Hello, 2021!
We hope you had a lovely festive season and are refreshed to take on 2021. A new year brings new hope, aspirations and resolutions. What are yours? Improve your fitness? Get better at balancing your life? Find more time for yourself? Learn something new? Eat more plant based meals or help improve the environment? Or spend more time with family and friends? COVID-19 is not behind us yet, so there will no doubt be challenges along the way that will test our patience and resilience. And whatever those challenges may be, there is one thing that we at Blackmill would like to be conscious of throughout this year. That is gratitude.
An episode on Hidden Brain’s podcast where gratitude gets you explains how counting our blessings has been shown to enhance our well-being, reduce stress from illnesses, and help with feelings of loneliness or isolation. Our favourite segment at the end of every Hidden Brain episode is called Our Unsung Heroes. It reminds us to be more mindful of those incredible people, like you, that surround us every day. So whatever your goals and aspirations for this year are, good luck, and bring on 2021!