Beautifully written and I offer the 12 gifts to you as well. I hope 2019 is everything you want it to be. I’ve made few goals and plan to focus on them instead of a lot like I usually makde.
Happy New Year! I am focusing on health after I had a scare last year. Here’s to success in 2019! ā”
I love the idea to focus on a specific thing each month, or even each day. Otherwise I run around knowing I wanna change “all these things” but nothing happens. Thanks for the tips!
Happy new year to you – I need some motivation myself if I’m honest, I need 2019 to be my year!!!
Hello!!! HAppy new year too!!! I really love how you made my 2018 inspired! Just keep on doing what you are doing!
Totally love the food suggestions and the quotes. Happy new year š
Learning about the foods others eat on holidays is so interesting to me! The only one I had heard of on your list was black eyed peas for the holiday.
will use 12 gifts as guide to get through 2019….I wish you all the best this 2019…..
I love the idea of focusing on gifts, as opposed to goals – a positive start to the new year ahead.
I am so grateful to read this post and helps me to be more motivated and to be a better person. Thank you also for the 12 gifts that you’ve shared with us. Happy New Year to you, too!
Happy new year too! I achieved most of my 2018 goals but on to 2019, I want be become more actionable and track all goals.
Happy 2019. Another great read. Im trying to do my wish list of twelve too.
Happy 2019! It feels like a fundamental shift this year, more so than in years past. If I was to sum my goals up in 2019 it would be to improve my efficiency and organization.
Yeah!! Thanks so much for this motivational cum festive sharing, love your postings as always. cheers, siennylovesdrawing.wordpress.com
True happy new year wish… And I am going to read this again and again… Real positive blog and infomative
Happy New Year to you and yours. Wishing you an amazing 2019. Have a great year.
I love the 12 gifts, how lovely, thank you! Wishing you a healthy, happy and successful 2019!
Mondays are the worst, but I love your idea of 12 motivational gifts. Many of us often neglect to take the time for self-reflection when it is actually essential in keeping a positive mindset. I hope you have had a wonderful festive season, and 2019 brings lots of love and joy.
Likewise…thank you for your kind words.
Happy New Year! Love the list of good luck foods, can’t wait to try some!
Really great post always full of inspiring and interesting content. I really enjoyed reading about the significance of different foods in different cultures, in regards to starting the year a new! Happy 2019!
Happy New Year to you too. That’s a beautiful motivating article. I love reading your articles.
Thanks for this wonderful post! I never thought of having 12 words/one for each month. Great idea!
Love your 12 happy new year wishes, and straight back at you! I love how positive and motivational your post is it has put me in a really good mood!
Happy new year and wish 2019 bringyour all the joy and success. Great motivating words to start every week of the year.
Happy New Year to you! I love the list of food for the new year.
and i would love to send you the same 12 gifts too. also, i did find the list of food really interesting to read! learn something new every day
One word per month and complete it to 12months! This is an awesome idea and helps us to be focus on what we want.
Happy New Year to you as well. I love the whole fish idea…….ever since I visited Thailand for the first time back in 2013.
Beautiful quotes including meaningful wishes. I wish the best for the New Year and hope for peace and love.
one of our favorite parts about your blog are the on point quotes ! LOVE LOVE LOVE !
We have noted so many down
Thank you! <3
It’s funny you mentioned grapes on New Years š My mom hangs grapes from the windows to bring in good luck and we always have a basket of 13 different fruits placed on the table before New Years Eve.
What a beautiful post with those collages of photos! I love the thought of taking each of those positive things and focus on a new one each month. That should certainly bring much good to anyone’s year.
I just love the Bill Vaughn quote on optimists and pessimists. Life becomes what lens you view it from.
You always share the best quotes and advice for life. Like this one “The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. We can help write that story by setting goals.” by Melody Beattie. I have been trying to “write” my new year and plan it better than the last one.
Happy New Year to you! š The qoutes and the food are everything! Best wishes this year!
I always cook greens, black eyed peas, and a roast for new years. I was unaware of the grapes. I’ll be adding that to my yearly tradition. I also read that there’s a culture that believes wearing polka dots represent coins in the new year, meaning financial prosperity. I’ll be adding this to my tradition as well.
Nice wrap up to 2018 and start of 2019! Looking forward to.new quotes for 2019!
