The December and this Post is about to look back on the year 2010 and forward to 2011, together with many other people around the world who participate in the #Reverb10 Project.

Prompt: Future self. Imagine yourself five years from now. What advice would you give your current self for the year ahead? (Bonus: Write a note to yourself 10 years ago. What would you tell your younger self?)

That is not too easy. What would I tell my self? Probably that I should do it just the way I did it. In my opinion: the past can not be changed. I can learn from the past but not change it. So all that happened to me was with a purpose for my future. Everything, the good and the bad. But sure there are things I could have done better. Now lets focus on the letter from my future self 5 years form now:

Future Self in 5 Years tells me

Do what you love. Focus on what you want and do not let anybody disturb you or make you change your attitude! Everything will turn out well. But still finish your last year of school with good marks and do not be to lassie. The future can be created after you have your degree!

All the best, your Future self in 5 years.

Note to my self 10 Years Ago

Hey Christoph,

I am your future self. Please keep doing what you do. Study stuff not related to school. Improve on what you already do and build momentum. In the end it will pay back! But on the other side: spent a little more time on school and study for it. It will also pay back someday! That is basically it. Maybe get a little more out and social! That would be a good thing.

Best Wishes, your Future Self!

The December and this Post is about to look back on the year 2010 and forward to 2011, together with many other people around the world who participate in the #Reverb10 Project.

Prompt: Beyond avoidance. What should you have done this year but didn’t because you were too scared, worried, unsure, busy or otherwise deterred from doing? (Bonus: Will you do it?)

There are many things I should do. Or better should not do. Something I was always concerned about was to do more sports. Just weeks ago I finally started with a friend to train once per week in a sports hall — Check!

Than there are ideas I had years back but have not touched again. Those are on my todo list for years and about to get started. All that is about to happen in 2011. I plan on so much for 2011! It must be boring to read this but: I am not going to write about my plans yet!

One more thing I would like to mention: Often I am frightened by something really easy. Like to call someone and ask a simple question. I have the fear that I disturb or something turns out bad. Most cases the people are just friendly and doing their job. The messages they have for me are not too bad and I just made all the bad things up.

So what I would like to do: Do simple / short tasks right away. Do not pile those!

The December and this Post is about to look back on the year 2010 and forward to 2011, together with many other people around the world who participate in the #Reverb10 Project.

Prompt: Healing. What healed you this year? Was it sudden, or a drip-by-drip evolution? How would you like to be healed in 2011?

It is hard to answer that since I am barely sick. But I can define something else into it. Healing my obsessions and the procrastination.

It is hard to get rid of obsessions and to stop things you already have done for several years. On the other hand it is hard to start new better things. You are fast to quit new things and also fast on taking on old obsessions again.

One of my obsessions was the RSS-Reader. Until I managed to sit down and minimize it to one time a week on Friday. Since: I am not checking RSS on the work-days. The same thing would be great to be transferred to other things like email, facebook, twitter, flickr and many other day by day tasks I do. But it is hard. I always have a feeling of missing something. So it is a kinda drop-by-drip evolution. Over time I manage to implement different ideas to get this healing process better.

One big jump will be June 2011. That is the month my phone contract will be ending and that essentially means: no more internet on the go! And maybe even: no more phone on the go (depends on my mood in June).

So healing is not just your health. It also can be your day to day life to improve or heal!

The December and this Post is about to look back on the year 2010 and forward to 2011, together with many other people around the world who participate in the #Reverb10 Project.

Prompt: Try. What do you want to try next year? Is there something you wanted to try in 2010? What happened when you did / didn’t go for it?

Just as I mentioned in the last post about the idea of just doing things. To try what you think is the right way. That is what my 2011 is about. It is about to try something I think is possible but not conventional. I wanted to start it already in 2010 but school is in my way. I just can take mini steps to the goal and that is what I am doing currently. I prepare for the big time in 2011.

In other matters: most things that make us unsure weather to do them or not are simple to solve. Just do it. Just try it. Most times we are frightened by some made up scenarios, which do not happen.

There is a story:

Some random man needs a hammer. He could ask the neighbor but remembers that the neighbor looks unfriendly if met at the street. The man thinks: “He will not give the hammer to me anyway.”

In the end the man goes to the neighbor, rings the door bell, the neighbor opens and the man shouts at him: “You idiot, I do not even want your hammer!”.

I think this story shows very good that most of the time you just need to ask for what you want. You need to try!

The December and this Post is about to look back on the year 2010 and forward to 2011, together with many other people around the world who participate in the #Reverb10 Project.

Prompt: Lesson learned. What was the best thing you learned about yourself this past year? And how will you apply that lesson going forward?

Trust yourself. And do not let everybody else live your life.

