I've watched your videos more this year than any other year, and what I've learned is that you're warm, funny and amazingly inspirational. I lost four people in my life last year, from suicide to covid and old age. It's been a very sad and grief filled year, but when I watch your videos and listen to your words, I realize all of this, this thing called "life", is just a process. How we choose to process it is what matters. I wish I had half your chutzpa when I was younger, but at 76 I'm not doing too bad. I want to stick around a while longer and I definitely want to see you get that kidney and be healthy. Thank you for sharing your life so openly and honestly. xxo
Cindy, I don't know if you will see this but YOU are one of the things (people) who saved my life in 2023. My brother had a violent death in February, my best friend died of cancer in August leaving a 12-year-old daughter and in October my surrogate (not literally) Mother died. I am a very shaky human at best, this year knocked me to my knees. I was always so happy and thankful to see another CINDY RUclips video. I have been following you for years (gotta love someone who uses fuck in daily conversations). But this year you were a part of my life support! See you in 2024!
this year sucked. My mother in law got diagnosed with cancer and she moved in with us so we could take care of her. my husband had to quit his job to take care of her, leaving me as the sole income provider. the biggest thing I have learned and needed is someone to talk to and someone who will listen. I hope next year we see some things change and just know that this is just one yer lost and I have a whole lot more to live.
Big takeaway - I prefer staying home. I felt like there was something terribly wrong with me because I no longer want to go to the retreats and other activities that I’ve done a lot of in the past several years. Also felt like I was disappointing my friends if I didn’t go. But I so badly don’t want to go that I was making up excuses like I’m sick, or plans came up. I’m now working on not feeling bad about my change in what I want. ATM I’m signed up for a retreat on Jan 3-7. I thought I wanted to go. But now that it’s near I’m almost in a panic so I know I need to cancel. It’s a relatively small loss of money, the biggest dread is telling a dear friend I won’t be there. However, I have now confirmed that I do not want to attend these things any more. So now when another one is planned I know for sure not to sign up. Thanks for asking, just writing this out gives me confidence. 😊 I’m so looking forward to your videos in 2024, I love your content a lot. 😊
Well I finally got an ADHD diagnosis and some updated meds, which actually helped settle me because I've already spent years trying to get the tools in place to help manage life and this just affirmed that I wasn't imagining my struggles, lol. I also started a new job at the beginning of the year, and it has definitely clarified some career goals for me that I didn't anticipate! But next year there's like a 90% chance that I'll be moving and having some medical stuff taken care of, so I'm just trying to hammer down all my daily routines and systems in place so I'll be ready for whatever does happen. Otherwise, 2023 wasn't a bad year for me at all, though it did feel a bit reactive to things going on.
Next year my son graduates from high school and I don’t have to put his school schedule on my work schedule. That’s a lot of vacation time I now have more control over so I’m thinking about doing 1-2 3 day weekends off through the year. More life balance and less all work mentality. My kid made a comment about me working when I should be off work and I felt it in my heart. I also am going back to college and hopefully graduate in 2025. I need to prioritize that in my life too. Try to be kinder to myself and maybe stop eating the food I’m allergic to so much. Me working from home I can hide a lot of the side effects.
This year was just…wow. I’m hesitant to do my reflection because part of me just wants to look forward without looking back. I know I should reflect on what I’ve gone through and how it changed me, I’m just not there mentally yet.
The end of 2023 has been a whirlwind. I moved from FL to SC for a new job. I started dating my boyfriend a month before the move, and we are really ideologically compatible. If things continue to go well, he will be moving to SC summer 2024.
I have felt so discombobulated in 2023. I'm hoping to get my focus settled and ground myself. I'll be using the Makse Life system for the first time and I'm excited.
Hi, Cindy. Enjoyed this video! I am curious if you did One Little Word in 2023 and if you were on planning on doing it in 2024? (I loved your 2022 flipthrough and it motivated me to go back and finish my unfinished pages/tasks).
I learned about Makselife from you, so thanks! I got the 2023 digital planner just to get the goal setting directions and templates. I like the theme but the 1-10 scale is throwing me. Like, I just can't really feel the differences between like a 2/3 or 7/8. How do you manage that? I ended up redoing my own scale to be 1-7 and adjusting the math and will be retesting. I just don't feel like I can be consistent with 1-10. I'm making my own goal book to track things and other goal exploration stuff. Nice to see your own review so I can imagine doing this more next year...
