Happy New Year from the team at ‘Project Help India’. We are excited about 2022, knowing that whatever happens during this time of ongoing apprehension and uncertainty, we have purpose in coming alongside people and helping those who are in need.
2022 is shaping up to be another very big year in the life of 'Project Help India'. We have many goals and we are ambitious about all we seek to achieve. We look forward to sharing these things with you over January. Our resources were certainly stretched in 2021, due to the impact of COVID but thanks to you and our amazing supporters we were able to achieve many wonderful things.
As you contemplate a new year, we hope that 2022 will be filled with personal success, happiness and fulfilment found in the achievements and surprises of life. Earlier this week I read a very helpful article - ‘My 5 Best Tips for Setting New Year’s Resolutions’ by Jessica Irvine (Senior Economics Journalist and Writer) in the Sydney Morning Herald.
“Some say they’re doomed to fail but science suggests there is real value in our annual commitments to do better.”
Jessica suggests that there has never been a better time for all of us to reset our goals, and to have better clarity and perspective in our decision-making, and simply to have a ‘fresh start’. Her 5 tips for successful new year’s resolutions are;
Have a mixture of goal timeframes. Don’t load yourself up with too many new daily habits. Try picking only one new daily habit, one weekly habit, a quarterly goal and one annual ‘‘ once-off’ ’ goal. Tell the world. It doesn’t have to be Instagram but accountability – to a friend or family member – can be an important motivator.
What is your New Year’s Resolution?
Whether you chose to set new year’s resolutions or not, might you choose to be committed to supporting ‘Project Help India’ in 2022? We are an organisation that really is committed to making a difference in the lives of people. We hope you can see that we operate with great intentionality and integrity. Your donation goes directly to our projects with minimal admin fees. Your tax-deductible donation can be made following the donation links on our website. You can easily set up regular monthly or quarterly donations.
Helping others helps yourself
I am confident in suggesting that a resolution to help others will ‘frame’ your 2022 with a perspective that sets you up well with less introspection, and with this, have better positive personal well-being outcomes. To support you, please know that it is important to us that you feel connected to our story, so that the stories of lives of people impacted by poverty in India, intersect with your story across the year. Please do not hesitate to contact me to discuss this further.
Again, here is the link, for the article which provides more specific research to ensure for successful goal setting. Link here to full article. Thanks Jessica.
And speaking of making the world a better place…
Renu, who is one of our volunteers in India shares how she got through 2021 because of her volunteer work as a teacher. Read her inspiring story here.
“AT THE END, IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE OR EVEN WHAT YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED. IT'S ABOUT WHO YOU'VE LIFTED UP, WHO YOU'VE MADE BETTER. IT'S ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE GIVEN BACK.”
Thank you also Moritz Knöringer for your fabulous image, which we used in this blog.