What will my year 2022 be like?

What awaits me in 2022?

Was 2021 a happy year for you? Do you expect the same for 2022? Then you've taken the right perspective on the new year. What really made you happy this year? Wasn't it a special feeling of happiness, especially after a rather difficult or particularly challenging situation? How proud and grateful were you when you finally mastered it? Did you perhaps also think that the effort was worth it?

May the new year give you a bowl full of fresh, sparkling spring water, so you can draw from its abundance. Do you think it's up to you how fulfilling your personal year 2022 will be? Certainly, more or less predictable challenges and hurdles, large or small, await you in the new year. Thinking about these, you might be wondering how best to handle them to achieve your goals with as little effort as possible.

What are your hopes for the new year 2022? Have you already planned everything in detail, or do you prefer to be surprised? Perhaps you see a middle ground for the coming 12 months and consciously ask yourself what scope you have to actively shape 2022 and improve your quality of life and your living space. Perhaps you will experience yourself as a unique part of a global, diverse community. What is being broadcast to you? What do you want to radiate?

What will change for me in 2022?

You may have already started thinking about what's changing in the new year. As in the past few months of 2021, you're probably once again looking at the more or less rapidly changing rules, prohibitions, commandments, and messages on current issues in our society. Right now, climate change and sustainability in ecological, economic, and social terms are the focus of general attention for many concerned people around the world.

The German Sustainability Action Day was launched on June 4, 2012, by the World Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It has since been replaced by several Sustainability Action Days as part of the European Sustainability Week. The 2022 Sustainability Action Days will take place between May 30 and June 5. They aim to raise awareness of sustainability and sensitize you to sustainable living.

The focus of the Sustainability Action Days in 2022 will again be a broad publicizing of the principles of sustainability. The focus will be on the sensible use of resources and the preservation of our planet's natural regenerative capacity. This gives you the opportunity to set an active role model for your generation through your own consciously sustainable lifestyle, thereby protecting the lives of future generations and enabling them to live a good life.

How sustainably can I live in the new year?

You probably have one or two New Year's resolutions. Perhaps you're resolving to live a little more sustainably, or you're thinking about making your wishes and goals for 2022 more sustainable: producing less waste, not wasting food, discovering and trying out lots of delicious alternatives to meat, not consuming products from underpaid workers, maybe even checking out great clothes in secondhand stores, and much more.

This way, you can look back at the end of 2022 and observe your ecological footprint this year with satisfaction. You can be confident that, like a small stone falling into water and creating its ever-expanding circle, you have made a personal contribution to resource conservation and regeneration for future generations. This gives you the opportunity to positively transform not only your own life but also the planet through your own conscious behavior.

Your small changes in everyday life can make a big difference. New answers to many questions about climate protection and sustainability are being found every day. You can get creative with your family and friends. Instead of throwing something away, you might have an idea for creating something different or using it in an alternative way. Many things you would otherwise carelessly throw away can be used to make beautiful gifts or find a theme for the next child's birthday party.

How can I more easily keep sustainable resolutions?

According to a study by John C. Norcross and Dominic J. Vangarelli (2007), 77% of people stick to their New Year's resolutions for one week, but only 19% stick to them after two years. Do you also find yourself falling back into old habits at the slightest challenge? This phenomenon is called a self-fulfilling prophecy. You may even think that you don't want to try anymore because you won't be able to achieve it.

There are also positive self-fulfilling prophecies. They help you mentally prepare for the beautiful and successful results of your resolutions and goal planning. This works particularly well with our motivational T-shirts from shinyly.shop. A few days ago, we introduced our New Year's collection. Just take a look. All shirts are made from sustainably produced organic fabrics. They are particularly high-quality, skin-friendly, and offer an exceptionally comfortable feel.

To turn your favorite 2022 resolution into an inspiring vision, you can also ask yourself the particularly effective miracle question by Steve de Shazer and Insoo Kim Berg. Relax and imagine you wake up one morning and a miracle has happened. Your cherished dream has come true and your goal has already been achieved. While you were sleeping, you didn't even notice it. How do you know that a miracle has happened? How do you perceive it? How do you feel about it?

Conclusion

The new year 2022 holds great potential for change and further development of your sustainable ideas and good intentions. It is up to you to take up your space in this global community, for your current life situation and for all future generations, to fill it with fulfillment, and to transform it for the better in a lasting and positive way. Bring your good intentions for 2022 to life, have the courage and self-confidence to find new, creative answers, and live a little more sustainably every day in the new year.