Today (I wrote this text on the 31st of December, 2023), I want to state I do not have any plans or expectations regarding 2024.
Was 2023 year good or unfortunate? It was not either a good or bad year. Nothing happened spectacular or tragic. What do I expect for the upcoming year? Nothing. Besides, I plan to continue walking, doing street photography, writing, reading, and creating subsequent “Diaries” editions and sets of pictures like ‘Negation Of The End” or “Transience.” The www.adammazek.com is my lifelong project. I will continue doing it until I die or my health let me do it. Moreover, I do not want to consider happening that occurred in my life as “good” or “bad.” I try to see them neutrally and simply accept whatever faith will bring to me, whether it will be 2024 or 2054. Of course, it is often a formidable challenge to remain neutral to occurrences in my life.
After all, I am only a human with many advantages and disadvantages.
I am not a demigod who can predict the future. If I were a superhero, I would have some plans or expectations for the upcoming year. Still, the only things I can influence (but not 100%) are my thoughts and feelings. I have minimal influence on other’s behaviors and thoughts.
Moreover, I can only control my own behavior. I do not have the power to change occurrences happening elsewhere outside of me. That’s why I do not have any plans or expectations regarding 2024 besides continuing my creative activity. I know I can have many, but reality can hit me hard. I will stop writing this text. I will drink a beer. It will be the 8th (and the last one!) beer I drink in 2023. I wish you, my Dear Friend, all the best, no matter when I publish this text.
