Merry/Happy Chrisma-Kwanz-ukkah!! And Happy New Year!!
We made it people!! The Mayan apocalypse had us worried for a minute there...at the beginning of 2012. Throughout the year we didn't even think about it...until it was almost upon us. Then people started buying guns, water, canned food, batteries, and other survival supplies in the DROVES!!!! But if you recall, (for those of us who are old enough to recall) the same crap happened just before the year 2000. They freaked out and said that the world was going to end, that everything would shut down and we would have no power, nothing would run, people would be killing and looting...Sounds a lot like the whole premise of the show Revolution (great show, btw).
But, like I said, we made it, here we are. I will take a moment of silence to remember those who did not make it to see this year and all its promises.
*SILENCE*
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And now, let me see how many liars we have out there. Who out there made a New Year's resolution?? If you raise your hand or say "I did" I will now tell you to bash you face against my outstretched palm. You have already started a new year with OLD CRAP. Although recycling is a great concept, not everything can be recycled, and even if it can be, doesn't mean that it SHOULD be. New Year's resolutions, in particular. Stop lying to yourself. Everybody knows that nobody keeps a resolution. Not ones made at midnight between December 31 and January 1, that is. For those of you who tried to be ironic, or circular and (more than likely) said something to the effect of "My New Year's resolution is not to make a New Year's resolution," you can add yourselves to the recycling bin. That phrase is played out, lame, old and should never be spoken again. If you don't want to make a resolution, just DON'T. And PLEASE don't gimme that "New Year, New You" garbage. That can go past the recycling bin and straight to the landfill...or the incinerator. It's not a "new you," it's the same old you hoping to improve yourself into this high-hope image you have and then falling short by Valentine's Day. Be honest with yourself, start slow, set small goals, take one step, one day at a time. Don't expect immediate results. Don't expect too much too soon. Things/you are not going to change overnight.
I, for one, have not, am not, will not be another statistic. I am absolutely perfect just the way I am. Look up 'perfect', 'perfection', or 'goddess' and you will find a zillion pictures of yours truly, from birth to present.
(For those of you who actually switched to your browser to Google any of those words....slap yourself.)
Seriously though, there are things I would like to work on this year, things I would like to improve, regimens/routines to start, etc. And I will do my best to be consistent. But if I don't...I haven't really lost anything. I will be able to say that I tried, and that in itself is at least something.
So, in closing, I will say that if I were making a New Year's resolution (which I'm not), I would say this, and I hope you take this with you and apply it:
This year, do you. Whether that's new you, old you, fat you, skinny you...make sure that you do one thing overall: Be the TRUE you.
Happy New Year, everybody.
