Here we are at New Year's eve again. On average, 118 people will lose their lives tonight in an alcohol related accident. That number always seemed low to me, but who knows. Don't worry, this post is not about alcohol and why you shouldn't drink it. No, this post is about something else entirely.
It's about how so many people view New Years as some sort of new beginning. As if our trip around the sun will have any bearing on how they live their lives. How many time have you heard "Okay, this year I am going to do...(add your own failure here)"? My question is: if you want to do something, then why wait? Begin today! Why is January 1st so symbolic for some people? Is it because it makes it easier to keep track of their misery? I will give up smoking! I will give up fatty foods! I will give up excessive drinking! Or is it to make it easy to keep up with their successes? I ran a mile each day this year! I went to the gym three times a week since the new year!If these things are so important to you...and you are making a change to better your life, then why do you need to keep track of it so precisely? Also, why wait to give it up on New Years? Wouldn't it be better if you gave it up sooner? Please don't think I am picking on anyone here; I have done it too. I just find that when I do it, it is usually for something that I don't think I will really do. You see, when I really want to do something, I just do it, I don't care what day it is, I don't care who knows... I just do it. If you have something you think is important to you, then just do it. Don't wait for New Years. Don't make a big deal about it talking to your friends. Just do it. Less talk and more action is what we can all use in our lives. Are you tired of being a fatso? Then don't chug twenty beers tonight and then start your diet. Skip the booze and start right now. Are you planning on hitting the gym daily this year? Then skip the New Year's Eve party and go to the gym instead.Planning on writing a book? Then use tonight to get a few paragraphs written. Why wait? Sometimes, tomorrow never comes. I'd say Happy New Years, but, hey it's just another day, and I'd really rather not. Instead, I'll just wish you a happy day and many happy tomorrows. Don't wait for some arbitrary happening to start what you want to do. Do it now and make your happiness grow from here and now... not tomorrow just because the world wants you to believe that that day has more meaning than any other one that you lived through. And if you are going to go out to celebrate the New Year, then be safe. There are a lot of drunks on the road. Try your best not to be one of them.
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