Resolutions

With the holidays over and the New Year just days away, I've started to think about resolutions. More specifically -- if I've ever actually kept one. Sure, there are the one to two month stretches where I've actually gone without eating junk food, exercised daily and all that. But then real life snaps back like a vengeful rubber band. I settle back into bad habits. I stop going to the gym as much as I should. And there's always some justification. "I'm too busy. It's too rainy. I've been good."
Sound familiar?
This New Year's eve, I think my resolution will be a bit different. I want 2013 to be the year of continuous effort. Never quitting. Even if I slip up or get stuck in those same old ruts again, I want to keep trying. Hit the reset button and keep working. Keep believing in myself. I won't let failure shake me. I'll embrace uncertainty, and never let it scare me. I'll keep on living. Keep on trying to better myself.
I look back on 2012 as a year of adventure, and not missed goals. I hope you can do the same.
Happy almost New Year.

The Word Awaits

Smile. The world didn't end. Despite all of the news specials and conspiracy theories, the sun rose in the morning. People woke up.
It's the weekend, and today is the first day of the new cycle. Full of possibilities. Full of life. Time to put an end to all those inhibitions that kept you down and made you feel like you were less than perfect. The world has never seen the real you. The you unafraid of the unknown. The you unafraid to be you.
Be different today. Understand that, someday -- maybe a million years from now -- the world will actually end. The sun won't rise. People won't wake up.
But not today.
Today the world awaits you.

Nothing is Guaranteed

It's sad that it usually takes something tragic for us to remember that life is unpredictable.  Control is an illusion. And despite our best efforts, right decisions, and good luck: nothing is guaranteed.
It's cliché to say that every day should be lived to the fullest. Besides, it's not very practical. But you should love every day you get to be alive. Whether you spend it at work providing for a family, hiking Mt. Everest, or just taking some time to yourself to listen to your favorite playlist, love that you get to do what you're doing.
It might not be your idea of perfection.
It might not be your idea of exciting.
But here you are.
Reading this.
Breathing.