{"id":46454,"date":"2023-12-29T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-29T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oncolink.org\/?p=13983"},"modified":"2024-11-03T15:12:19","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:12:19","slug":"taking-time-for-the-everyday-things-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/taking-time-for-the-everyday-things-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking Time for the Everyday Things in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well 2023 was another doozy, wasn\u2019t it? Honestly, the last 3 years, since March of 2020, feels like a bit of a fever dream. I\u2019ve found myself thinking of life \u201cBC\u201d\u2013before COVID and\u2026I\u2019m not sure how to define what or where we currently are in a life with COVID. But the truth is, life isn\u2019t the same\u2026and won\u2019t be again. I have been trying to remind myself to slow down a bit, to enjoy every day, to tell folks I love them on the regular, to live more intentionally. I want to share a project I worked on for the last year to help me be more reflective on the everyday things that perhaps, I took for granted.<\/p>\n

Last Christmas, my sister gifted me a page-a-day calendar featuring a new photo daily of one of America\u2019s National Parks. At first I thought, great, more clutter for my desk. But then I settled in on an idea to make use of this gift to remember the days of 2023\u2014not just the big stuff, but even the little, daily, sometimes mundane things I did for 365 days. So, I wrote something about each day on those calendar pieces and saved them all in a used laundry pod container with a sign on it saying \u201cyear in review\u201d( see photo).<\/p>\n

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On New Years Eve, I\u2019ll open all 365 of those folded calendar pages and take some time to think about the past year-the ups, the downs, the binge-watched tv shows, the recipes cooked, the Philly sports, the knitting, the beagles. My 2023 in 365 pieces of paper. I look forward to remembering and thinking about what is next for 2024. And yes, I asked for a page-a-day calendar for 2024 and will be doing this again. <\/p>\n

How will you commemorate the year past? How do you look forward?<\/p>\n

From all of us at OncoLink, Happy New Year!<\/p>\n

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Christina is a clinical oncology social worker and the psychosocial content editor at OncoLink. Christina blogs about resources available to the cancer community, as well as general information about coping with cancer financially, practically, emotionally, and spiritually. Christina is also an instructor and field liaison at the Bryn Mawr College School of Social Work and Social Research. In her spare time, she loves to knit and volunteer with her therapy dogs, Linus, Huckleberry (and Eugene in training). She also loves to travel, knit, cook, and is an avid Philly sports fan.<\/p>\n

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