New Years
- Jan 1, 2008
This is a time we look back and look forward, what is working, what do we want to fix or improve? How can we be ourselves in a better way? So this time of year we make resolutions, to improve, to do something to be better than we are.
We all know the normal ones: Loose weight, spend more time with family, stop smoking, stop drinking, get out of debt, get more organized, etc. But most of the time, those resolutions are not kept, they just fall by the side as we go through the year, we just don't make the time.
So, what am I "resolved" to do this year? I am going to try to get to my goal weight of 200 pounds, maybe I will make it maybe not, it will mean fewer deserts and more working out, which I can accomplish by playing more often. Which also adds that whole spend more time with family item in there, since who will I be playing more with.
I also need to stop walking on eggshells with people just to avoid conflict so much, this one is hard, because it means hurting people, even if it is for the greater long term good. Yes, even I, the eternal asshole, do avoid certain conflicts to keep from hurting people's feelings, but really I do not serve either of our needs in so doing, I just prolong the trouble, I have to realize more that I am not the savior of the world, I cannot save everyone. If you see me walking on eggshells around some topic, poke me and make sure I stop please...
Lastly, the same I resolve to every year, to do more good than evil in this world, I did very well with it last year, and hope I continue that.
"The man who will not execute his resolutions when they are fresh upon him can have no hope from them afterwards; they will be dissipated, lost and perish in the hurry and scurry of the world, or sunk in the slough of indolence" - Marie Edgeworth
This is a time we look back and look forward, what is working, what do we want to fix or improve? How can we be ourselves in a better way? So this time of year we make resolutions, to improve, to do something to be better than we are.
We all know the normal ones: Loose weight, spend more time with family, stop smoking, stop drinking, get out of debt, get more organized, etc. But most of the time, those resolutions are not kept, they just fall by the side as we go through the year, we just don't make the time.
So, what am I "resolved" to do this year? I am going to try to get to my goal weight of 200 pounds, maybe I will make it maybe not, it will mean fewer deserts and more working out, which I can accomplish by playing more often. Which also adds that whole spend more time with family item in there, since who will I be playing more with.
I also need to stop walking on eggshells with people just to avoid conflict so much, this one is hard, because it means hurting people, even if it is for the greater long term good. Yes, even I, the eternal asshole, do avoid certain conflicts to keep from hurting people's feelings, but really I do not serve either of our needs in so doing, I just prolong the trouble, I have to realize more that I am not the savior of the world, I cannot save everyone. If you see me walking on eggshells around some topic, poke me and make sure I stop please...
Lastly, the same I resolve to every year, to do more good than evil in this world, I did very well with it last year, and hope I continue that.
"The man who will not execute his resolutions when they are fresh upon him can have no hope from them afterwards; they will be dissipated, lost and perish in the hurry and scurry of the world, or sunk in the slough of indolence" - Marie Edgeworth
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