If you have a dream: go for it. If you have a different way to do something: do it your way. Sometimes it is worth listening to somebody else but somethings in life you just have to test and find out yourself, some things are unconventional but better than the conventional!

That is what I will be taking with me into the next year.

The December and this Post is about to look back on the year 2010 and forward to 2011, together with many other people around the world who participate in the #Reverb10 Project.

Prompt: Friendship. How has a friend changed you or your perspective on the world this year? Was this change gradual, or a sudden burst?

Sudden change through people? I do not often experience that. Most of the time is about time you spend with an other person. This year some most people asked about what I would do after School and I had to argue what I am going to do because it is not the norm — even close friends asked a lot of questions.

Just a few gave me words of courage and with that convinced me to go on my way. A sudden change I would not say it was. One person changed me over the past month in terms of concentration and focus. An other made me laugh a lot.

Now about the perspective: I, my self have a very strong and different perspective I would say. There is not much in my surroundings that is somewhat the same. No body I have met in school or around here has ever told me about the same way of life I have as my primary goal right now. Some people make me think if my way is right. I decided to listen but for now not to let them decide for me. I will at least try and I know that my way will work out just fine or perfect.

The December and this Post is about to look back on the year 2010 and forward to 2011, together with many other people around the world who participate in the #Reverb10 Project.

Prompt: 5 minutes. Imagine you will completely lose your memory of 2010 in five minutes. Set an alarm for five minutes and capture the things you most want to remember about 2010.

Memories of this year:

• My Trip to Spain where I met some interesting new people.
• My Trip through Germany with the MG over the Alps and than the car broke down in Italy, I had to get to the train-station and get over to the swiss to hike two exiting routes with my dada and than spent two days with friends in Bern.
• My first bigger client!
• The moment I got my Fach-Abitur-Zeugnis — this will be toped by 2011 Abitur-Zeugnis (University Access Certivicate).
• Than there are some great moments with friends as well.

And maybe the biggest thing to remember is the decision over my future. I am not going to write about (still). I am exited about the time after June and what is going to be there I don not know but it will be awesome!

The December and this Post is about to look back on the year 2010 and forward to 2011, together with many other people around the world who participate in the #Reverb10 Project.

Prompt: Appreciate. What’s the one thing you have come to appreciate most in the past year? How do you express gratitude for it?

Over the past year I changed a lot. I developed some discipline — still not enough but better than before — and I am planing on my future. I appreciate the minimalist approach to living and I appreciate the change that comes with it. In addition to that I appreciate the change in personal relationships. Sometimes getting out to get to know new people is needed. But still holding to those you know for years is crucial. Checking back on what is going on right now.

Gratitude is not easy to show, if most changes I appreciate are on my self. But I slowly learn to show gratitude to my self. Relax and take a bath. Read a book or watch a movie to reward my self.

To show gratitude to other people: that would be needed much more in our society — and that is me included! We should tell each other more often how we feel, say thank you and show that. One song that represents that pretty good is a song by the German group Die Fantastischen Vier called Danke (Amazon-Germany Affiliate).

Overall that text says: you should say thank you as often as possible since you do not know when your life or relationship is over. Than you can no longer tell the person or group for what you are grateful.

The December and this Post is about to look back on the year 2010 and forward to 2011, together with many other people around the world who participate in the #Reverb10 Project.

Prompt: Action. When it comes to aspirations, its not about ideas. It’s about making ideas happen. What’s your next step?

My life is headed to a change. It is about finishing school and looking out for what is next — planing the future. For now the next steps are to finish school and — as hard as it is — to hold other actions and ideas back till that is done.

After that actions are planed and in still the planing but not to be shared here. I will share when it is time to share.

The December and this Post is about to look back on the year 2010 and forward to 2011, together with many other people around the world who participate in the #Reverb10 Project.

Prompt: Body integration. This year, when did you feel the most integrated with your body? Did you have a moment where there wasn’t mind and body, but simply a cohesive YOU, alive and present?

First a side note: This prompts are getting harder to answer!

Right now I am not much of a mind / body person. I am doing not enough sports and I know it but on the other hand I just started to train more than ever in the last 10 years — giving that I am just 20 years old that is not a good number!

I am on the best way to body and mind combination. I am on the way to integrating them into each other. It is about training and I feel that the merge helps me in everyday life. Some workout lets me think clear about some subjects. With others I need some rest and the decision is made.

It is up to the person. A Difference!

Most people tell that you have to work out to get your mind straight. And keep your self hot and on the move. For me it is somewhat different. My bloodstream and body cycle is great and keeps me hot. Given that I can eat what I want and do not take any fat on, I burn everything I eat without the need to do sports. On the other hand I could do more and improve the already great!

About the prompt: right now I have my problems with the prompts. I can not really answer them but try to keep it up! I try to think about them and what to write. And try to figure out what to write is not easy at all!