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The One Thing I Want to Accomplish This Year

You’ll smile when you see what that is

Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles
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3 min readJan 8, 2025

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Like many people, I too sat down at the end of last month to reflect on what I’d like to achieve in 2025. I found myself wanting to write it all down.

I settled down with my notebook and my favorite pen (and colored pencils, if you must know) to brainstorm and filter through the extra thoughts, because I obviously would overthink it. I did.

Finally, I culled it all down to: Habits, Writing (blogs, Medium), To-do lists, To-don’t lists, and an “Ongoing” for decluttering. These are broad headings that I will further break down into smaller tasks so I can make my daily lists, check off the things I can, and feel happy. My life is ruled by lists and I want to call this the secret of my success.

As for the ONE thing, I hope to write and earn enough to maintain my contributions to my local welfare homes. I’ve been doing this for decades. I shouldn't have to worry, but in the year gone by, my earnings have not been what I expected. So I must find ways to make up for it as an average dollar a day on this platform ain’t gonna get me there.

When I started working from home in 2003, my motivation was initially to contribute towards household expenses. We had a…

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Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles
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Written by Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles

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