Quo Vadis January 👹🍣🎎 Wonderful Japan

We are just over a week into the new year, but somehow it doesn't seem so fresh anymore. Even though there's not much to report and I couldn't even say what has happened so far. I guess this time I just don't have the drive that I remember from previous new years and that made me approach the first few weeks of January with more enthusiasm and motivation.

Well, maybe this drive or momentum is just my imagination and everything is going as usual. Maybe this is exactly how I was sitting there a year ago and having my doubts. Although I would say that this year I'm struggling with fate a little more than I usually do. But this time there are probably a few more reasons for this kind of grumbling, so I blame the turn of the year, which was somewhat rough for me, for my rather sour mood. And everyday life, which has finally returned after a few days off, still needs some optimization and improvement.

However, the year ahead is of course still far too fresh to make any early assessments and draw any conclusions. We still have almost a full twelve months ahead of us, in which a whole lot will probably happen that will also affect us. We have to be careful not to miss anything, because no one will be waiting for us this year either. I'll have to create the missing momentum myself, and I'd better start right away. I won't give up, even if the conditions are not at all ideal. But it's simply too early for a dip in the sea of tears - we'll save that for a much later date. And it's even better to replace it with a dip in the sea, since summer will also come, and eventually much sooner than you might think now.

At the moment, everyone around me is waiting for winter to finally strike. So far, it's holding back, which of course is fine with us. But I'm sure it will have a mighty white surprise in store for us this year too. It's actually long overdue, although the forecasts had predicted something completely different. In the end, it will probably come so suddenly and so violently that we won't be able to believe our eyes. I remember a few winter mornings a few years ago when we could hardly get out of the house because of the snow.

I don't need quite that much snow, but at least the little ones among us want a little of the white splendor. And to be honest, I probably feel the same way. Even if I'd rather not say that too loudly.

Anyway, January now will need quite some work to convince me. Actually, I'm not expecting that much, which is why I'm slightly optimistic that we'll be able to draw an initial positive conclusion at the end of this first month. After all, hope dies last...