My epiphany this year (and boy was it a huge one): I'm 43, my mother is 69 and in precarious health, my father is severely disabled from a stroke, and on the other hand, my kid is 13 and came out as trans this year. I am, and my sisters, cousins, husband... are the adult generation now. The one that organizes the familial and social life of the younger and older generations, the pivot and support wall. I was NOT expecting that, partly because my grandparents are still alive at 93 and 99, although very very tired with life, so I felt that my mother's generation was the "adult" one. And it's interesting because my long term ambition in life, for years, has been "becoming an adult", in terms of liberty to choose for myself, expressing what I need (especially medically...), responsibility, place in the world, understanding... It's a lot of work, but strangely not that frightening. I kind of feel proud of ourselves (my generation), of how we learned to respect and listen to what the older generation needs or wants, and not decide for them but support them, and of the relationship we have with our kids, both children and teenagers. And for that, among other things, I am infinitely grateful to the feminist movement, the anti-racist and anti-fascist movement, the LGBTQ heroes, they hold such a huge place in how I relate with my loved ones, how I worked like hell to eradicate violence and competition from my educational choices. So, I think I'm ready. Sometimes I'm so sick I can't think, sometimes the raise of fascism in my country (France, and we have a horrifying history with fascism...) and the world almost petrifies me with fear, but still, I have emotional and intellectual weapons, and so many allies, and the brave and beautiful, and so smart, next generation. I count people like you as ally, thank you for sharing so much, congratulations on how you dealt with illness and dialysis (really, wow), I wish you everything you want and need, but it feels that you're ready to win at 2024 too! 🏅✨️
I'm so bummed that you are leaving Makselife. I get it, but the other folks that I've found don't have your fantastic sauce. I'll keep hanging out with you. Actually, I am so not knowing what to do with my big book. I'll have to sit with it. It's all good. Notion I'm not into (yet) 🤔. I love that you are evolving and shifting. Happy holidays to you and your fam!
Cindy isnt leaving Makselife - as she states in her 2024 planner line-up video and elsewhere too, she loves the system, she's just not using the same format next year (using the Goal-Setting notebooks which contains the MakseLife system).
Got it, then does anyone of you or Cindy have some advice on how to put my Flagship to use when it's just not going to work for me? I bought the vertical weekly and the book is really too heavy for me to carry due to Shoulder surgery. I would appreciate any and all thoughts on this one. Cindy, I love your channel, please don't think I'm criticizing at all. You're the one channel that works for me for Makselife. I often just come here instead of going to FB. FB can be a hole that sucks me in. I think there's a stretch goal for me in this.😂
@@akashaseekers I don’t usually carry my “big” every day planner with me. It stays at home on my desk. Is there a reason that you carry it? Can you elaborate on that? I might have some ideas to help if I have a little more information.
I've watched your videos more this year than any other year, and what I've learned is that you're warm, funny and amazingly inspirational. I lost four people in my life last year, from suicide to covid and old age. It's been a very sad and grief filled year, but when I watch your videos and listen to your words, I realize all of this, this thing called "life", is just a process. How we choose to process it is what matters. I wish I had half your chutzpa when I was younger, but at 76 I'm not doing too bad. I want to stick around a while longer and I definitely want to see you get that kidney and be healthy. Thank you for sharing your life so openly and honestly. xxo
Cindy, I don't know if you will see this but YOU are one of the things (people) who saved my life in 2023. My brother had a violent death in February, my best friend died of cancer in August leaving a 12-year-old daughter and in October my surrogate (not literally) Mother died. I am a very shaky human at best, this year knocked me to my knees. I was always so happy and thankful to see another CINDY RUclips video. I have been following you for years (gotta love someone who uses fuck in daily conversations). But this year you were a part of my life support! See you in 2024!
this year sucked. My mother in law got diagnosed with cancer and she moved in with us so we could take care of her. my husband had to quit his job to take care of her, leaving me as the sole income provider. the biggest thing I have learned and needed is someone to talk to and someone who will listen. I hope next year we see some things change and just know that this is just one yer lost and I have a whole lot more to live.
Big takeaway - I prefer staying home. I felt like there was something terribly wrong with me because I no longer want to go to the retreats and other activities that I’ve done a lot of in the past several years. Also felt like I was disappointing my friends if I didn’t go. But I so badly don’t want to go that I was making up excuses like I’m sick, or plans came up. I’m now working on not feeling bad about my change in what I want. ATM I’m signed up for a retreat on Jan 3-7. I thought I wanted to go. But now that it’s near I’m almost in a panic so I know I need to cancel. It’s a relatively small loss of money, the biggest dread is telling a dear friend I won’t be there. However, I have now confirmed that I do not want to attend these things any more. So now when another one is planned I know for sure not to sign up.
Thanks for asking, just writing this out gives me confidence. 😊 I’m so looking forward to your videos in 2024, I love your content a lot. 😊
Well I finally got an ADHD diagnosis and some updated meds, which actually helped settle me because I've already spent years trying to get the tools in place to help manage life and this just affirmed that I wasn't imagining my struggles, lol. I also started a new job at the beginning of the year, and it has definitely clarified some career goals for me that I didn't anticipate! But next year there's like a 90% chance that I'll be moving and having some medical stuff taken care of, so I'm just trying to hammer down all my daily routines and systems in place so I'll be ready for whatever does happen. Otherwise, 2023 wasn't a bad year for me at all, though it did feel a bit reactive to things going on.
