Happy New Year 2020
Become A Better Person
Time for resolutions. A lot of us resolve to eliminate bad habits beginning January 1 of the new year. Stop drinking a jug of wine a day, stop yelling at the kids etc. Or, start new habits. Exercise, meditation or more sleep for example. By Jan 3 four out of five of these ambitious life changes have already been violated. Rationalization, compartmentalization, laziness …
Don’t blame yourself. Blame it on everything and everyone else.
We’ve been taught that an honourable person takes responsibility for his or her own lot in life. We make our own bed. It’s our choice to be happy or not.
Malarkey. Not until we accept that we are powerless and that our lives are games of chance with idiots we don’t know rolling the dice, can we begin to develop into mature self-entitled, irresponsible creatures of the universe.
Everyone is writing a self-help book these days. Confidence and feeling good about yourself are universal themes that run through the lot of them.
Arrogance and high self-esteem are all you need.
So I suggest you make resolutions that are easy to keep and with each success you will feel more and more productive, strong, and in control.
I’m going to start smoking.
More Thoughts On Resolutions
“Everything in moderation, including moderation” Oscar Wilde, poet, playwright and past master of excess.
Not much to discuss or explain here. The definitive resolution. Highly recommended.
Motivational experts suggest making a list of the things you have resolved to do and pin it to the wall in a prominent place in your home. Each day it serves to chip away at your spirit and desiccate your soul to the point where, as a broken man, you have no need to resolve anything.
I’ve had some luck with New Years resolutions.This festive season tradition seems to stamp my aspirations with a sort of emphasis.
To increase the odds of seeing these things through I’ve found it helps to write them down and to begin them on the second of January, not the first.
Don’t be looking for a punchline here folks. I’m serious.
The writing down part is obvious. Waiting until January 2 or 3 not so much. New Years Day is a legitimate part of the festive season. There could be a few visitors remaining, the tree and lights are still up, and memories of Christmas Day are still fresh. Besides, you may be a little hung over or have already blown your first day anyway by having had that forbidden cigarette or triple Johnnie Walker after midnight at the party.
Starting or stopping anything on New Years Day brings attention to it providing more stress and possible frustration.
Who needs it?
To all my regular readers:
Happy New Year! I hope and wish that at least one incredibly blessed event blindsides you this year. You know, those exquisite situations that come out of nowhere and leave an almost permanent smile on your face.