BY MICHAEL GOODPASTER
It’s 2014. Yay. Let’s not all jump for joy at once. I look forward to the New Year for many reasons, but it’s all just a number. The symbolism behind the idea of a “fresh start” is flat out stupid. There are rarely ever any REAL “fresh starts”. It’s all progress and drive. If you’re broke today, no fresh start is going to change that. If you want to lose weight, quit smoking, be nicer, read more books, etc etc etc… there is no fresh start. There is now and then there are excuses.
If you REALLY want to do something then you won’t need an arbitrary day set aside to do it. Just get off your ass, make the decision, and go at it. Otherwise, you’re just wasting time talking about it. No one wants to hear you spend the entire month of January babbling about what you’re New Year’s resolution is. Stop it! Just do you.
It’s a day known specifically for people to “break their resolution”. You never hear about the people who stick to their guns as a resolution and find themselves better on the otherside. You hear about people who made the steps forward and took control of what they wanted. Day, time, and phony milestone withstanding.
The measurement of a time does not need some kind of big milestone for me to decide to do anything. It’s just silly. It’s like ONLY being nice to a loved on Valentine’s Day because it’s the day we’re “supposed to”.
Why follow along with everyone else? If you really want to show how serious you are, step up to the plate on your own time. Make your own milestone. Why rely on the Mayans and their silly calendar. If anything we should all realize after surviving 2012 that it’s all bullshit. Besides, Dick Clark passed on, and to be fair, each year is less enthusiastic than the last. It’s just an excuse to party, which in itself in dumb. Why do you need a stupid calendar to tell you when to have a good time? Own your breaths because that’s the only time that matters. There’s no calendar and clock on that so stop being a little douche and just go for it.
Right now.
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