Exhale.
You made it into another new year. That’s no small feat. So, raise your glass (or cup of coffee). Happy 2023.
Granted, you can turn a proverbial new leaf any day of the week. You don’t need a countdown or drunken foolishness. But, there’s no market in that.
Hence, the ads for low-cost New Year’s gym memberships, debt relief and those life-changing gadgets.
We love our traditions and our “one last time” for any level of indulgence, be it food, drink, gambling, spending habits or general lethargy. Those grand acts and parties that are meant to exorcise those demons of the year(s) past.
As Danny Ocean candidly summed up the events that led to his incarceration. “I fell into a self-destructive pattern.”
The entirety of the “Ocean’s” franchise speaks to my inner smartass and generally sarcastic self, with the opening exchange between the parole board and Clooney’s Ocean as one of my favorites.
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“Self-destructive pattern” — We all have our pitfalls and vices, the guilty pleasures or concerns that take up our time and mental space. And we work to make peace, or at the very least, to keep ourselves busy enough that the dark spaces and worries get pushed off awhile.
Change is hard. There’s a wide range of estimates as to how long it takes to create a habit. In this space, it’s the idea of creating a positive wave in any aspect of your life.
There’s an old adage from the Adam Carolla Show that has marinated in my head for a long, long time. To paraphrase, ask yourself these basic questions about the investment of your most valuable resource — time.
“Does it make me happy? Does it make me money?”
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Maybe 2023 is the time to truly work to incorporate this mantra into existence.
Health, cash, relationships - personal and professional, sleep, diet and exercise, work, cleaning and general operational efficiency.
Whatever you’re pondering —-
“Just Try.”
You knew I had a song for that …
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