Yes, I know it’s September, but I’ve always felt like a good time to start a ‘new year’ is right after my birthday. After all, that was the first day of my life. So, why not take the opportunity to start fresh. For me, it’s all about outlook. This last calendar year has been pretty awful, so I’ve chosen to chuck the rules and make my year my own. This means the use of a great book called the Awe-manac and more active use of Julia Cameron’s many amazing books. So, here we go!
A new thought I want to think about this year is being happy. I have made decisions in the past where I have surrendered my choice of happiness to other people. I have assumed they would magically know that I wanted to be happy, and do it just because I wanted it badly enough. Yes, I know it’s weird. Consider the source. However, I am now going to focus on what I want and need to be happy in my life. I am then going to put these things into practice as often as possible.
There is no way I can anticipate all the good things that are going to happen this year.
For way too long, I’ve focused on the negative. The divorce. The unemployment. The health issues. I’ve chosen, as I said before, to surrender my happiness and that’s going to change. I have plenty of things in my life I can do to foster my own feelings of happiness and joy. More writing, attempting visual arts, taking pictures, swimming, whatever! Just finding one way each day to remove myself from my situations that are admittedly out of my control. Yeah, they’re going to suck and suck bad for a long time. However, if I choose something different then won’t it be different? I believe so.
So, welcome to the revolution!
