Another month and beginning

So, it’s a new month, huh? It is, and it’s a good opportunity to reset. In fact, that’s somthing I’ve always done, but I haven’t really talked about it. Until now.

A lot of people look at New Year’s Day as a time to reset, but the focus on one day means that if goals aren’t met or plans don’t happen it’s easy to give up or forget about whatever changes we wanted to make. I’ve talked about how I looked at New Year as a good opportunity for a reset, and I’ve also talked about how I looked at my birthday as another opportunity—sort of my personal New Year. However, there’s far more to it: I’ve always looked at the first of every month as another chance for a reset.

This requires some more explanation: I see New Year (or my birthday…) as a chance for an annual reset, a chance to set goals and make plans for the year. The reset on the first of every other month is actually a chance to refine rather than starting again. On the first of the month, I look at my annual goals/plans and adjust as needed to better accomplish what I want to do—or not. I’m not (obviously?) obsessed with progressing every goal or achieving every plan; I just want to keep moving forward, as I perceive that.

This brings me to this First of May 2025: What’s the reset here? Well, everything, to be honest. Or, nothing. It’s complicated.

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been looking at my drafts folder and also things I posted to my personal Facebook that I never shared here. Next, I also looked at my list of blog topics for the year. Together, these provide a whole bunch of things to talk about, some of which I already have scheduled, or else things I want to talk about, including something from last year. On top of that is completely new stuff that I’d like to talk about here, or things I know will probably come up (like New Zealand’s local government elections later this year).

The thing is, while the first of the month gives me an opportunity to reset and start again, there are no guarantees any of the things I mentioned will actually get published, except for most of the posts I’ve got on my 2025 schedule—probably, because none of those posts are actually written yet.

Even so, a new month means new opportunities, both to do new things and to do old things better. I have no idea how this story will turn out, of course, but worst case scenario, June 1 is yet another opportunity. Onward!