Love your FU positivity. You give me inspiration and joy. Happy 2024!
Next year my son graduates from high school and I don’t have to put his school schedule on my work schedule. That’s a lot of vacation time I now have more control over so I’m thinking about doing 1-2 3 day weekends off through the year. More life balance and less all work mentality. My kid made a comment about me working when I should be off work and I felt it in my heart. I also am going back to college and hopefully graduate in 2025. I need to prioritize that in my life too. Try to be kinder to myself and maybe stop eating the food I’m allergic to so much. Me working from home I can hide a lot of the side effects.
This year was just…wow. I’m hesitant to do my reflection because part of me just wants to look forward without looking back. I know I should reflect on what I’ve gone through and how it changed me, I’m just not there mentally yet.
The end of 2023 has been a whirlwind. I moved from FL to SC for a new job. I started dating my boyfriend a month before the move, and we are really ideologically compatible. If things continue to go well, he will be moving to SC summer 2024.
I have felt so discombobulated in 2023. I'm hoping to get my focus settled and ground myself. I'll be using the Makse Life system for the first time and I'm excited.
This year I've been slowly getting better at not letting good pain day me write checks that bad pain day me can't cash, but it's an ongoing process.
Hi, Cindy. Enjoyed this video! I am curious if you did One Little Word in 2023 and if you were on planning on doing it in 2024? (I loved your 2022 flipthrough and it motivated me to go back and finish my unfinished pages/tasks).
I learned about Makselife from you, so thanks! I got the 2023 digital planner just to get the goal setting directions and templates. I like the theme but the 1-10 scale is throwing me. Like, I just can't really feel the differences between like a 2/3 or 7/8. How do you manage that? I ended up redoing my own scale to be 1-7 and adjusting the math and will be retesting. I just don't feel like I can be consistent with 1-10.
I'm making my own goal book to track things and other goal exploration stuff. Nice to see your own review so I can imagine doing this more next year...
My epiphany this year (and boy was it a huge one): I'm 43, my mother is 69 and in precarious health, my father is severely disabled from a stroke, and on the other hand, my kid is 13 and came out as trans this year. I am, and my sisters, cousins, husband... are the adult generation now. The one that organizes the familial and social life of the younger and older generations, the pivot and support wall. I was NOT expecting that, partly because my grandparents are still alive at 93 and 99, although very very tired with life, so I felt that my mother's generation was the "adult" one. And it's interesting because my long term ambition in life, for years, has been "becoming an adult", in terms of liberty to choose for myself, expressing what I need (especially medically...), responsibility, place in the world, understanding... It's a lot of work, but strangely not that frightening. I kind of feel proud of ourselves (my generation), of how we learned to respect and listen to what the older generation needs or wants, and not decide for them but support them, and of the relationship we have with our kids, both children and teenagers. And for that, among other things, I am infinitely grateful to the feminist movement, the anti-racist and anti-fascist movement, the LGBTQ heroes, they hold such a huge place in how I relate with my loved ones, how I worked like hell to eradicate violence and competition from my educational choices. So, I think I'm ready. Sometimes I'm so sick I can't think, sometimes the raise of fascism in my country (France, and we have a horrifying history with fascism...) and the world almost petrifies me with fear, but still, I have emotional and intellectual weapons, and so many allies, and the brave and beautiful, and so smart, next generation. I count people like you as ally, thank you for sharing so much, congratulations on how you dealt with illness and dialysis (really, wow), I wish you everything you want and need, but it feels that you're ready to win at 2024 too! 🏅✨️
This video is genuinely inspiring! _ "Embrace your dreams with unwavering determination and boundless enthusiasm."
I'm so bummed that you are leaving Makselife. I get it, but the other folks that I've found don't have your fantastic sauce. I'll keep hanging out with you. Actually, I am so not knowing what to do with my big book. I'll have to sit with it. It's all good. Notion I'm not into (yet) 🤔. I love that you are evolving and shifting. Happy holidays to you and your fam!
She's not leaving Makselife, she's just using a different planner system.
Cindy isnt leaving Makselife - as she states in her 2024 planner line-up video and elsewhere too, she loves the system, she's just not using the same format next year (using the Goal-Setting notebooks which contains the MakseLife system).
Got it, then does anyone of you or Cindy have some advice on how to put my Flagship to use when it's just not going to work for me? I bought the vertical weekly and the book is really too heavy for me to carry due to Shoulder surgery. I would appreciate any and all thoughts on this one. Cindy, I love your channel, please don't think I'm criticizing at all. You're the one channel that works for me for Makselife. I often just come here instead of going to FB. FB can be a hole that sucks me in. I think there's a stretch goal for me in this.😂
@@akashaseekers I don’t usually carry my “big” every day planner with me. It stays at home on my desk. Is there a reason that you carry it? Can you elaborate on that? I might have some ideas to help if I have a little more information.