Thatās pretty cool. The guide has manythings which are really awesome for the peoples. Their many things are mentioned which are useful.
thank you for the gifts! Happy New Year! this year will be about rethinking my goals and acting on them even more and paying more attention to myself. This year is definitely more about self-care
A very refreshing read. Thank you for the amazing gifts. I wish you a very happy and prosperous New year.
Loved it! Do try and do another one based on food ! we want to see what dates you have tell us that are important for food
Happy New Year to you too! These are 12 great gifts – I would like to send the same gifts back to you too…
There is all kind of information given here in this post. We make goals and a plan to finish them
Happy New Year to you! I just love this food for the year! Thank you for posting and allowing us to start our year right
What an amazing and inspirational post. I love the 12 wishes that you did. I’ll have to do a list of my own, thanks for sharing!
A very happy new year to you too and it is good way to start new year by setting your goals. Keeps you organised and focused all year long
I love the positivity in your posts. I hope you receive the same gifts for your new years. Keep the positive vibes up!
Happy New Year!! I was so excited to start this New Beginning. I just set my goals for the year!
Hi Elizabeth,
What a fantastic blog you’ve got here…and what an inspiring and inspirational article. Love the motivational quotes.
I am really excited about 2019.
And because I am feeling inspired, I will end with a quote from a great friend: The past is a story TOLD; The future can be written in GOLD!
Have an amazing 2019!
Best,
Pedro
Thank you Pedro. Wishing you great things in 2019!
Happy new year to you š I hope itās an amazing one and I canāt wait to read more of your posts this year :3 I always look forward to them. Great post as always and the quotes are amazing X
I have actually heard the idea about eating fish on New Years before, but did not know about the others. I will have to try one of those out next year.
I never knew grapes could bring fourth good fortune!!! This with the other good luck foods! I wish I saw this before nye!!!
To some up the whole year, always SMILE. One of the beautiful 5-letter word that never goes out of style š
Happy new year! Oh boy, I really need motivation my body is sill on vacation mode!
Happy New Year. WIsh you the best for you and your family. Actually I just pusblished an ig post talking about my goals for the year and “eating enough food” was at the top ahaha. Somehow even though I always try to take care of myself I forget to eat.
I love the article really interesting
Thank you for this motivational topic. I myself have been trying to do monthly goals specifically my blog view. Iām hoping that we all get these goals not only every month but for the rest of the year.
Happy New Year Elizabeth. We love reading all of your Motivational Monday posts. Can’t wait to see what 2019 holds for you.
These! So true in every level…
– Long Noodles offers longevity and eating an unbroken long noodle is extra luck. (Asia)
– Round Foods ā desserts, citrus fruits, wave off the old and welcome the new into our sunny lives.
Thanks for sharing, brought a smile to my face.
Another year to be happy and sad, whatever it is, just cherish every moment of our lives.
Thank you for the 12 blessings. They are definitely needed for the new year. I wish for you the same. I am sure 2019 will be an amazing year.
Happy New Year to you Elis. Wishing you more productive year this 2019. and keep spreading motivational posts.
Happy 2019! I loved your blessings for us and wish them upon you too in the upcoming year š I will be trying to eat healthier in the new year.
I have a feeling 2019 is going to be a great year! Best wishes to you!
I love the end of the year, it allows us to really reflect and set new goals for the new year. happy 2019
I love starting a new year! So much energy and anything can happen!
I love this great qoutes ā¤ļø
Happy new year
love the idea of 12 gifts. Iām definitely going to try this. Thanks for the motivating post. Best wishes for you.
Happy New year indeed! I have a lot of resolutions I hope to keep
I like to think of an endless round/circle – every ending is a beginning, vice versa. with 2019 we step into a new loop! We decide what it is, friend š
”New year can begin only because the old year ends.” I love this, we also have a saying that we shouldn’t remember or get upset for the bad things that happened to us last year because that`s the past. We live in the present now.
I really enjoyed reading this. It doesn’t seem possible that we are already 2 months into 2019. I needed to read your words this morning to remind me that we always have new beginnings, no matter what time of year it is.
2021 is finally comging to a close, and while it wasn’t as horrible as 2020, I’m still looking forward to 2022 for a turnaround!
Happy new year!! I cannot wait for what 2022 has instore for all of us!
Love all your posts. I really enjoy reading them. It inspires me so much. Thank you. Wishing you a wonderful New Year!
I do hope 2022 will be great and productive for you. I miss your posts
Cheers to a Happy New Year! Wishing for a fruitful months ahead.
Happy new year, prosperous 2022! Lets end 2021 with a big bang š„³