Last year I wrote down my resolutions on the back of a receipt in a bar in Astoria, Oregon. I also wrote them in Spanish, in case they were discovered by anyone. Unfortunately, I lost them, so they can't even be discovered by me. I'm sure someone else has discovered them and probably speaks enough Spanish to understand things like "tomar mas agua." I can only remember four:
1) The afore-mentioned "drink more water"
2) Eat less sugar
3) Tell him the truth (ooohhhh...I'm so cryptic and mysterious!)
4) Leave Eugene
I have done three of those things, with variable effect on my health and well-being. I'm sure the other things were either really vague ('get in shape') or totally unreasonable ('learn a new language').
Last year was not the best, and I am trying to think deeply about what I can do to be happier. A few months ago, a very wise friend of mine, Big Gay Dave, wrote on his Facebook wall, "I don't invest much time or energy into the emotion disappointment." I seem to invest an assload of time into that emotion, and I asked him for his secret. He responded: "this is the sister-thought of, I am responsible for my own happiness." So how do I this? Thoughts, Dear Readers?
Get rid of expectations. You can't be disappointed if you didn't have any expectation to begin with, right? Yeah, good luck with that. It's a lot easier to come up with a logical answer than it is to do it. When do we get to hear 2012's resolutions? And, how did the December challenge go? Did the push-ups ever get easier?
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